Edward Walford (1823–1897) was a British magazine editor and a compiler of educational, biographical, genealogical and touristic works, perhaps best known for his 6 Volumes of ''Old and New London'' (the first two of which were written by

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), 1878.

Life

Walford, second son of William Walford of Hatfield Peverel, Essex, matriculated at the

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on 28 November 1840, aged 17. He was a scholar at Balliol College, Oxford 1841-1847 (B.A. 1845, M.A. 1847), and an ordained clergyman of the

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(deacon 1846, priest 1847). He was awarded the Chancellor's Prize for Latin verse in 1843, and the Denyer Theological Prize in 1848 and 1849. After leaving the university, he was employed as an assistant master of

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, but in 1853 converted to Catholicism, and began to earn his living from writing and editorial work. He returned to the Church of England in 1860, but again became a Catholic in 1871. He died at

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on 20 November 1897, after some years of illness.

Works

In 1855, Walford published an abridged work containing

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's and

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' ''Ecclesiastical History'', which he translated into English. His genealogical compilations include ''

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'' (begun 1860) and the ''Windsor Peerage'' (1890). He also contributed articles to the Dictionary of National Biography. In 1862, he took over the existing biographical compendium of eminent living persons, ''Men of the Time'', and retitled it ''Men and Women of the Time''. His work on this compendium led to correspondence with many prominent individuals, including

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and

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. He edited the ''

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'' from 1866 to 1868, and '' The Antiquary'' from 1879 to 1880. Soon after ''The Antiquary'' began publication he had a well-publicized falling-out with the publisher,

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, and in 1882 launched the rival ''Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographer'' (renamed ''Walford's Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographical Review'' 1885). This journal ceased publication in 1886.

References

External links

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