Media    From 11/3/1702  To 1735

Daily Courant

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.

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Daily Courant

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1 - Crane Court – The Daily Courant

Crane Court The Daily Courant, No 1 Wednesday March 11, 1702 {A facsimile of ...

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Daily Courant

The Corporation of the City of London In a house near this site was publishe...

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William Pitt Byrne

William Pitt Byrne

His father, Nicholas Byrne, founder of the 'Morning Post', was murdered in his office in 1833. His mother (Charlotte Dacre, author of Gothic novels) named him in honour of William Pitt who died the...

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1 memorial
Proprietors of the Quiver

Proprietors of the Quiver

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1 memorial
T. P. O'Connor

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1 memorial
James Wilson

James Wilson

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1 memorial
Frederick Startridge  Ellis

Frederick Startridge Ellis

Born Richmond, Surrey. Bookseller and author. He published the works of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who were also close friends. Rossetti wrote a limerick about him: "There’s a pub...

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1 memorial