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Life

Clayden was a Unitarian minister from 1855 to 1868. He edited the '' Boston Guardian'' and wrote on political and social topics for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. He strongly supported the North in the

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. In 1866 he started to write for the '' Daily News'', relinquishing his ministry in 1868 to become a member of its regular staff in London as a leader writer and assistant editor. In 1887 he was appointed night editor, which he would hold until 1896. Clayden strongly supported

William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...

's anti-Turkish stance over the Eastern Question and chronicled his times from a Liberal perspective in various books. He wrote (or compiled and edited) biographies of a notable uncle and nephew,

Samuel Sharpe Samuel Sharpe, or Sharp (1801 – 23 May 1832), also known as Sam Sharpe, was an enslaved Jamaican who was the leader of the widespread 1831–32 Baptist War slave rebellion (also known as the Christmas Rebellion) in Jamaica. He was procla ...

, ''Egyptologist and Translator of the Bible'' (1883), ''The Early Life of

Samuel Rogers Samuel Rogers (30 July 1763 – 18 December 1855) was an English poet, during his lifetime one of the most celebrated, although his fame has long since been eclipsed by his Romantic colleagues and friends Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron. ...

'' (1887) and ''Rogers and his Contemporaries'' (1889), described as "a standard Victorian life-and-letters volume, which is to say that it consists of transcripts of manuscript letters interspersed with connecting biographical material supplied by the editor." In 1887, Clayden married into the family, choosing as his second wife Rogers's great-niece Ellen Sharpe. Clayden was a

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and was treasurer of the Boston Vegetarian Association in 1856.

Works

*''England Under Lord Beaconsfield'' (1880). *''Five Years of Liberal and Six Years of Conservative Government'' (1880). *''England Under the Coalition, 1885-1892'' (1892). *''Armenia: The Case Against Lord Salisbury'' (1897).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clayden, Peter William 1827 births 1902 deaths British journalists British Unitarians Liberal Party (UK) politicians

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