Yates, Edmund Hodgson (1831-1894)

Letter from Edmund Yates, staying at The Granville, St Lawrence-on-Sea, Ramsgate, 25 Aug 1892, saying that he will stay another week and his health is much improved, adding that if he could only "massacre all the children and half the visitors" he would remain longer. Written on headed notepaper with a picture depicting the hotel and sea front and describing the health giving properties of the climate and baths in St Lawrence. With newspaper cutting of a death notice and tribute to Yates.

1892-1894

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English journalist, editor and author. Son of Frederick Henry Yates (1797-1842), a prominent figure on the London stage from about 1817 onwards. Born Edinburgh and educated at Highgate School and at Düsseldorf. In 1847 became a clerk in the General Post Office, and in 1862 became head of the missing letter department. He married in 1853, and soon began to write for the press. Charles Dickens made him dramatic critic to the Daily News, and he worked on Household Words and All The Year Round. Also founder of The World .

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