Eastern Province Herald

The Eastern Province Herald is a newspaper, founded in 1845 and based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

After John Snr's death, Barbara undertook to educate the boy but in 1832 she was persuaded to send him to Aberdeen Grammar School which he attended until 1836.

[1] In November 1836, he went to Marischal College, applied for a bursary and won one which saw him through the next four years of his University training.

In 1857 he sold the Eastern Province Herald to his friend Robert Godlonton, owner of the Grahamstown Journal.

Philip opened the competing Port Elizabeth Mercury newspaper shortly after the split with Paterson.