Social researcher and journalist. Born London. Joint founding editor with Mark Lemon, of the magazine 'Punch' and author of 'London Labour and the London Poor'. Born into a wealthy London family, of seventeen children. Died 8 Tavistock Street. Good article at London Historians.
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