Walter Jerrold

Jerrold was born in Liverpool, the son of Thomas Serle Jerrold and Jane Matilda Copeland (who were first cousins), and one of 11 children.{{cite web|title=Family Tree of Walter Copeland Jerrold|url=http://www.yvonnejerrold.com/FamilyTree/2-WalterCopelandJerrold&ClaraBridgeman.html|accessdate=8 June 2013}} His family had strong theatrical connections: Both his grandfather Douglas William Jerrold and uncle William Blanchard Jerrold were notable dramatists, and his great grandfather Samuel Jerrold was an actor and theatre manager.[http://www.yvonnejerrold.com/FamilyTree/L-SamuelJerrold-biog.html Samuel Jerrold].

Jerrold spent most of his life in London, starting work as a clerk in a newspaper counting-house, and going on to become deputy editor of The Observer. He edited many classic texts for the newly founded Everyman's Library, wrote biographies, travel books (for the "Beautiful England" series - published by Blackie and Son Limited),{{cite web|url=http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Beautiful_England.htm|title=Beautiful England|work=thehunthouse.net|accessdate=20 January 2015}} edited children's books, and produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland.

On 23 July 1895 he married Clare Armstrong Bridgman (2 December 1861 – 1937) at Kensington Register Office.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yvonnejerrold.com/FamilyTree/2-WalterCopelandJerrold&ClaraBridgeman.html|title=Walter Copeland Jerrold (1865-1929) & Clara Bridgeman|website=www.yvonnejerrold.com|access-date=2017-12-25}} Clara was also a published author writing under the name Clare Jerrold, which included a three-volume set on the life of Queen Victoria.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/earlycourtofquee00jerrrich|title=The early court of Queen Victoria|last=Jerrold|first=Clare Armstrong Bridgman|date=1912|publisher=New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons|others=University of California Libraries}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/marriedlifeofque00jerr|title=The married life of Queen Victoria|last=Jerrold|first=Clare|date=1913|publisher=London : E. Nash|others=University of California Libraries}}{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/widowhoodofqueen00jerruoft|title=The widowhood of Queen Victoria|last=Jerrold|first=Clare Armstrong Bridgman|date=1916|publisher=London : E. Nash|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}} Together they had one son and five daughters all named after Greek mythological characters.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfVsCAAAQBAJ&dq=althea+Jerrold&pg=PT3|title=The Studio Crime: A Golden Age Mystery|last=Jerrold|first=Ianthe|date=2015-05-04|publisher=Dean Street Press|isbn=9781910570296|language=en}} Oliver (27 September 1896 – 3 June 1897), their first born, died in infancy. Ianthe Jerrold (1898–1977), the oldest daughter, became a renowned fiction writer of twenty-one novels.{{cite web|url=http://gadetection.pbworks.com/Jerrold,%20Ianthe|title=gadetection / Jerrold, Ianthe|work=pbworks.com|accessdate=20 January 2015}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pfVsCAAAQBAJ&dq=Clara+Armstrong+Bridgman+Jerrold&pg=PT3|title=The Studio Crime: A Golden Age Mystery|last=Jerrold|first=Ianthe|date=2015-05-04|publisher=Dean Street Press|isbn=9781910570296|language=en}} Twins, Daphne (1899–1972) and Phyllis (1899–1975), attended the Slade School of Art and became painters and book illustrators.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18910/lot/150/|title=Bonhams : Phyllis Jerrold A collection of drawings for book illustrations: various sizes|website=www.bonhams.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-12-25}} Hebe (1900–1987) was a poet and book illustrator.{{Cite web|url=http://www.catalogue-host.co.uk/mallams/oxford/2011-12-14/lot_526|title=Mallams - Oxford - 14 December (lot 526)|website=www.catalogue-host.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-12-25}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WgQzDQAAQBAJ&dq=hebe+Jerrold&pg=PT200|title=They Fought in The Fields: The Women's Land Army|last=Tyrer|first=Nicola|date=2011-10-24|publisher=The History Press|isbn=9780752473420|language=en}} The youngest daughter, Althea (1902–1973) was also a talented writer and poet whose talent was overshadowed by her equally talented older siblings.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9SU4AQAAIAAJ&q=althea|title=New Catholic World|date=1933|publisher=Paulist Fathers|language=en}}

File:Mrs Caudle's curtain lectures.djvu, Douglas William Jerrold, a comic series originally published in Punch magazine; introduction by Walter Jerrold]]

;Biographical:

• Thomas Hood: His Life and Times (London: Alston Rivers, 1907)
• Michael Faraday: Man of Science (London: S.W. Partridge & Co, 1891)
• [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17977/17977-h/17977-h.htm Charles Lamb] (London: George Bell & sons, 1905)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=7M8mdrz_HcUC&q=%22Walter+jerrold%22 Douglas Jerrold, Dramatist And Wit] (Hodder and Stoughton, 1914)
• [https://archive.org/stream/earlkitchenerofk00jerrrich#page/n7/mode/2up Earl Kitchener of Khartoum] ( W.A. Hammond, 1916)

;Children:

• The Big Book of Fables (Lamboll, London 1987) {{ISBN|1851701060}}

;Travel:

• [https://archive.org/details/surreywithspeci00jerrgoog Surrey] (J. M. Dent and E. P. Dutton, 1901)
• [https://archive.org/details/highwaysandbywa02jerrgoog Highways and Byways in Kent] (Macmillan & Co., 1907)
• [https://archive.org/details/shakespeareland00jerriala Shakespeare Land] (Dana Estes & Co. Boston)
• [https://archive.org/details/norwichbroads00jerriala Norwich and the Broads] (Blackie & Son, 1910)
• [https://archive.org/details/thamesew00mittiala The Thames] (Blackie & Son, 1910)
• [https://archive.org/details/hamptoncourt00jerriala Hampton Court] (Blackie & Son, 1912)
• [https://archive.org/details/folkestonedover00jerrrich Folkestone and Dover] (Blackie & Son, 1920)
• [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/The_Heart_of_London.htm The Heart of London] (Blackie and Son, Ltd, 1924)
• [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Through_Londons_Highways.htm Through London's highways] (Blackie and Son, Ltd, 1924)
• [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/In_Londons_Byways.htm In London's by-ways] (Blackie and Son, Ltd, 1925)
• [http://www.maps.thehunthouse.net/Beautiful_England/Rambles_in_Greater_London.htm Rambles in Greater London] (Blackie and Son, Ltd, 1925)

• A Century of Parody and Imitation, ed. with Robert Maynard Leonard (H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1913; reprinted by Ulan Press, 2012)

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• [http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=14519 Walter Jerrold] (Randomhouse.com listing).
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