Arthur B. Sleigh [SEP] place of death
Arthur B. Sleigh
Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh, also known as Burrowes Willcocks Arthur Sleigh (1821, Montreal-1869, Chelsea) was a Canadian-born British army officer, travel writer and the original founder of the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph".
Sleigh founded "The Daily Telegraph" in 1855 to air a personal grievance against the Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, but its first issue was not a success and Sleigh was soon forced to sell the paper to his publisher, Joseph Moses Levy.
Sleigh (surname)
Sleigh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur B. Sleigh (1821–1869), founder of the British newspaper "The Daily Telegraph"
- Bernard Sleigh (1872–1954), English artist
- Dan Sleigh, South African novelist
- Julian Sleigh (1927-2013)m South African Christian Community priest and author
- Sylvia Sleigh (born 1935), American realist painter
- Tom Sleigh, American poet, dramatist, essayist and academic
- Violet Sleigh (born