The ''Weekly Chronicle'' was a London newspaper, in existence from 18 September 1836 to 21 December 1867. It went under the title ''Weekly News and Chronicle'' from June 1851 to December 1854. Reverting then to the original title, it was the ''Weekly Chronicle and Register'' from December 1855.
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Henry George Ward
Sir Henry George Ward Order of St Michael and St George, GCMG (27 February 17972 August 1860) was an English diplomat, politician, and colonial administrator.
Early life
He was the son of Robert Plumer Ward, Robert Ward (who in 1828 changed hi ...
bought the paper in 1837 from its founders
Charles Buller
Charles Buller (6 August 1806 – 29 November 1848) was a British barrister, politician and reformer.
Background and education
Born in Calcutta, British India, Buller was the son of Charles Buller (1774–1848), a member of a well-known Corn ...
and
Henry Cole Henry Cole may refer to:
*Sir Henry Cole (inventor)
Sir Henry Cole FRSA (15 July 1808 – 15 April 1882) was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce, education and the arts in the 19th century in the ...
, and used it to campaign for his views. It was loss-making at the original cover price of 3''d''.; Ward raised that to 4''d''. and then 6''d''.
During the
Chartist movement of 1838–39, Ward used the ''Weekly Chronicle'' to take the line in February 1839 that the agitation was failing, and its supporters would do better to rally behind
Lord Durham
Earl of Durham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1833 for the Whig politician and colonial official John Lambton, 1st Baron Durham. Known as "Radical Jack", he played a leading role in the passing of the Refo ...
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[S. Maccoby, ''English Radicalism 1832-1852'' (2001), p. 190 note 5 (cont.)]
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