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Michael James Whitty (born 1795, Nicharee,
Duncormick Duncormick or Duncormac () is a rural village and surrounding community located in County Wexford, Ireland. At the time of the 2016 census, the village of Duncormick had a population of 116 people. The village is south-west of Wexford town, cl ...
,
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– died 10 June 1873,
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) was an Irish-born
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newspaper editor and proprietor. The son of a farmer, maltster and shipowner in the port of Wexford, his first love was journalism. He was educated at
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. In 1821, he married Mary O'Neill in Dublin. They soon moved to London, and, eventually, to
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. After serving eleven years as Chief Constable for Liverpool, he retired on 22 January 1847. He campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. After the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the '' Daily Post'' at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the ''Liverpool Mercury''. Whitty died in 1873 and is buried in Anfield Cemetery. Journalist
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was his son. Actress Dame
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was his granddaughter, by another son, William Alfred Whitty.


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1795 births 1873 deaths 19th-century British newspaper publishers (people) People from County Wexford Irish journalists Irish newspaper editors Irish newspaper publishers (people) Burials at Anfield Cemetery 19th-century Irish publishers (people) {{UK-business-bio-1790s-stub