Hildebrand Harmsworth

[5] He stood for the Wellington, Shropshire, seat as a tariff reformer[3] and Liberal Unionist in the 1906 general election but was again unsuccessful, achieving 39% of the vote.

The chauffeur was eventually sentenced to a jail term of six months hard labour and his passengers censured for failing to insist that the car stop after the accident.

Waldon Peacock became the new editor under Harmsworth who proceeded to try to modernise the paper, aspects of which had not changed for 50 years.

[7] He was the joint editor of a short-lived monthly periodical, New Liberal Review with his brother Cecil Harmsworth, from its foundation in 1901 to its closure in 1904.

[10] On hearing the news, his family sent him a telegram with the sarcastic message "At last, a grateful nation has given you your due reward.