George Frederick Pardon

[2][3] From 1847 to 1850 he edited The People's and Howitt's Journal, and in summer 1850 he joined the staff of John Cassell as editor of the Working Man's Friend.

[1] In 1851 Pardon launched the Illustrated Exhibitor, a weekly description of the Great Exhibition, which was revived in 1862, and then merged in the Magazine of Art.

In 1854–5 he was engaged as editor of the Family Friend and the Home Companion; and he assisted in launching Orr's Circle of the Sciences.

[1] Pardon died suddenly on 5 August 1884, at the Fleur de Lis Hotel, Canterbury, while on a visit.

They had three sons, Charles Frederick, Sydney Herbert, and Edgar Searles, all of them writers and journalists, and associated with Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Frontispiece to Parlour Pastimes: A Repertoire of Acting Charades, Fire-Side Games, Enigmas, Riddles, Charades, Conundrums, Arithmetical and Mechanical Puzzles, Parlour Magic, Etc. Etc. , 1868, by George Frederick Pardon