The Morning Post

The Morning Post (Ger. " Morning Post" ) was a highly conservative British newspaper that was once published daily in London. The Morning Post was the exclusive organ of the British court and the fashionable world. She appeared 1772-1937.

The Morning Post was founded by John Bell on November 2, 1772 with an initial print run of 350 copies, making it the oldest political newspaper of London. By 1900, she had a daily circulation of 75,000.

Initially, the newspaper was a mouthpiece for the Whigs, after it had been taken over in 1795 by Daniel but Stuart ( 1766-1846 ), she tended the moderate Tory direction. A number of prominent authors published articles in the Morning Post: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, James Mackintosh and William Wordsworth. Under the Stuart edition grew to 4,000 copies.

Later, the paper was taken over by a papermaker from Lancashire called " Crompton ". This made ​​1848 former Scottish Conservative Member of Parliament Peter Borthwick, as the publisher, who worked for Evesham 1835-1847. After the death of Borthwick, whose son Algernon took over the activity. During the 1850s, the Morning Post was very strongly associated with the Ministry of Palmerston.

With the help of Andrew Montagu Borthwick bought the Morning Post in 1876. His son Oliver Borthwick was managing director and editor, but he died at a young age and after the death of his father in 1908 took over his daughter Lilias Borthwick ( 1871-1965 ), wife of Seymour Henry ( 1864-1943), the shops. The newspaper was known for her passion for the rich and powerful, her interest in foreign policy, and artistic and literary events. It began with the regular publication of comments on plays, concerts and operas. The Morning Post is the first newspaper of London have been, which is so acted.

The Morning Post drew the ire of all anti - colonialists, as in 1919 a collection in favor of Reginald Dyer, the butcher of Amritsar, led and so 18,000 pounds sterling brought together.

In 1911, the publication of the newspaper of Howell Arthur Gwynne ( 1865-1950 ) was adopted. Lilias Borthwick sold it in 1924 to Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland. Finally, it was in 1937 sold to William Berry. Contrary to the assumption that the newspaper would continue to exist, they went to the Daily Telegraph.