John Walter Jr. was an English newspaper editor and politician. He was the son of John Walter, the founder of The Times, and succeeded his father as the newspaper's second editor.
John Walter II
Bearwood House
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Bearwood or Bear Wood, in Sindlesham, Berkshire, England, is a Victorian country house built for John Walter, the owner of The Times. The architect was Robert Kerr and the house was constructed betwee
John Walter (editor, born 1776)
…to Thomas Barnes, and in 1841 to John Thadeus Delane, but Walter ultimately guided the direction of policy. In 1830, Walter purchased an estate called Bearwood at Sindlesham in Berkshire where he built a house, afterwards rebuilt by his son. He was appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire the same year. Two years…
The house pictured in 2004
Print of Bearwood in the mid-19th century
View of Bear Wood in Francis Orpen Morris's The County Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
The garden front