The Sunday Chronicle was a newspaper

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 in the United Kingdom

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The newspaper was founded in Manchester

Manchester

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 by Edward Hulton in August 1885. He was known for his sporting coverage, already publishing the Sporting Chronicle, the Daily Dispatch and the Athletic News. The paper initially cost one penny and, despite its name, was published on both Saturdays and Sundays. The socialist Robert Blatchford

Robert Blatchford

Robert Peel Glanville Blatchford was a socialist campaigner, journalist and author in the United Kingdom. He was a prominent atheist and opponent of eugenics. He was also an English patriot...

 worked for the paper in its early years and, due to his influence, it supported the Manningham Mills strikers. However, Blatchford was sacked immediately after the strike and instead founded the Clarion with the paper's drama critic, Alexander M. Thompson

Alexander M. Thompson

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Hulton's son, also Edward Hulton

Edward Hulton

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, took over the business on his father's death, but sold it to Allied Newspapers in 1923 for £6,000,000. Publication was moved to London, and James Drawbell was appointed editor, positioning it as a middle market newspaper and increasing circulation.

In 1955, the Chronicle was merged into the Empire News

Empire News

The Empire News was a Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom.The newspaper was founded in 1884 in Manchester as The Umpire. A penny newspaper, it was the first successful provincial Sunday newspaper in England. Owned by H. S. Jennings, the Umpire was subtitled "A Sporting, Athletic, Theatrical...

. The Empire News itself disappeared in 1960 when it was merged with the News of the World.

Editors

Thomas Harris

A. W. Woodbridge

1925: James Drawbell

James Wedgwood Drawbell

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1946:

1951: Gordon McKenzie

1952: John William Robertson

1954: Anthony George Berry

1954: Eugene Romer Wason