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MAYHEW, HENRY, brother of Thomas Charles Wilson Mayhew (qv); b. 25 Nov 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1822; Min. Can. 1826; ran away from School during the Challenges, in which he had greatly distinguished himself (Forshall, Westminster School Past and Present, 1884, 329-30); articled to father, but soon abandoned law for journalism; started Figaro in London with Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (qv) 1831; published The Thief 1832; one of the originators of Punch 1841, and for a short time its joint editor; joint author with his brother Augustus Septimus Mayhew of The Greatest Plague of Life, 1847; one of the first philanthropic journalists; author London Labour and the London Poor, 1864, and numerous other works; m. 1844 Jane, elder dau. of Douglas William Jerrold, journalist and wit; d. 25 Jul 1887. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.