Cluer Dicey
English printer
Cluer Dicey (28 January 1715 – 3 October 1775) was an English newspaper proprietor, publisher of street literature, printseller and patent medicine seller, in London and later in Northampton. He was also proprietor of the Northampton Mercury newspaper from 1756 until his death in October 1775. Likewise he inherited and developed a huge distribution network in England for patent medicines.
Family
Cluer was born 28 January 1715 at London, the son of William Dicey (1690–1756) and Mary his wife (née Atkins). He was named after his uncle, John Cluer, a London printer and music publisher. He married Mary [sometimes given as Maria] Nutshawe 7 October 1738. They had two sons, William (who died in infancy 1739) and Thomas, b. 1742. They also had three daughters, Charlotte, b. 1740; Sarah Ann b.
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