DELANE

John Thadeus ( 2 son of the succeeding ). b. South Molton st. London 11 Oct. 1817; ed. at King’s college, London and Magd. hall, Ox., B.A. 1839; barrister M.T. 28 May 1847; engaged upon the Times 1839, editor May 1841 to Nov. 1877; organised with aid of Lieut. Thomas Waghorn a special Times expre from Alexandria to London 1845; exposed and stopped the railway mania 1845, at an immense cost by lo of advertisements. d. Ascot Heath house near Ascot 22 Nov. 1879. Mac mill an’s Mag., Jany. 1880 pp. 267–72; King lake’s Crime an war , 6 ed. vol. vii , chapter ix, pp. 214–72 ; Hatton’s Journalistic London 1882 p. 81, portrait ; Times 25 Nov. 1879 p. 7, cols. 3–5 ; I.L.N. lxxv , 548 (1879), portrait .