Northcliffe

[nawrth-klif]

noun

Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.

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She used to be the housekeeper at Northcliffe Manor, you remember.
Clover and Blue Grass
Eliza Calvert Hall
"Northcliffe seems to me to have a case," said Mr. Britling.
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
H. G. Wells
It was Lloyd George, aided by Northcliffe, who led the fight for it.
The War After the War
Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Mr. Dillon seemed to desire the appointment of a "Northcliffe Controller," but that is impracticable.
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War
Punch
No, it has nothing to do with Mr. Asquith's triumphal procession and still less with the Northcliffe Press.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 17, 1920
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British Dictionary definitions for northcliffe

Northcliffe

noun

Viscount. title of Alfred Charles William Harmsworth. 1865–1922, British newspaper proprietor. With his brother, 1st Viscount Rothermere, he built up a vast chain of newspapers. He founded the Daily Mail (1896), the Daily Mirror (1903), and acquired The Times (1908)

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