FONBLANQUE

Albany William ( 3 son of John de Grenier Fonblanque 1760–1838 ). b. London 1793; a journalist on Morning Chronicle , Times and Atlas ; on the Examiner 1826, manager and editor 1830–47, sole proprietor to 1860; head of statistical department of Board of Trade 1847 to death; a brilliant talker, a finished scholar and a student of music and art; author of England under seven administrations 3 vols. 1837. d. London 14 Oct. 1872. Life, ed. by E. B. de Fonblanque 1874; Westminster Papers vii , 21–23 (1874); Graphic vi , 442, 445 (1872), portrait .