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Wilson, John Jeffers

Record IDcni00059387

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00059387

Last Edit2014-03-14

General Note

Dundee Chronicle office Dundee 1836

Son of John Jeffers, a non-commissioned officer in the 2nd Battalion of The Rifle Brigade, and Ann Harrison. Born at Saltwood in Kent in January 1808. He was with his mother in the baggage train at the battle of Waterloo. Shortly afterwards his father died, and his mother settled in Leith, and married a Sergeant Wilson. John Jeffers took his stepfather's surname. In 1822-23 he was apprenticed as a printer to “Tait's Magazine”, under John and Christina Johnston. He was printing manager of “The Fifeshire Journal” from January to June 1836, and was responsible for the transfer of the paper to Cupar, but 'Found too many masters there' and left in June of the same year. He subsequently was manager of “The Dundee Chronicle”, and “The Perth Constitutional”, before returning to Kirkcaldy and starting “The Kirkcaldy Advertiser”, later “The Fifeshire Advertiser”. Wilson died on 12 March 1866, and having no children his two nephews, William Lindsay White and Frances Hislop inherited the “Advertiser”.

The Constitutional Kirkside Perth 1837