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Hunt, Thornton Leigh
The following data is extracted from Hunt Family Records.
THORNTON LEIGH (1810-1873), journalist: s. James Henry Leigh H-; b. London; in 1822 he went to Italy with his parents; his father intended to make him an artist, but he soon wearied of the scheme and obtained work as an art critic; by Laman Blanchard's influence he became, in 1836, director of the political department of the "Constitutional", of which Blanchard was editor; he edited the "North Cheshire Reformer" and "Argus"; he contributed for twenty years to the "Spectator"; he also wrote for other newspapers, among them the "Globe" and the "Morning Chronicle"; joined the staff of the "Daily Telegraph" in 1855, writing principally on political subjects, and practically editing it; he wrote a novel called "The Foster Brother"; he edited his father's "Autobiography", 1850.
Source: Hunt Family Records
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