Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet was a British Liberal and Radical politician and writer.
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Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet, by George Frederic Watts
Sir Charles Dilke c. 1895
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke 1843 - 1911 Statesman and Author (Blue plaque at 76 Sloane Street, Chelsea)
W. T. Stead
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William Thomas Stead was an English newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era. Stead published a series of hugely influential c
Sir Charles Dilke, 2nd Baronet
…decree nisi dissolving the Crawfords' marriage. The paradoxical finding left doubts hanging over Dilke's respectability, and investigative journalist William Thomas Stead launched a public campaign against him. Two months later, in April, Dilke sought to reopen the case and clear his name by making the Queen's Proctor a…
Stead as a child
Stead in 1881
Two titles from Stead's Masterpiece Library for Boys and Girls
Stead with his family, 1890s