Peter Borthwick

(1804-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Borthwick, P. (Peter), 1804-1852 NRA: Borthwick, Peter (1804-1852) MP Editor of Morning Post DNB: Borthwick, Peter (1804-1852), newspaper editor LBT ID: PeBorth1852 VIAF ID: 26151467 LOC ID: n88096514	B/BAP: 1804-09-13 DIED: 1852-12-18
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (March 1853) 318-21; DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
After coming to attention as a defender of the slave trade he was a Conservative MP for Evesham (1835-37, 1841-47) and editor of the Morning Post (1850).
REFERENCES TO Peter Borthwick: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 8: ¶ 18 ¶ 19 ¶ 20 ¶ 22 ¶ 36 ¶ 37 ¶ 38 ¶ 40