Charles John Tibbits

Charles John Tibbits (31 January 1861 – 7 July 1935) was a British journalist, newspaper editor, and legal writer.

Biography Born on 31 January 1861 in Chester, the youngest son of George Tibbits, a solicitor, and Mary Myddleton.

Tibbits attended Albion House School, Chester,Notetag|Tibbits went to Albion House School according to Joseph Foster. Victor Plarr just writes that "he was educated privately", while his profile in Who Was Who describes his education before Oxford as "private tuition". he "wandered into journalism" instead,

After three years in local journalism he moved to London "to find fortune". He joined Harmsworth Publications, and rose to become the assistant editor as well as contributing stories and articles to almost all the London newspapers.

In 1901, Tibbits and his reporter Charles Windust were convicted for publishing prejudicial articles about an ongoing court case, and were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. Despite this, Tibbits remained editor of the Weekly Dispatch until 1903.

He later qualified as a solicitor, becoming an expert on legal matters

Personal life Tibbits married the author Annie Olive Brazier on 18 January 1896 at St Marylebone Parish Church, London. They lived in Abingdon Road, Kensington by 1898, They had two daughters, Eleanor Mary Tibbits and Isabella Margaret Myddleton Tibbits. He also wrote a number of true crime short stories with her.

Tibbits was a member of a number of dining and gentlemen's clubs, including the New Vagabonds, Press, and Savage Club. Terrible Tales: French (1890) Terrible Tales: Italian (1890) Terrible Tales: Spanish (1890) Archipropheta (1906) by Nicholas Grimald, translated by Tibbits Marriage Making and Marriage Breaking (1911)