William Tegg

[1] He sold off stock, however, as required by Thomas Tegg's will, and carried on at a smaller scale.

[1][2] George Cruikshank and Charles Dickens in their early days were close friends of Tegg; Edmund Kean, Charles Kemble, and Dion Boucicault were friends in the long term.

In local politics he was an active member of the common council of the City of London.

[1][2][3] He was married to his wife Hannah née Veargitt in 1836 [4] Tegg published compilations, and part of his business was low-cost reprints of standard works.

He brought out popular juvenile literature by "Peter Parley": it was reprinted or adapted from works by Samuel Griswold Goodrich.