Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

C. P. Scott

Role / Field:

British journalist, publisher, and politician known for editing The Manchester Guardian.

Born:

1846-10-26

Died:

1932-01-01

Century / Era:

1846s Historical Era

Database Source:

2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Charles Prestwich Scott (26 October 1846 – 1 January 1932), usually cited as C. P. Scott, was a British journalist, publisher and politician. Born in Bath, Somerset, he was the editor of The Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian) from 1872 until 1929 and its owner from 1907 until his death.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

He was also a Liberal Member of Parliament and pursued a progressive-liberal agenda in the pages of the newspaper. Scott was the fourth son of the businessman Russell Scott and his wife Isabella Civil Prestwich, born at Bath, Somerset. He was educated at Hove House and Clapham Grammar School. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1865, taking a first in Greats and graduating B.A. in 1869.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Scott in 1870 went to Edinburgh to train on The Scotsman. While at Oxford, his cousin John Taylor, who ran the London office of The Manchester Guardian, decided that the paper needed an editor based in Manchester and offered Scott the post. Scott already enjoyed a familial connection with the paper; its founder, John Edward Taylor, was his uncle, and at the time of his birth Scott's father, Russell Scott, was the paper's owner, although he later sold it back to Taylor...

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