Michael James Whitty

Michael James Whitty (1795 in Nicharee, Duncormick, County Wexford – 10 June 1873 in Princes Park Liverpool) was an English newspaper editor and proprietor.

Whitty was a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, who had campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.^[1]

Whitty is buried in Anfield Cemetery.^[2] The journalist Edward Michael Whitty was his son.^[3]

References

↑ Liverpool John Moores Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Anfield Cemetery
↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Whitty, Edward Michael". Dictionary of National Biography. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Michael Kelly, 'Liverpool's Irish Connection. Michael James Whitty founder of 'Liverpool Daily Post'

External links

W. P. Courtney, ‘Whitty, Michael James (1795–1873)’, rev. Nilanjana Banerji, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Jan 2008
Works by or about Michael James Whitty in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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[1] Liverpool John Moores Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine.

[2] Anfield Cemetery

[3] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Whitty, Edward Michael". Dictionary of National Biography. 61. London: Smith, Elder & Co.