John Latey (30 October 1842 – 26 September 1902) was a British journalist and writer. [1]
Latey was a son of John Lash Latey (1808–1891), editor of the Illustrated London News from 1858 to 1890. [2] He wrote parliamentary sketches for the ILN under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote novels and translated Dumas and Paul Féval. [3]
Latey joined the Penny Illustrated Paper when it was started by William Ingram in 1861, and was the paper's art and literary editor until 1901. He co-edited the Boys Illustrated Newspaper with Captain Mayne Reid from 1881 to 1882, and was editor of The Sketch from 1899 until his death. [4]
In August 1872 he married Constance Lachenal. They had three sons and one daughter, Josephine, who in 1903 married the cartoonist and illustrator W. Heath Robinson. [4] His son William Latey was a Divorce Commissioner.
He died on the 26th September, 1902 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.