George Parker Tuxford
George Parker Tuxford (ca.1810 – 24 October 1870) of Barnes, London, was a British magazine publisher.
Born in Boston, Lincolnshire, the eldest son of John Tuxford, George was a co-proprietor with John Rogerson (c. 1884 – 11 May 1851)[1] of the English agricultural newspaper Mark Lane Express, cofounded by Cuthbert William Johnson (1799–1878), brother of George W. Johnson, and William Shaw and edited by Shaw,[2] and the Farmers' Magazine with offices at 246 The Strand.
A frequent contributor to these magazines was Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870), an entertaining writer on country matters. Tuxford and Rogerson also published the New Sporting Magazine.
He was also a founder and for many years a director of Farmers' Insurance Office, an early member of the Farmers Club, and a Life Governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Family[edit]
Tuxford was the eldest brother of the Hon. William Wedd Tuxford (died 28 January 1878), John Lefevre Tuxford (died 29 June 1887) and Walsingham Weston Tuxford (died 2 December 1875), all of whom emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia and achieved a measure of importance in the new colony.[3] His sister Hannah Parker Tuxford married Rev. Joseph Whitehead, of Spilsby, Lincolnshire.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "cornwall england newspaper". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Our Founding Fathers" Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine Phillip Sheppy, MBE, FRAgS (an essay on Richard Ansdell's painting The Meeting of The Royal Agricultural Society, Bristol 1842)
- ^ "Mr. G.P. Tuxford". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 December 1870. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Family Notices". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1859. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
External links[edit]
- The Farmer's Magazine Volume the Fifteenth, January to June 1859.