Timothy Denis Brinton (24 December 1929 – 22 March 2009)^[1][2] was a British broadcaster and Conservative Party politician.^[1] The son of a neurologist, he was educated at Summer Fields School in Summertown, Oxford, followed by Eton College and the University of Geneva.

Timothy Denis Brinton was born on 24 December 1929, the son of Dr Denis Brinton,^[3] a neurologist. He was educated at Summer Fields School in Summertown, Oxford,^[4] followed by Eton College and the University of Geneva.^[3] After national service with the Scots Guards, he studied acting and production at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Brinton joined the BBC as an announcer and newsreader and moved in 1959 to ITN, where he was a newscaster until 1962. He was also a regular presenter of Roundabout on the BBC Light Programme between 1964 and 1967.^[5][6]

Brinton was a Kent County Councillor from 1974 to 1981 and Member of Parliament (MP) for the marginal seat of Gravesend from 1979 (gaining the seat from Labour) to 1983, and, following boundary changes, for the new Gravesham constituency from 1983 until he stood down in 1987. He was a member of the Education Select Committee from 1980 to 1983.^[4] In 2003, he became a member of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).^[3]

He married Jane-Mari Coningham in 1954 (marriage dissolved, one son, three daughters, one of whom is the Liberal Democrat politician Sal Brinton), and in 1965 married Jeanne Frances Wedge (two daughters).^[2] He died on 22 March 2009, aged 79.^[3] After his death it was revealed that he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for five years.^[2]

• Information Received (1961) – TV announcer
• The Avengers (1962) TV announcer in M. Teddy Bear (season 2)
• Heavens Above! (1963) – TV Commentator (uncredited)
• The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) – Newscaster
• Man at the Top (1973) – Newsreader
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) – BBC Newscaster (final film role)