Major Barclay Harding Warburton I (April 1, 1866 - December 5, 1954) was the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph was a newspaper from Philadelphia that ran from 1864 to 1918.-History:The paper was started on January 4, 1864 by Charles Edward Warburton and James Barclay Harding. It passed to Barclay Harding Warburton I. In 1911 Warburton sold the paper to Rodman Wanamaker...

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Biography

He was born on April 1, 1866 in Philadelphia to Charles Edward Warburton. At the death of his father he became the publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

Philadelphia Evening Telegraph

The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph was a newspaper from Philadelphia that ran from 1864 to 1918.-History:The paper was started on January 4, 1864 by Charles Edward Warburton and James Barclay Harding. It passed to Barclay Harding Warburton I. In 1911 Warburton sold the paper to Rodman Wanamaker...

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On June 13, 1895 he married Mary Brown Wanamaker

Mary Brown Wanamaker

Mary Brown Wanamaker was a leader in welfare work and politics. She was the first woman to head the Pennsylvania Republican Committee.-Biography:...

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In 1921 he was named as the Special Police Commissioner for Philadelphia by Mayor Joseph Hampton Moore.

His daughter, Mary Brown Warburton (1896–1937), died in 1937 of an overdose of heroin or morphine

Morphine

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He died on December 5, 1954.