Mark Lemon

Mark Lemon
From M. H. Spielmann's The History of "Punch", 1895
Mark Lemon's grave, St Margaret's Church, Ifield, Crawley

Mark Lemon (London, 30 November 1809Crawley, 23 May 1870) was founding editor of both Punch and The Field.

Biography

Lemon was born in London on the 30 November 1809.[1] He was the son of Martin Lemon, a hop merchant, and Alice Collis. His parents married on 26 December 1808 at St Mary, Marylebone, London. His father having died in 1817, Lemon was just 15 when he was sent to live in Boston, Lincolnshire with his mother's brother Thomas Collis.[citation needed]

Mark had a natural talent for journalism and the stage, and, at twenty-six, retired from less congenial business to devote himself to the writing of plays. More than sixty of his melodramas, operettas and comedies were produced in London, whilst at the same time he was contributing to a wide variety of magazines and newspapers.[1]

He married Helen (Nelly) Romer, on 28 September 1839 in Kensington, London and had 8 children - sons Mark, Frank and Henry, and daughters Alice, Betty, Helen, Mary and Kate. Frank died shortly after he was born. Betty married Sir Robert Romer and their son was Mark Lemon Romer.[citation needed]

In 1841 Lemon and Henry Mayhew conceived the idea of a humorous weekly paper to be called Punch, and when the first number was issued, in July 1841, were joint-editors and, with the printer and engraver, equal owners. The paper was for some time unsuccessful, Lemon keeping it alive out of the profits of his plays. On the sale of Punch, Lemon became sole editor for the new proprietors. It remained under his control until his death, achieving remarkable popularity and influence.[1]

Two other long-running magazines in which Lemon played a significant part were the Illustrated London News, the first publication to make use of pictures as well as text in reporting, which was founded by his friend Herbert Ingram,[citation needed] and The Field, of which he was founder editor (18531857).[1]

Lemon was an actor of ability, a pleasing lecturer and a successful impersonator of Shakespearian characters. He also wrote a host of novelettes and lyrics, over a hundred songs, a few three-volume novels, several Christmas fairy tales and a volume of jests.[1] He was a stalwart of the London Gentlemen's club the Savage Club.[citation needed]

He died in his adopted home town Crawley, West Sussex on 23 May 1870 and was buried in St Margaret's Church, Ifield. A blue plaque commemorates him outside The George Hotel, Crawley.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911, p413.
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