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Name
  
Robert Hanley


Died
  
1934

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Sir Robert Hugh Hanley Baird (1855–1934) was a newspaper proprietor from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast and educated at Model School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. In 1869, he entered the firm of W. & G. Baird, Arthur Street, Belfast, and was present at the first publication of The Telegraph, on 1 September 1870. Baird served as managing director of W & G Baird from 1886 until his death in 1934. He founded and owned a series of newspapers, including: the Belfast Weekly Telegraph (1873), Ballymena Weekly Telegraph (1887), Ireland's Saturday Night (1894), Belfast Telegraph (1904), Irish Daily Telegraph (1904) and The Larne Times (1891).

Offices Held

  • President, Master Printers' Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, 1910
  • President, Irish Newspaper Society, 1913–1925
  • Chairman, Ulster District, Institute of Journalists, 1916 and Fellow of the Institute
  • Chairman, Belfast District, Newspaper Press Fund, 1910–1934
  • Irish Representative, Admiralty, War Office and Press Committee 1916-1934
  • Member Advisory Trade Committee of Paper Commission
  • Freeman, City of London and Member of Worshipful Company of Stationers (1921–1934)
  • Member of Senate of Queen's University, Belfast (1929–1934).

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