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Cecil Chesterton
1879–1918
A sharp-tongued English journalist and editor, he threw himself into political debate and public controversy in the years before the First World War. His life was brief, but his writing left a clear mark on the world of early 20th-century journalism.
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A History of the United States
by Cecil Chesterton
Gladstonian Ghosts
by Cecil Chesterton
About the author
Born in London on November 12, 1879, Cecil Edward Chesterton was an English journalist, political commentator, and author. He is often remembered as the younger brother of G. K. Chesterton, but he built a reputation of his own through forceful, argumentative writing and a strong interest in public affairs.
He is best known for editing The New Witness from 1912 to 1916, where he wrote about politics and helped expose issues tied to the Marconi scandal. His work mixed reporting, opinion, and moral conviction, giving his journalism an energetic and combative style.
During the First World War, he served in the British Army. He died in France on December 6, 1918, not long after the war ended, at the age of 39. Though his life was short, he remains an interesting figure in British literary and political history.