Louis John Jennings

Following a period with the Saturday Review, he joined The Times newspaper and between 1863 and 1868 was its special correspondent, first in India and, from 1865, the US, where he was successful in mending the paper's relations with the US Government following its support for the South during the Civil War.

As editor he was responsible for the exposure of the Tweed Ring and subsequently received a letter from Chester A. Arthur assuring him that his services to the citizens of New York would not be forgotten.

[1] Jennings returned to London in 1876, following the failure of an attempt to secure financial control of the New York Times, and established a close working relationship with the publisher John Murray, both as book reviewer and author.

A strong proponent of the policy of Fair Trade, in 1885 he was elected Member of Parliament for Stockport.

[1] His daughter Gertrude E. Jennings (1877-1958) became a notable author of one act theatrical plays in Britain.