Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham

"Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham KCVO (28 December 1833 – 9 January 1916), known as Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baronet, from 1892 to 1903, was a British newspaper proprietor."

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1st Baron Burnham, KCVO, known as Sir Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baronet, from 1892 to 1903. He was a British newspaper proprietor. He was the son of Joseph Moses Levy and his wife Esther (née Cohen). His father had acquired the Daily Telegraph in 1855 only months after its founding. He was editor and in control of the paper long before his father's death in 1888 and from 1885 he was managing proprietor and sole controller, becoming even more influential than his father on Fleet Street. In 1875 he assumed by Royal license the surname of Lawson in addition to and after that of Levy. He was created a Baronet, of Hall Barn in the County of Buckingham, in 1892 and in 1903 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Burnham, of Hall Barn in the Parish of Beaconsfield in the County of Buckingham. In 1886 he was appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.

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2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume XIII, page 25. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

3. [S452] #21 The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (1910), Cokayne, George Edward (main author) and Vicary Gibbs (added author), (New edition. 13 volumes in 14. London: St. Catherine Press,1910-), vol. 13 p. 25.

4. [S334] #505 Visitation of England and Wales (1893-1921), Howard, Joseph Jackson, (21 volumes. London: [Joseph Jackson Howard], 1893-1921), FHL book 942 D23h., vol. 14 a&c p. xviii [LEICESTER].