William Beatty-Kingston

William Beatty-Kingston (1837 – 4 October 1900) was an English journalist, known both as a foreign correspondent and a music critic.

[1] Beatty-Kingston joined the staff of the Public Record Office, but found little scope for advancement there, and in 1856 he moved to work for the Austrian consular service in London.

[1][2] In 1866 Beatty-Kingston began working for The Daily Telegraph as its correspondent in Vienna, afterwards moving to Berlin, and then returning to London as the paper's foreign editor.

[1] A fluent linguist, Beatty-Kingston contributed not only to numerous British publications, including Macmillan's Magazine, The Fortnightly Review, The Graphic and The English Illustrated Magazine, but also continental papers such as Die Presse in Vienna and Perseveranze in Milan.

He was a contributor to magazines including The Theatre, for which he and his successor Herman Klein wrote the music column.