John Bunce

John Thackray Bunce (11 April 1828 – 28 June 1899) was a British journalist and writer. He served as editor of Aris's Birmingham Gazette from 1860 to 1862, and of the Birmingham Post from 1862 to 1898.

Early years Bunce was born in Faringdon, Berkshire, to John Bunce, watchmaker and silversmith, and his wife, Mary, née Clapham.

Legacy

Bunce, having retired in 1898, died on 28 June 1899 at home, of heart failure. He had been due to be given an enamelled silver commemorative casket, created by Florence Camm and Violet Holden, to mark his being granted the freedom of the city of Birmingham on 21 March 1899.

Bunce married Rebecca Ann Cheesewright (1823/4–1891) on 5 July 1849. was designed for Bunce by William Harris and Henry Martin. It is now part of the Priory Hospital and grade II listed.

A collection of manuscripts acquired by Bunce, as well as some of his own correspondence, is now in the Cadbury Research Library at the University of Birmingham.