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Charles William Shirley ( son of Wm. Brooks of London, architect who d. 11 Dec. 1867 aged 80 ). b. 52 Doughty st. London 29 April 1816; articled to his uncle Charles Sabine of Oswestry, solicitor 1832–7; wrote parliamentary summary in Morning Chronicle 1848–52, special correspondent for it in Ru ia, Syria and Egypt 1853; contributed to Punch 1851 to death, editor June 1870 to death, wrote Punch’s E ence of parliament ; edited Literary Gazette 1858–9 and Home News 1867; author of The Creole or love’s fetters , produced at Lyceum theatre 8 April 1847; The daughter of the stars , produced at New Strand theatre 5 Aug. 1850; Aspen Court, a story of our own time 3 vols. 1854; The gordian knot 1859; The silver cord 3 vols. 1861. d. 6 Kent terrace, Regent’s park, London 23 Feb. 1874. G.M. xii , 561–9 (1874); Illust. review iii , 545–50 (1872), portrait ; E. Yates’s Recollections ii , 143–9 (1884); Cartoon portraits (1873) 128–33, portrait .