Media    From 17/7/1841  To /5/2002

Punch magazine

Founded in early June 1841 at a meeting at the Edinburgh Castle public house in the Strand, attended by Henry Mayhew, brewery manager Mark Lemon, and engraver Ebenezer Landells. The first issue was published 17 July. The name Punch probably references Mr Punch of Punch and Judy.

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Punch magazine

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E. V. Knox & Punch

Born 1881, editor of Punch, 1932 - 1949, E. V. Knox (Evoe), essayist and poet...

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Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew, 1812 - 1887, founder of 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour an...

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Mark Lemon

London Borough of Barnet Mark Lemon, co-founder and first editor of "Punch", ...

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Virtues - Humour

Lady Diana Cooper as Britannia sits on a lion which clutches a Union Jack shi...

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William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.

Person, Journalism / Publishing, USA

1 memorial
Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell

Poet and journalist.  Alice Thompson was born in Barnes.  Her paternal grandmother was an unmarried Creole.  Educated with her sister entirely by their father as they lived a peripatetic life mainl...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Poetry, Italy

1 memorial
T. P. O'Connor

T. P. O'Connor

Journalist and politician. Born Athlone, Ireland. Entered Parliament for Galway in 1880 and held the longest unbroken period of service in the House of Commons. First president of the British Boar...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Candida Lycett-Green

Candida Lycett-Green

Writer and journalist. John Betjeman's daughter.

Person, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
First Baron Aberconway

First Baron Aberconway

Politician. Born Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren in Edinburgh. He began his career in journalism before turning to the law. Elected as an M.P. in 1880. Member of the Privy Council. Became Baron Abe...

Person, Industry, Journalism / Publishing, Law, Politics & Administration, Scotland, Wales

1 memorial