James George Joseph Penderel-Brodhurst (5 June 18592 December 1934) was a British journalist and writer, who was editor of the ''

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newspaper, from 1905 to 1922.

Early life

James Penderel-Brodhurst, the son of Charles Penderel-Brodhurst, was born on 5 June 1859. As a member of the Penderel family which assisted Charles II, Penderel-Brodhurst received an

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from a trust set up in 1676. His ancestor, Humphrey Penderel, helped to hide Charles in an oak tree after his defeat in the

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in 1651, and in return Charles established the pension to the Penderel family and their descendants.

Career

Penderel-Brodhurst joined the editorial staff of the ''

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'' in 1888 and became the editor of its weekly edition, the ''St James's Budget'', the following year. In 1893 the ''St James's Budget'' was relaunched as an independent illustrated weekly, but the paper ceased publication in 1899. From 1895 to 1904 Penderel-Brodhurst worked as a leader writer at the ''

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'', and became assistant editor of the ''

'' in 1903, rising to editor two years later. He stood down as editor on 31 December 1922, becoming consulting editor the following year, a position he held until his death in 1934. Alongside his journalism roles, Penderel-Brodhurst was the author of several books on architecture, furniture and the Penderel family. He wrote

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's entry in the

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, published in 1895, and made several contributions to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, mostly relating to furniture.

Family and later life

Penderel-Brodhurst married Henrietta Lee Baker, daughter of architect Humphrey Baker, in 1881. His second and only surviving son, Bernard Richard Penderel-Brodhurst (1890-1918), worked as an architect before he was killed in

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. Penderel-Brodhurst died following an operation on 2 December 1934. After his death his daughter Eleanor received the Penderel annuity, while his estate of £5,173 was left to his wife.

References

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