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 it was terminated by the interposition of Mr. J. A. Beaumont, son of the founder, who disliked Harwood's theology. He had already been introduced by Fox to John Forster, and had become sub-editor of the ‘Examiner,’ from which journal he passed to the ‘Spectator,’ and about 1849 he joined John Douglas Cook [q. v.] as sub-editor of the ‘Morning Chronicle,’ the recently acquired organ of the Peelite party. The ‘Chronicle’ proved a great literary, but not a great commercial, success; and upon its relinquishment by the proprietors in 1854, Harwood followed his chief to the ‘Saturday Review,’ which was started in November 1855, and which Harwood sub-edited until 1868, when he succeeded as editor upon the death of Douglas Cook. The discharge of his functions, invariably pursued with the most laborious industry and unintermitting vigilance, was interrupted by severe illness in 1881, and in December 1883 he retired from the editorship and withdrew to Hastings, where he died 10 Dec. 1887. Harwood had the character of being the best sub-editor ever known, and if as editor he did not very powerfully impress his personality upon his journal, he faithfully maintained its traditions, and did all that could be done by the most sedulous application and the fullest employment of his ample stores of political knowledge. He was a keen though a moderate politician, and cherished some warm antipathies to which he gave a freer expression in private than he thought becoming or expedient in his journal. Personally he was a most amiable man, retaining much of the manner of the presbyterian minister of the old school, with few strong visible interests apart from politics, beyond his family affections and his intense enjoyment of music. Notwithstanding his previous distinction as a preacher and lecturer, he seemed to abhor publicity in his later years, and to strive to merge his own personality in his editorship. His daughter, Isabella, is separately noticed. Harwood's principal works, besides occasional sermons, are: 1. ‘Materialism in Religion; or Religious Forms and Theological Formulas,’ 1840. 2. ‘Church Extension and Church Extensionists,’ two lectures, 1840. 3. ‘German Anti-Supernaturalism.’ Six lectures on Strauss's ‘Leben Jesu,’ 1841. 4. Six lectures on the ‘Corn Law Monopoly and Free Trade,’ 1843. 5. ‘A History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798,’ 1844. He is believed to have been the translator of G. L. Bauer's work on the ‘Theology of the Old Testament,’ 1838.



HARWOOD, THOMAS, D.D. (1767–1842), topographer and miscellaneous writer, was born on 18 May 1767 at Shepperton, Middlesex, of which parish his father and grandfather had been both patrons and rectors. He went to Eton on 18 Nov. 1773, when only six years and a half old, and in September 1775 was admitted on the foundation. In 1784 he was matriculated at Oxford as a commoner of University College. In 1789 he was ordained deacon, and afterwards entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was head-master of the grammar school at Lichfield from October 1791 till 1813, when he went to reside in a house of his own in that city.

In 1800 he was appointed perpetual curate of Hammerwich, near Lichfield. He graduated B.D. at Cambridge in 1811, and in 1814 was presented, on his own nomination, to the rectory of Stawley, Somersetshire, but after residing there two years, he resigned the living in 1819, and returned to Lichfield. He was created D.D. of Cambridge in 1822, and for many years was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He was presented in 1828 to the chapelry of Burntwood, which he served, together with Hammerwich, until his death. He died at Lichfield on 23 Dec. 1842. In politics he was an advanced whig, and strenuously supported Roman catholic emancipation. He married, in 1793, Maria, eldest daughter of Charles Woodward, and had a family of ten children.

His works are:
 * 1) ‘The Death of Dion, a tragedy,’ in five acts and in verse, London, 1787, 8vo. It was never acted.
 * 2) ‘The Noble Slave, a tragedy,’ in five acts and in verse, Bury St. Edmunds, 1788, 8vo. It was performed at the Norwich theatre.
 * 3) ‘Annotations upon Genesis, with Observations, Doctrinal and Practical,’ London, 1789, 8vo.
 * 4) ‘Sermons,’ 2 vols. 1794, 8vo.
 * 5) ‘Alumni Etonenses; or a Catalogue of the Provosts and Fellows of Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, from the Foundation in 1443 to the year 1797, with an Account of their Lives and Preferments; collected from original MSS. and authentic biographical works,’ London, 1797, 4to. Although excellent in design this volume was somewhat carelessly executed, and is without an index. The biographical particulars are meagre.
 * 6) ‘The Sacred History of the Life of Jesus Christ, illustrative of the Harmony of the Four Evangelists,’ 1798, 12mo.
 * 7) ‘Grecian Antiquities; or an Account of the Public and Private Life of the Greeks,’ London, 1801, 8vo.
 * 8) ‘A Manual of Geography,’ 1804, 12mo.
 * 9) ‘The History and Antiquities of the Church and City of Lichfield, containing its ancient