Walter Coulson
British newspaper editor and barrister (1795–1860)
Walter Coulson (1795 – 1860) was an English newspaper editor, barrister, writer and associate of Jeremy Bentham. He served as Parliamentary reporter on the Morning Chronicle and was the editor of the evening paper The Traveller.
Life
He was the second son of Thomas Coulson, master painter in the royal dockyard at Devonport (died in 1845), and Catherine, second daughter of Walter Borlase, surgeon of Penzance, and was born at Torpoint in Cornwall. He acted as amanuensis to Bentham, and obtained a place as parliamentary reporter on the staff of the Morning Chronicle. James Mill and Francis Place were early friends, and the first writings of John Stuart Mill appeared in The Traveller in 1822, then owned by Robert Torrens and edited by Coulson.
The Traveller was merged with The Globe in 1823, and Coulson was appointed editor, with a salary of £800 a year and a share of the profits, continuing for some time as the reporter of the Chronicle, until The Globe flourished. He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn on 26 November 1828, becoming a Q.C. in July 1851, and a bencher of his inn in November 1851. He concentrated on conveyancing and chancery bar business. When differences of opinion arose between him and the proprietors of The Globe, he resigned the editorship.
Coulson was long the parliamentary draughtsman or counsel for the home department.
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