Charles Vincent Anstey Duggleby MBE (23 January 1939 – 7 June 2024) was a British presenter of the long-running personal finance series on BBC Radio 4, Money Box[1] until 2014. An expert on UK paper money, Duggleby published a reference work on the subject which is now in its 10th edition.[2]

Career

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Duggleby was a member of the BBC Sport news division from 1963 and 1970, where he also presented Sports Session and Sports Report on BBC Radio.[3][4] In the 1970s he was a deputy news editor for BBC Radio 4 working on News Desk and The World Tonight and later editor of the BBC’s Financial Unit. In 1974 he commissioned The Financial World Tonight [5] and in 1977, recognising that matters of personal finance were overlooked by the media, launched Money Box.[6] He was a regular presenter on Money Box between 1981 and 2014 and in 1990 launched Money Box Live.

Personal life

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Duggleby married Elizabeth Frost in Totnes, south Devon, in 1964. They had two daughters (born in 1966 and 1968). His elder daughter has worked for BBC News.[7] He lived in Torquay. In the 2005 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Financial Services. Duggleby died of prostate cancer on 7 June 2024, at the age of 85.[8][9]

Publications

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  • English Paper Money, 1975
  • Making the Most of Your Money

References

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  1. ^ Money Box
  2. ^ English Paper Money 9th Ed.
  3. ^ Bevan, Chris (27 September 2022). "The weekly miracle: What makes Sports Report special?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Murphy, Pat (2023). BBC Sports Report. Bloomsbury Sport. pp. 234–236. ISBN 978-1-4729-9422-6.
  5. ^ Day, Peter (30 July 2009). "Peter Day's week". BBC. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Money Box founder awarded MBE". BBC News. 6 January 2005. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ Eldest daughter
  8. ^ "Charles Vincent Anstey Duggleby". The Times. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Vincent Duggleby obituary: presenter of Money Box radio progamme". The Times. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.