John Latey

John Latey (30 October 1842 – 26 September 1902) was a British journalist and writer.[1]

Life

His father John Lash Latey

Latey was a son of John Lash Latey (1808–1891), editor of the Illustrated London News from 1858 to 1890.[2] He wrote parliamentary sketches for the ILN under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote novels and translated Dumas and Paul Féval.[3]

Latey joined the Penny Illustrated Paper when it was started by William Ingram in 1861, and was the paper's art and literary editor until 1901. He co-edited the Boys Illustrated Newspaper with Captain Mayne Reid from 1881 to 1882, and was editor of The Sketch from 1899 until his death.[4]

In August 1872 he married Constance Lachenal. They had three sons and one daughter, Josephine, who in 1903 married the cartoonist and illustrator W. Heath Robinson.[4] His son William Latey was a Divorce Commissioner.

Grave of John Latey in Highgate Cemetery

He died on the 26th September, 1902 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Works

References

  1. ^ "Latey, John". The Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1902: 504. 1903.
  2. ^ Boase, Modern English Biography, 6 vols, 1892-1921.
  3. ^ Men and women of the time, 15th ed., 1899
  4. ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Latey, John" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. ^ Mohicans of Paris in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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