Hildebrand Harmsworth

Sir Hildebrand Aubrey Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (15 March 1872 – 18 April 1929), was a British newspaper proprietor, twice unsuccessful parliamentary candidate, and member of the Harmsworth publishing family.

Early life Hildebrand Harmsworth was born on 15 March 1872, a barrister, and Geraldine Maffett, daughter of William Maffett. He was the brother of Lord Northcliffe, Lord Rothermere, Lord Harmsworth, and Sir Leicester Harmsworth. He was educated privately and in 1892 went up to Merton College, Oxford, but did not stay to complete a degree.

Political career Harmsworth stood for the Parliamentary seat of Gravesend, Kent, in the British 1900 general election as a Liberal Imperialist He stood for the Wellington, Shropshire, seat as a tariff reformer while his passengers were censured for failing to insist that the car stop after the accident. Harmsworth gave £300 to a charitable fund to help the boy's mother.

Publisher and editor Harmsworth was the publisher of The Globe from 1908 to 1911

Harmsworth was the joint editor of a short-lived monthly periodical, New Liberal Review with his brother Cecil Harmsworth, from its foundation in 1901 to its closure in 1904.

Described by David McKie as "famously useless", Harmsworth became a baronet in the 1922 Birthday Honours, On hearing the news, his family sent him a telegram with the sarcastic message "At last, a grateful nation has given you your due reward." By the time of the 1911 United Kingdom census, they were living at First Avenue, Hove, East Sussex. They had four sons, Sir Hildebrand Harmsworth, 2nd Baronet (1901–1977), Ronald Aubrey Leicester Harmsworth (1902–1946), Chamberlain Michael Hildebrand Harmsworth (1903–1955), and Perceval Anthony Thomas Harmsworth (1907–1968). He is buried in St Helen's churchyard, Hove, with his second son Ronald. He left a legacy to Merton College to be used to fund scholarships for postgraduate study.