William Brighty Rands (Henry Holbeach) (Matthew Browne)
1823–82
Parliamentary reporter and writer. Wrote under the pseudonyms Henry Holbeach and Matthew Browne. Reporter for Messrs Gurney in the committee rooms of the House of Commons, 1857–75. Staff member, Illustrated Times, and contributor to St Paul’s Magazine, Good Words for the Young, the Contemporary Review, the Saturday Journal, Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, the Pall Mall Gazette, and the Spectator. Helped found the Citizen newspaper in 1878. Preached at a chapel in Brixton, and wrote poetry and stories for children.
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ODNB
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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