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Charles Diamond (17 November 1858 – 19 February 1934)[1] was an Irish newspaper entrepreneur and Labour Party politician. Early lifeCharles Diamond was born on 17 November 1858 in Derry, Ireland. He later emigrated to England, settling in Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 1878.[1] CareerDiamond worked as a journalist.[3] In 1884, he launched The Irish Tribune and in 1887 acquired the Glasgow Observer as well as The Catholic News, which he both amalgamated into The Catholic Herald,[2] of which he was editor in charge until his death, aged 75, in 1934. In 1888 he founded the Weekly Herald, Catholic Educator and Manchester Citizen newspapers.[3] In 1899, he bought the Aberdeen Catholic Herald.[4] Throughout his life he established 37 weekly newspapers.[3] Diamond was an outspoken and controversial figure, described by one of his successors as "the kind of a man who made a good many enemies". On 8 January 1920 he was arrested and charged with publication of an article in the Catholic Herald that allegedly encouraged assassination in Ireland. {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Diamond entered the British House of Commons as an Anti-Parnellite Nationalist in 1892, sitting for North Monaghan the following three years.[5] He contested Peckham in the 1918 general election and Rotherhithe in the 1922 general election, as a Labour Party candidate, however was unsuccessful.[6] Extensive travels led him through Southern Africa, America and Southern Europe.[7] Personal life and deathDiamond married Jeannie, only daughter of Jeremiah McCarthy, in 1882.[7] He died on 19 February 1934. Footnotes1. ^Swift and Gilley, p. 173 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.totalcatholic.com/tc/index.php?/20091204752/history-of-the-uk-catholic-press/history-of-the-uk-catholic-press.html|title=The Universe - History of the Catholic press in the UK|accessdate=10 December 2009}} 3. ^Swift and Gilley, p. 175 4. ^Swift and Gilley, p. 176 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons3.htm|title=Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Monaghan North|accessdate=10 December 2009}} 6. ^{{cite book|last=Debrett|first=John|title=Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench|publisher=Dean & Son Ltd.|location=London|year=1922|editor=Arthur G. M. Hesilrige|pages=191}} 7. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|title=Who's Who, 1926|publisher=Adam & Charles Black Ltd.|location=London|year=1926|pages=790}} References
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