First daily newspaper to be published in England. Published by Elixabeth Mallet from rooms above the White Hart in Fleet Street.
2022: Londonist, rightly, draws attention to the fact that this, Britain's first daily newspaper, was founded by a woman, Elizabeth Mallet, and yet she is not mentioned on the plaques, let alone honoured with one herself.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Daily Courant
Crane Court The Daily Courant, No 1 Wednesday March 11, 1702 {A facsimile of ...
The Corporation of the City of London In a house near this site was publishe...
Journalist. Born 11 Hampstead Square. His chaotic life, spent mainly in the bar of the Coach and Horses, Greek Street, led to the play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse, the title bei...
Born Trinidad. Moved to New York where she became a Communist. Caught up in the McCarthy trials she was imprisoned and then extradited to Britain in December 1955. Became a community organiser afte...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
Publisher and newspaper executive. Born Jocelyn Edward Greville Stevens in Marylebone. In 1957 he bought the high society publication 'The Queen' and revamped it as 'Queen'. In the 1960s he provide...
Cricketer and publisher. Born at Crown Street, Brighton. As a cricketer, he played mainly for Sussex. In 1850 he opened a cricket-equipment business in Leamington Spa and five years later opened a ...
American novelist, travel writer, and journalist, considered one of the great war correspondents of the 20th century. Gellhorn reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place durin...
Joseph Beck, 1828 - 1891, Chairman of the Clissold Park Preservation Committee who spearheaded the campaign (1886 - 8) to save Clissold P...
Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.
The houses on this side of the street were built by Jeffrey Morgan of this parish, 1824.
Colvyn Hugh Haye was born on 7 December 1925 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India, a son of Colvyn Hugh Haye (1895-1969) and Avis Rose Haye née Kelly. He was educated at the Oak Grove School, Jharipa...
Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration, Australia, China/Hong Kong, India, Scotland
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