British Critic

The British Critic: A New Review

After 1825 the review "became more narrowly theological in scope".[6]

Tractarian takeover

The owners were, however, in some difficulty in controlling the editorial line under both Campbell and Boone; and turned eventually to Oxford Movement figures.^[7] This move was brought on by the financial losses the Critic was making by 1836. John Henry Newman offered a stable of Oxford writers who would write reviews gratuitously, at a moment when the publisher was considering closing the publication.^[8]

By the end of 1837 Newman was objecting to Boone's decisions and line (the use of

• 1811
  Thomas Fanshaw Middleton.^[14] In the same year (beginning of the second series) William Van Mildert and Thomas Rennell also served as editors, according to various sources; with Rennell continuing until Lyall took over.^[15]
• 1816–17
  William Rowe Lyall^[16]
• c.1823–1833 Archibald Montgomery Campbell[17]^[18]
• 1827–1833 Edward Smedley,^[19] very much engaged in the periodical, but according to Houghton never actually editor in title.^[15]
• 1834–1837 James Shergold Boone^[20]
• 1837–8 Samuel Roffey Maitland
• 1838–July 1841 John Henry Newman^[21]
• 1841–1843 Thomas Mozley

References

• S. A. Skinner (2004), Tractarians and the 'Condition of England': The Social and Political Thought of the Oxford Movement, Clarendon Press, Oxford.

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