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THOMAS BARNES (1785-1841)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 413 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS
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BARNES (1785-1841)  ,
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British journalist, was
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born about 1785 . Educated at
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Christ's
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Hospital and
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Pembroke
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College,
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Cambridge, he came to
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London and soon joined the famous
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literary circle of which
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Hunt,
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Lamb and
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Hazlitt were prominent members . Upon the retirement of Dr Stoddart in 1817 he was appointed editor of The Times, a position which he held until his
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death, when he was succeeded by
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Delane .
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Lord
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Lyndhurst gave expression to a very widely-held
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opinion when he described him as " the most powerful
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man in the
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country." He died on the 7th of May 1841 .

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