Became London Correspondent: REID, Whitelaw, American diplomat: b. Xenia, Ohio, 27 Oct. 1837; d. London, England, 15 Dec. 1912. He was graduated from Miami University in 1856; and began his journalistic career as editor of the Xenia News, in 1858-59. In 1860 he became london correspondent a reporter for the Cincinnati Gazette, in 1861-62 was war correspondent, and later Washington correspondent for the same paper, the brilliancy and accuracy of his war reports attracting considerable attention among newspaper men. He was aide-de-camp on the staff of General Morris and General Rosecrans in West Virginia. In 1863-66 he was librarian of the House of Representatives and after the war spent some time on a cotton plantation in Concordia Parish, La.
ROLLESTON, rol'stun, Thomas William,Irish author and journalist: b. Glasshouse Shin-rone, King's County, Ireland, 1857; d. Hamp-stead, London, England, Dec. 5, 1920. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and lived in Germany from 1879 to 1883. He edited the Dublin University Review during 1885-1886 and was managing director and secretary of the Irish Industries' Association from 1894 to 1897. During 1898-1900 he was leader writer for the Dublin Daily Express as well as Dublin correspondent of the London Daily Chronicle.
Returning to England, he tried unsuccessfully to obtain a position in the foreign service. In 1807 he became london correspondent correspondent for the London Times at Altona (later part of Hamburg), Germany. In 1808-1809 he was a war correspondent in Spain for the Times. After returning to England, he practiced law '-•m 1813 to 1828. |
