John Birkenhead

John Birkenhead

Sir John Birkenhead or Berkenhead (March 24, 1616–4 December, 1679) was a British political writer and journalist, he was imprisoned several times during the Commonwealth for his obtrusive royalism.

Birkenhead was educated at Witton Grammar School, Northwich.cite journal | author=Margaret Crum| title=Review| journal=The Review of English Studies| year=1971| volume=NS 22| issue=85| url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6551(197102)2%3A22%3A85%3C81%3ASJB1AR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B| pages=81–83] Birkenhead began producing England's first official new-book "Mercurius Aulicus" in 1643. The principal writer was Peter Heylin but Birkenhead brought satire, slanders and incisive polemics which the parliamentary party found difficult to rebuff.

His loyalty to the royalist party was rewarded on the restoration of the monarchy when he was made licenser of the press and joint editor, with Henry Muddiman, of the new official news-book "Mercurius Publicus". His contribution to journalism after the restoration was slight, concentrating more on a political career and being elected MP for Wilton, Wiltshire in June 1661. He was knighted the following year and was a founding member of the Royal Society.

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*cite book | title=Sir John Berkenhead, 1617-1679: A Royalist Career in Politics and Polemics| last=Thomas| first=Peter W. | year=1969| publisher=Clarendon Press (OUP)| location=Oxford


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