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The Times newspaper was founded in 1785 by John Walter as The Daily Universal Register, the title of which after 940 editions was changed on 1 January, 1788 to The Times. John Walter was also the first editor of the paper. He resigned in 1803, handing ownership and editorship to the second John Walter. The first John Walter had already spent sixteen months in Newgate Prison for libel printed in The Times newspaper, but his pioneering efforts to obtain European news, especially from France, helped build the Times newspaper reputation among policy makers and financiers.

Thank you! to Petra Mitchinson for transcribing the majority of 'The Times' articles and to Barb Baker for the rest, we have hundreds of transcribed articles still to add. Watch this space !!!
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  • Vane vs. Vane  ( 11 items )
    Transcribed by Petra Mitchinson - April 2006
    In 1876 there was an epic trial - one VANE tried to wrest the baronetcy and the family estates from the current holder on the basis that allegedly the current baronet's father was illegitimate. An awful lot of dirty family linen was washed in public, and a great lot of family history information was revealed in the process.

  • The Loss of the “London” – 1866  ( 35 items )
    Transcribed by Petra Mitchinson - June 2006.
    The London sank in a bad storm in the Bay of Biscay on 11th January 1866 on her way from London to Melbourne. 220 passengers and crew lost their lives, among them 10 people from Cumberland; 16 crew and 3 passengers managed to get away in one boat and survived.

  • The Charge Against a Clergyman  ( 9 items )
    Transcribed by Petra Mitchinson - August 2007
    The Rev. John H L BATEMAN, vicar of Haile, has been prosecuted by the Treasury at Whitehaven Police-court, for inserting or permitted to be inserted  in the register of marriages at Haile a certain false entry relating to a marriage.