. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. JOHN WALTER, Chairman, the Times Pubhshing Co., Ltd. Mr. Walter isa great-great-grandson of John Walter, whose name isfamous as the founder of the Times in 1785, and as the firstconductor of that great national newspaper. Mr. Walterwas educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, andentered the Times office in 1898. He has acted as corre-spondent for the paper in Paris. Madrid and Lisbon, andhas held his present appointment since lyio. He is a lateCaptain and Hon. Major of the 4th liattalion Royal Berk-shire
. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. JOHN WALTER, Chairman, the Times Pubhshing Co., Ltd. Mr. Walter isa great-great-grandson of John Walter, whose name isfamous as the founder of the Times in 1785, and as the firstconductor of that great national newspaper. Mr. Walterwas educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford, andentered the Times office in 1898. He has acted as corre-spondent for the paper in Paris. Madrid and Lisbon, andhas held his present appointment since lyio. He is a lateCaptain and Hon. Major of the 4th liattalion Royal Berk-shire Regiment. His clubs are the Travellers and Princes.(Photo : Waller Bxnictt). THOMAS >L\JOR Afr. Majors career may well be described as a Romance ofCovent (iarden. Originally apprenticed to farming withthe specihc object of making him early accustomed to hardwork, and to gain thoroughly practical , . (whose father was a retired captain), came to Londonat the ago of 20, and obtained employment in Kings CrossMarket. Within three months he. with three brothersand another, established themselves in business both atKings Cross and Co%ent Garden Markets, its progresscontinuing michccked until the present time. The iirnihas the wide-^t trade connections, o\^?ning man> farms invarious counties. Mr. Major has on numerous occasionsrepresented Market Interests at Parliamentary Inquiriesand especially during the late War his advice was soughtby the Ministries concerned with food production andcontrol. In 1918 was President of the National Federation ofFruit and Potato Trades Associations. (Photo : lUliott & Fry)
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