John Walter

(1776-1847)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Walter, John, 1776-1847 NRA: Walter John (1776-1847) MP Proprietor of the Times DNB: Walter, John (1776-1847), newspaper proprietor and politician LBT ID: JoWalte1847 VIAF ID: 4024319 LOC ID: n88130907	B/BAP: 1776-02-23 DIED: 1847-07-28
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After education at Merchant Taylors' School and an apprenticeship with Thomas Longman he succeeded his father (also John Walter) as proprietor of The Times, which he co-edited with John Staddart and Thomas Barnes.
REFERENCES TO John Walter: Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 August 1835 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXII. 1817 Found 1: ¶ 22 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 12: Periodical Press Found 1: ¶ 15 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 28 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 11 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXII. Found 1: ¶ 21 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch XIII: 1835-36