Charles Diamond was an Irish newspaper entrepreneur and Labour Party

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 politician.

Born in Derry

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, Ireland

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, Diamond later emigrated to England

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, settling in Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 1878. After his education he worked as a journalist.

In 1884, he launched The Irish Tribune and in 1887 acquired the Glasgow Observer as well as The Catholic News, which he both amalgamated into The Catholic Herald

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. In 1888 he founded the Weekly Herald, Catholic Educator and Manchester Citizen newspapers. In 1899, he bought the Aberdeen Catholic Herald. Throughout his life he established 37 weekly newspapers.

Diamond entered the British House of Commons

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 in 1892, sitting for North Monaghan

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 the following three years. He contested Peckham

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 in the 1918 general election

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 and 1922 general election

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, as a Labour Party candidate, however was unsuccessful. Extensive travels led him through Southern Africa, America and Southern Europe.

In 1882, he married Jeannie, only daughter of Jeremiah McCarthy.

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