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Plaque

Meredith White Townsend

Erection date: /3/2014

Inscription

Meredith White Townsend, 1831 - 1911, Editor of The Friend of India and The Calcutta Times, owner editor of The Spectator, lived here c.1871 - 1891.
Dr John Arnoud Bell
City of Westminster

Site: Meredith White Townsend (1 memorial)

W1, Harley Street, 94

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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The Calcutta Times

Indian newspaper. It was edited at one time by Meredith White Townsend, but t...

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The Friend of India

One of the oldest newspapers of India. It was started in the early nineteenth...

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The Spectator

A weekly magazine featuring politics, culture, and current affairs. It is usu...

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Meredith White Townsend

Journalist. Born in Bures, Suffolk. In 1848 he went to India and became edito...

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Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...

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Dr John Arnoud Bell

Thame Cyclex have a page for a dentist of this name. Perhaps he was connected...

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