James George Joseph Penderel-Brodhurst

James George Joseph Penderel-Brodhurst (5 June 18592 December 1934) was a British journalist and writer, who was editor of the Guardian, an Anglican newspaper, from 1905 to 1922.

Early life

James Penderel-Brodhurst, the son of Charles Penderel-Brodhurst, was born on 5 June 1859. As a member of the Penderel family which assisted Charles II, Penderel-Brodhurst received an annuity from a trust set up in 1676. His ancestor, Humphrey Penderel, helped to hide Charles in an oak tree after his defeat in the Battle of Worcester in 1651, and in return Charles established the pension to the Penderel family and their descendants. In 1893 the St James's Budget was relaunched as an independent illustrated weekly, but the paper ceased publication in 1899. He stood down as editor on 31 December 1922, becoming consulting editor the following year, a position he held until his death in 1934.

Alongside his journalism roles, Penderel-Brodhurst was the author of several books on architecture, furniture and the Penderel family. He wrote Richard Penderel's entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, published in 1895, and made several contributions to the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, mostly relating to furniture.

Family and later life

Penderel-Brodhurst married Henrietta Lee Baker, daughter of architect Humphrey Baker, in 1881.