The ''Morning Herald'' was an early

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in the

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History

The newspaper was founded in 1780 by the Reverend Sir

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, former editor of ''

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''. It was initially a liberal paper aligned with the

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, but later became aligned with the

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.The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Volume XIV – The Victorian Age, Part Two
/ref> In 1843, it was bought by Edward Baldwin, then after his death in 1848 was acquired by James Johnstone, who also owned the ''

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''. He differentiated the two newspapers by charging 4d a copy for the ''Herald'' and only 2d for the ''Standard''. This was initially successful, and he briefly created the ''Evening Herald'' as a companion to the ''Morning Herald'', but neither edition made a profit, the evening edition soon closing and the ''Morning Herald'' closing in 1869.

Editors

:1780:

:1805: Stanley Lees Giffard :1846–1858 Robert Knox ''Modern English Biography'', I-Q p. 1805, Frederik Boase, 1897

References

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