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During the years between 1799 and 1806 he spent short periods in a country lawyers office, a London West India merchants countinghouse, an Edinburgh solicitors chambers, and held the position of surgeon's mate on board H.M. guardship Gladiator in Portsmouth Harbour, under his uncle, who was surgeon.
He went to London in 1806, and became a newspaper reporter. He was in the lobby of the House of Commons on May 11, 1812 when Spencer Perceval was shot, and was the first to seize the assassin. By 1812 he had become editor of The Sun, a semi-official Tory paper; he occasionally inserted literary articles, then quite an unusual proceeding; but a quarrel with the chief proprietor brought that engagement to a close in 1817Events March 4 James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England July 4 At Rome, New York, construction on th. He passed next to the editors chair of the Literary Gazette, which he conducted with success for thirty-four years.
Jerdan's position as editor brought him into contact with many distinguished writers. An account of his friends, among whom CanningGeorge Canning ( 11 April 1770- 8 August 1827) was a politician and, briefly, British Prime Minister. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, at the expense of his banker uncle, Canning's own father having died when he was a baby. He be was a special intimate, is to be found in his Men I have Known (1866). When Jerdan retired in 1850Events January 4 The first American ice-skating club is formed ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress February 28 University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 United from the editorship of the Literary Gazette his pecuniary affairs were far from satisfactory. A testimonial of over £900 was subscribed by his friends; and in 1853 a government pension of 100 guineas was conferred on him by Lord AberdeenGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( January 28, 1784 December 14, 1860) was a Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855. Parentage He was the eldest son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo. Born in Edinbur. He published his Autobiography in 1852-1853.