Musicians, singers and music publishers. Occupied 69 Meard Street, 1834-1898. Father Vincent born 1781. Not related to Ivor. The publishing company is now part of the Music Sales Group.
Had printing works in Hollen Street and some splendid offices at 152-160 Wardour Street, built by Frank Pearson (son of John Pearson) in 1906. The offices are now (2016) occupied by Yamaha, appropriately a music shop. See English Buildings and the Telegraph for some more on the Wardour Street building.
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Novello family
2022: We were contacted by David Bieda who wrote: "Meard Street plaque. I’d l...
Born The Savoy Hotel, as Philip Arnold Heseltine. Peter Warlock was his pseudonym. Journalist, music critic and composer. His music was heavily influenced by Elizabethan and Celtic culture. Influen...
C.H. For 34 years editor of The Observer. Born Birkenhead. Died Beaconsfield.
Newspaper publisher and politician. Born William Maxwell Aitken in Maple, Ontario. He came to Britain in 1910, and served as an MP 1911-16. In 1919, he took over The Daily Express, and later founde...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Canada
Born San Francisco. A self-made, extremely wealthy newspaper man. The model for Citizen Kane.
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