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Morning Herald

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The Morning Herald was an early daily newspaper in the United Kingdom.

History

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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

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1780: Henry Bate Dudley
1805: Stanley Lees Giffard
1846-1858 Robert Knox [3]

References

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  1. ^ The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Volume XIV - The Victorian Age, Part Two
  2. ^ Margaret Oliphant, The Victorian Age of English Literature, p.288
  3. ^ Modern English Biography, I-Q p. 1805, Frederik Boase, 1897