The Representative (newspaper)
Founder(s) | Benjamin Disraeli[2] |
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Founded | 25 January 1826 |
Ceased publication | 29 July 1826 |
The Representative was a spectacularly unsuccessful daily newspaper published in London, England. Established on 25 January 1826,[3] it ceased to exist on 29 July 1826.[4]
In autumn 1825 the young
The Representative was launched on 25 January 1826 and apparently never had a proper editor – Disraeli quarrelled with Murray and later satirised him in a novel, Vivian Grey, as the "Marquess of Carabas." The "Rep's" politics were incoherent and advertising began slipping away almost immediately. Soon its nickname was the "demi-Rep." Maginn was brought back from Paris in March to try to salvage the paper, but it expired with much finger-pointing in the summer of 1826, and was merged with the New Times. Murray lost heavily (about £26,000)[6] and never attempted another foray into newspaper publishing. Disraeli went on to a career in politics, eventually becoming Prime Minister.[7]
Notes
- ISBN 978-1-4736-6271-1.
- ISBN 978-90-382-1340-8.
- ISBN 978-0-7123-4873-7.
- ^ Samuel Smiles; John Murray (1891). A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843. J. Murray. pp. 214–.
- ^ Blake, 29-30.
- ^ DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. 1894. pp. 393–.
- ^ Blake, 32-38.
References
- Blake, Robert (1967). Disraeli. New York: St. Martin's Press.