John Edwin Hilary Skinner (1839–1894) was an English barrister and journalist, known as a war correspondent.
[1] A good linguist, he obtained a commission from the Daily News as special correspondent with the Danish Army in the Second Schleswig War.
Their stories appeared simultaneously on 6 September, having been anticipated only in the Pall Mall Gazette.
[1] For a short time, in the spring of 1881, Skinner was assistant judicial commissioner in Cyprus.
In 1885 he unsuccessfully contested the constituency of Paddington South against Lord Randolph Churchill.