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Joseph Drew (21 May 1814 – 3 December 1883) was an English newspaper editor, steamboat proprietor, writer and lecturer. ==Life== Joseph Drew was born in Deptford, son of Joseph Drew (c. 1779 – 1847) of the Royal Navy dockyard service and Martha Gale (1781 – 1854). The family probably came to London from Dorset shortly before Joseph was born, as his elder siblings Sarah and Henry had been baptised in Wyke Regis. Following the shutting down of Deptford Dockyard in 1830, his family moved to Melcombe Regis where he worked in his father's confectionery business. He later started a grocery business (with a partner Joseph Maunders) which went bankrupt. In about 1838 he moved to Guernsey with his wife and their four young children and set up his own confectioners in St. Peter Port, but returned to Weymouth a few years later. He became proprietor of the Victoria Hotel on Weymouth Esplanade. He was active in local affairs, becoming a JP and town councillor. Drew founded the newspaper ''The Southern Times'', published in Weymouth in 1850, which he edited until 1862.〔Attwooll, p.50〕 In 1852 Drew, by reason of his wealth and influence as a newspaper proprietor, became a partner in the company ''Cosens & Co.'' which operated paddle steamers from Weymouth. He became chairman of Cosens in 1874.〔Clammer p.29 et seq.〕 He died at Weymouth in 1883 and is buried in Melcombe Regis Cemetery. 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「Joseph Drew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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