Hervey William Gurney Benham (; 1910–1987) was an English journalist, the founding proprietor of Essex County Newspapers, an author of books on

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

and the East Coast, a musician, and benefactor. Of his at least fourteen books, among the best known are ''Down Tops'l'', ''Last Stronghold of Sail'' and ''Once Upon a Tide''.

Biography

Hervey Benham was the son of

William Gurney Benham Sir William Gurney Benham, FSA, FRHS (; 16 February 1859 – 13 May 1944) was a British newspaper editor, published author and three times Mayor of Colchester. Early life and family William Benham was born on 16 February 1859 to Edward Benha ...

(three-times

Mayor of Colchester The Mayor of Colchester sits as non-political chairman of Colchester Borough Council and serves as the civic representative of the borough. The mayoralty is customarily awarded to the most senior councillor of one of the political groups Current ...

and editor of the ''

Essex County Standard The ''Essex County Standard'' is a weekly newspaper, published in Colchester, Essex. In August 2019 Newsquest announced it would no longer subscribe to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, the body that provides independently verified circulation ...

'' from 1884 to 1943) and Ethel Hervey Elwes. He succeeded his father as editor of the ''

'' from 1943 to 1965. In 1964 he commenced production of the paper using web-offset lithography a revolutionary printing process that he had pioneered with fellow newspaper proprietor Arnold Quick in

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch ...

, Essex. The Standard was described by the trade paper ''Printing World'' as Britain's best produced weekly newspaper. His daughter, Jane Benham, played a significant role in the maritime educational East Coast Sail Trust, in which Hervey was also involved, and in the preservation of

Thames sailing barge A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards, were perfectly adapted to the Thames Estuary, with its shallow waters and na ...

Publications

Books written by Hervey Benham include: * * * * * * * *

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benham, Hervey English newspaper editors English male journalists English male non-fiction writers 1910 births 1987 deaths