18 Facts About Herbert Ingram

Herbert Ingram was a British journalist and politician.

Herbert Ingram is considered the father of pictorial journalism through his founding of The Illustrated London News, the first illustrated magazine.

Herbert Ingram was a Liberal politician who favoured social reform and represented Boston for four years until his early death in the shipwreck of the Lady Elgin.

When Herbert Ingram finished his training, he moved to London, where he worked as a journeyman printer.

In 1832, Herbert Ingram established his own printing and newsagents business in Nottingham, in partnership with his brother-in-law, Nathaniel Cooke.

Herbert Ingram concluded that making a good profit would be possible from a magazine that included a large number of illustrations.

The newsagent business failed to make much progress until Herbert Ingram purchased the rights to a laxative known as Parr's Life Pills.

Herbert Ingram moved back to London, and after discussing the matter with his friend, Mark Lemon, editor of Punch, he decided to start his own magazine, The Illustrated London News.

Herbert Ingram announced in The Illustrated London News that the concern of the magazine would be "with the English poor" and the "three essential elements of discussion with us will be the poor laws, the factory laws, and the working of the mining system".

In 1855, Herbert Ingram took over another rival, the Illustrated Times.

Herbert Ingram employed leading artists of the day to illustrate social events, news stories, and towns and cities.

In 1856, Herbert Ingram became the Liberal candidate in a by-election in his home town of Boston.

Herbert Ingram told the people of Boston they needed a "representative who is at once the product and the embodiment of the progressive spirit of the age".

Herbert Ingram continued his campaign for social reform in the House of Commons until his death four years later.

Herbert Ingram was instrumental in bringing the Great Northern Railway to Boston, which forged new links with other parts of the country and got the town on track for a new era of growth.

Herbert Ingram played a major part in supplying fresh piped water to the town, a move that was met with rejoicing and brass bands when the taps were turned on for the first time.

In 1860, Herbert Ingram went to the US with his eldest son to obtain material for The Illustrated London News.

Herbert Ingram was brought back to Boston for burial in the Boston Cemetery on Horncastle Road.