Morning Star (London newspaper)
19th-century daily newspaper in London / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the daily newspaper published in Britain since 1966 under that name, see Morning Star (British newspaper).
The Morning Star was a radical pro-peace London daily newspaper started by Richard Cobden and John Bright in March 1856. It had substantial support from Joseph Sturge.[1]
The newspaper was edited by Samuel Lucas from 1859 until his death in 1865.[2] He had a financial stake in the paper, and as an "active managing partner" he succeeded in recruiting the Irish politician, historian and novelist Justin McCarthy and novelist Edmund Yates as contributors.[3] McCarthy succeeded Lucas as editor from 1865 until 1868. The final issue, with John Morley as editor, was on 13 October 1869.[4]
The Scottish novelist William Black briefly worked as a journalist on the paper in 1863–64.