The ''National Review'' was founded in 1883 by the English writers

Alfred Austin Alfred Austin (30 May 1835 – 2 June 1913) was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896, after an interval following the death of Tennyson, when the other candidates had either caused controversy or refused the honour. It was cl ...

and William Courthope. It was launched as a platform for the views of the

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. Its masthead incorporating a quotation of the former Conservative Prime Minister,

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, referring to him as

Lord Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a centr ...

: "What is the Tory Party, unless it represents National feeling?""Cover." ''The National Review'' 1, no. 1 (Mar, 1883). ProQuest. Under editor

Leopold Maxse Leopold "Leo" James Maxse (11 November 1864 – 22 January 1932) was an English amateur tennis player and journalist and editor of the conservative British publication, ''National Review'', between August 1893 and his death in January 1932; he ...

, the ''National Review'' took an unfriendly attitude towards

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in the years leading up to

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. The magazine was published by the Cecil Club, which became the

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in 1949. The magazine was renamed the ''National and English Review'' in 1950. It closed in 1960.

Editors

* (1883–1887)

with William Courthope * (1887–1893)

* (1893–1932)

* (1932–1948)

Violet Milner Violet Georgina Milner, Viscountess Milner (''née'' Maxse; 1 February 1872 – 10 October 1958) was an English socialite of the Victorian and Edwardian eras and, later, editor of the political monthly ''National Review''. Her father was clos ...

* (1948–1954)

Edward Grigg Edward William Macleay Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham, (8 September 1879 – 1 December 1955) was a British colonial administrator and politician. Biography Early years Grigg was the son of Henry Bridewell Grigg, CIE, a member of the Indian Civ ...

* (1954–1960)

John Grigg John Edward Poynder Grigg (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001) was a British writer, historian and politician. He was the 2nd Baron Altrincham from 1955 until he disclaimed that title under the Peerage Act on the day it received Royal Assen ...

References

*Hutcheson, John A. (1989). ''Leopold Maxse and the National Review, 1893–1914: right-wing politics and journalism in the Edwardian era''. New York: Garland Publishing Inc. .

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