One of the oldest newspapers of India. It was started in the early nineteenth century as a weekly journal, and later incorporated The Indian Observer.
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The Friend of India
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Meredith White Townsend
Meredith White Townsend, 1831 - 1911, Editor of The Friend of India and The C...
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Lord Leslie Haden-Guest
Born Oldham. Author, journalist, doctor and member of parliament. Served in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Boer War, WW1 and WW2, winning a Military Cross. First Jewish Labour Party candidat...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Medicine, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
George Orwell
George Orwell was born in Bengal as Eric Arthur Blair, his father was a British colonial civil servant. Joined the Indian imperial police in Burma but left in 1927 and decided to become a writer. ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Seriously Famous, TV & Radio, Bengal, Burma, France, India, Spain
13 memorials
Kate Adie
Born Northumberland. Â Journalist and broadcaster for the BBC, known for her work as a war correspondent.
1 memorial
Meredith White Townsend
Journalist. Born in Bures, Suffolk. In 1848 he went to India and became editor of 'The Friend of India'. Returning to England in 1860, he jointly, with Richard Holt Hutton, purchased The Spectator ...
1 memorial
Lord Beaverbrook
Newspaper publisher and politician. Born William Maxwell Aitken in Maple, Ontario. He came to Britain in 1910, and served as an MP 1911-16. In 1919, he took over The Daily Express, and later founde...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Canada
1 memorial
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