Morning Herald
The Morning Herald was an early daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.
History
[edit]The newspaper was founded in 1780 by the Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley, former editor of The Morning Post. It was initially a liberal paper aligned with the Prince of Wales, but later became aligned with the Tories.[1] In 1843, it was bought by Edward Baldwin, then after his death in 1848 was acquired by James Johnstone, who also owned the Evening Standard. He differentiated the two newspapers by charging 4d a copy for the Herald and only 2d for the Standard. This was initially successful, and he briefly created the Evening Herald as a companion to the Morning Herald, but neither edition made a profit, the evening edition soon closing and the Morning Herald closing in 1869.[2]
Editors
[edit]- 1780: Henry Bate Dudley
- 1805: Stanley Lees Giffard
- 1846-1858 Robert Knox [3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Volume XIV - The Victorian Age, Part Two
- ^ Margaret Oliphant, The Victorian Age of English Literature, p.288
- ^ Modern English Biography, I-Q p. 1805, Frederik Boase, 1897
