James Hannay
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James Hannay was a Scottish novelist, journalist and diplomat.
, Scotland, and at age 13 joined the Royal Navy from which he was dismissed 5 years later.
The greater part of his career was occupied with miscellaneous journalism in England and Scotland. In 1850 he was a contributor to Punch
and edited the Edinburgh Courant
from 1860–1864.
He was a friend of Thackeray
.
For the last five years of his life he was British Consul
at Barcelona
.
Biography
Hannay was born at DumfriesDumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland, and at age 13 joined the Royal Navy from which he was dismissed 5 years later.
The greater part of his career was occupied with miscellaneous journalism in England and Scotland. In 1850 he was a contributor to Punch
Punch (magazine)
Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
and edited the Edinburgh Courant
Edinburgh Courant
The Edinburgh Courant was a broadsheet newspaper from the 18th Century. It was published out of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Its first issue was dated Feb 14-19, 1705 and was sold for a penny. It was one of the country's first regional papers, second only to the Norwich Post...
from 1860–1864.
He was a friend of Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century. He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.-Biography:...
.
For the last five years of his life he was British Consul
Consul (representative)
The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries...
at Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
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Principal Works
- Biscuits and Grog, 1848
- A Claret-Cup, 1848
- Hearts are Trumps, 1848
- King Dobbs, 1849
- Blackwood v Carlyle, 1850
- Singleton Fontenoy, 1850
- The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe: With a Notice of His Life and Genius, 1853
- Sketches in ultra-Marine, 1853
- Sand and Shells, 1854
- Satire and satirists. Six lectures, 1854
- Eustace Conyers, 1855
- Essays from The Quarterly Review, 1861
- A Brief Memoir of the Late Mr. Thackeray, 1864
- Characters and Criticisms, 1865
- A course of English literature, 1866
- Three hundred years of a Norman house; the barons of Gournay from the 10th to the 13th century, with genealogical miscellanies, 1867
- Studies on Thackeray, 1869