The Morning Post & Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne
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| The Morning Post |
The Morning Post was a Conservative newspaper that was first published in 1772 until 1937 when it was acquired by the Daily
Telegraph.
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| John Bell |
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| Reverend Sir Henry Bate Dudley |
1795, the newspaper was purchased by Daniel Stuart, who made
the paper a Tory publication, with a few well-known writers who contributed to
the newspaper including, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet; Charles Lamb, poet;
James Mackintosh, politician; Robert Southey, poet; Mary Robinson, actress, and
poet, and William Wandsworth, poet.
From 1803 until his death in 1833, Nicholas Byrne was both
the owner and editor of the newspaper.
His son, William Pitt Byrne, held both titles.
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| Algernon Borthwick |
1876, with the assistance of Andrew Montagu, Algernon
purchased the newspaper. His son, Oliver
was the business manager and editor, having preceded his father, dying in
1905. Following his father’s death in
1908, control of the newspaper went to his daughter, Lilias Borthwick. Lillias was the wife of Henry Bathurst, 7th
Earl Bathurst.
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| Lady Florence Dixie |
The newspaper was noted for its attention to the activities
of the wealthy and powerful as well as its interests in foreign affairs, and
literary and artistic events. During the
early 20th century, the newspaper started to print regular notices
of plays, concerts, and operas and claimed to be the first paper to do this.
From 1892 until 1908 Arthur Hervey was the paper’s music critic.
From 1900, the Australian politician Alfred Deakin wrote
anonymous commentaries regarding Australian politics, and he continued when he
became the country's Prime Minister.
Reporting from Manchuria, Russia, and Constantinople between
1904 and 1909, was Maurice Baring, the newspaper's foreign correspondent, he
became the war correspondent at the time of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.
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| Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne The Sketch 10th January 1900 |
Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne was born in 1865 in Llansamlet,
Swansea. He was the son of Richard Gwynne, a schoolmaster, and Charlotte Lloyd.
During the 1871 Census, the Gwynne family lived at the Kilvey
Boys School.
1871 Census
Richard Gwynne, 49, was a School Master (Cert.). Charlotte, who was 45, was the School
Mistress.
Their children were Mary D., 25, who was employed as a
Domestic Servant. John B., 22, who was employed as a Clerk in Copper
Works. Richard D., 12; Charles B., 10;
Llewellyn H., 8; Howell A., 5, and Henry V., 3 all attended school. There was a younger daughter 8-month-old
Eleanor Ch.
Also present at the property was Louisa Lloyd, 79,
Charlotte’s mother.
By the time of the 1881 Census, the family had moved to 138
Kilvey Road.
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| 1881 Census |
Richard, 69 was a School Master. Charlotte, 55, was a School Mistress.
Their children were Richard L., 22, who was a Student in
Theology. Llewelyn H., 17; Howell A.,
15; Henry V., 13, and Eleanor C., 10, who all attended school
Also present was Louisa Lloyd, 89.
During the 1890s Howell, was The Times correspondent
in the Balkans, from 1893 until 1904, Howell was a special correspondent for Reuter’s
Agency.
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| Rudyard Kipling |
Rudyard and Howell remained friends until Rudyard’s death.
Whilst employed by Reuter’s Agency he went to Ashanti
in 1895, accompanied Kitchener's expedition to Dongola in 1896, reported the
Turko-Greek war of 1897 and Kitchener's expedition to Berber of the same year,
and was in Peking at the beginning of the Boxer troubles from January 1898 to May
1899. He was responsible for organising Reuter's services in South Africa
during the Boer way. Immediately after the war, he returned to South Africa with
Joseph Chamberlain, who became a close friend. In 1904 he was briefly foreign
director of Reuter’s Agency before becoming editor of The Standard
from 1904 to 1911.
1907, Howell married Edith Douglas Lane at All Souls,
Langham Place, Westminster. Howell’s
occupation at the time of the marriage was recorded as a journalist. They didn’t have any children.
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| Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne and Edith Douglas Lane marriage certificate All Souls, Langham Place, Westminster |
At the time of the First World War, Howell supported conception and championed Lord Kitchener as the military leader, Howell, believed he was the best to qualify to help Britain win the war. Howell also befriended Edward Carson, an Irish politician. Carson supported the Irish Unionism, which Howell also supported.
Following the Russian Revolution, in 1917, Howell became
outspoken against Communism.
Whilst, Howell was editor of The Morning Post, the
Bathurst sold the paper in 1924, to a consortium which was headed by the Duke
of Northumberland.
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| United Kingdom Incoming Passengers Lists Empress of Britain |
1932, Howell and Edith embarked on the Empress of Britain
from Southampton to Quebec, Canada, arriving in July. They would return on the Empress of Britain
at Southampton that August.
1933, following the rise of Adolf Hitler, The Morning Post,
was the only newspaper to recognise the problems that Nazi Germany would bring
to Europe.
1937, The Morning Post was sold to the Daily Telegraph,
then owned by William Berry.
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| Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne |
Howell Arthur Keir Gwynne died at his home in Little Easton, Essex, in June 1950, however, he was buried at Oyustermouth Cemetery, with his parents.
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