Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh, also known as Burrowes Willcocks Arthur Sleigh (1821,

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– 1869,

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) was a

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-born British Army officer, travel writer and the original founder of the British newspaper ''

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''. Sleigh founded ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 1855 to air a personal grievance against the Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, but its first issue was not a success and Sleigh was soon forced to sell the paper to his publisher,

Joseph Moses Levy Joseph Moses Levy (15 December 1812 – 12 October 1888) was a British newspaper editor and publisher. Biography Levy was born in London on 15 December 1812 to Moses Levy and Helena Moses. He was educated at Bruce Castle School, after which h ...

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19th-century British newspaper publishers (people) 1821 births 1869 deaths 77th Regiment of Foot officers British Yeomanry officers {{UK-army-bio-stub