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Frederick Clifford (1828–1904) was an English journalist, known also as a barrister and legal writer. ==Life== Born Frederick Catt at Gillingham, Kent, on 22 June 1828, he was fifth son of Jesse Catt a Kentish man by his wife Mary Pearse. After private schooling, he started before he was twenty in provincial journalism. In 1852 he settled in London and joined the parliamentary staff of ''The Times'', of which his elder brother George was already a member at this time both he and George renounced the name Catt and adopted Clifford as their surname. This employment he combined with other work. He retained his connection with the provinces by acting as London correspondent of the ''Sheffield Daily Telegraph'', a conservative journal, and in 1863 he became joint proprietor of the paper with William Christopher Leng. In 1866 Clifford went to Jamaica to report for ''The Times'' the royal commission of inquiry into the conduct of Governor Edward John Eyre. He helped in 1868 to found the Press Association, an institution formed to supply newspaper proprietors of London and the provinces with home and foreign news, and he acted as chairman of the committee of management during two periods of five years each, finally retiring in 1880. In 1877, with the failing health of the editor, John Thadeus Delane, Clifford was transferred by ''The Times'' from the reporters' gallery of the House of Commons to Printing House Square; and he acted as assistant editor until his own bad health caused him to resign in 1883.〔 In parallel, Clifford had made a position as a legal writer. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 3 November 1856, and was called to the bar on 10 June 1859.〔 Clifford's ''Practice'' brought him work at the parliamentary bar. He took silk in 1894, and was elected a bencher of his inn on 18 May 1900.〔 Clifford was a student of agricultural questions also, and an member of the Royal Botanic Society. He died at his residence, 24 Collingham Gardens, Earl's Court, on 30 December 1904. His library formed a three days' sale at Sotheby's (5–7 May 1905). He was a collector of fans and other works of art.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Clifford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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