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Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet

Born
1844
Died
1924
Forenames
Thomas Hay Sweet
Surname
Escott

Journalist and author. Employed FH on the Fortnightly Review when FH first came to London. FH says Escott wrote a recommendation for him, which, combined with a testimony from Hutton of the Spectator, helped gain him the editorship of the London Evening News at the age of twenty-seven.

 

Escott was the acting editor of the Fortnightly Review when FH displaced him as editor: FH says he insisted that Escott got a year's salary as he was ill, and needed the money.

Sources
LL, private email