“The English Gentleman” Newspaper. Zephyrinus Subscribes To This Newspaper In Order To Keep Abreast Of The News And To Keep An Eye On His Two Miscreants, Perkins And Jeeves, In The Insolvent Debtors’ Court.

The “English Gentleman”, 

17 September 1826.

Illustration and Text: 

THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE

available HERE

The “English Gentleman”.

With the decidedly dapper name of the 

“English Gentleman”, comes our new title of the week. 

First published on 19 December 1824 by Edward Dixon Pouchée, who published other titles like the “News of Literature and Fashion” and “The European Review”, 

and was the brother of printing entrepreneur 

Louis Pouchée, the “English Gentleman” 

appeared weekly on a Sunday.

With the motto of “In Manner, Courteous”, and, “In Action, Firm”,’ the “English Gentleman” filled eight pages with news from Parliament, Police News, Updates from both The Army and The Navy, Sporting Intelligence, and the Theatres. 

Costing some 7d (Seven Pence) in Old Money in 1826 

[Editor: Today’s money = £4], the Paper also published 

the latest News from the Insolvent Debtors’  Court, 

providing a list of those debtors for its readers. 

[Editor: This is most useful for Zephyrinus to keep an 

eye on his two miscreants, Perkins (Chauffeur) and Jeeves 

(Butler), who appear to have taken up Season Tickets 

to appear regularly in the Insolvent Debtors’ Court].