Memoir of John Murray
John Gibson Lockhart to John Murray, 14 February 1826
Thursday, February 14th, 1826.
I think Mr. B.
Disraeli ought to tell you what it is that he wishes to say to
Mr. Croker on a business of yours
ere he asks of you a letter to the Secretary. If there really be something
worth saying, I certainly know nobody that would say it better, but I confess I
think, all things con-
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sidered, you have no need of anybody to come between you
and Mr. Croker. What can it be?
Yours,
John Wilson Croker (1780-1857)
Secretary of the Admiralty (1810) and writer for the
Quarterly
Review; he edited an elaborate edition of Boswell's
Life of
Johnson (1831).
John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
Editor of the
Quarterly Review (1825-1853); son-in-law of Walter
Scott and author of the
Life of Scott 5 vols (1838).
The New Times. (1817-1828). Daily London newspaper established as a conservative alternative to the
Times; it was edited by Sir John Stoddart (1817-1826) and Eugenius Roche
(1827-1828).
The Representative. (1826). A failed daily paper backed by John Murray issued from 25 January to 29 July 1826.