British journalist
Born 1785 Died 1841
Thomas Barnes was born about 1785. Educated at Christ's Hospital and Pembroke College, Cambridge, he came to London and soon joined the famous literary circle of which Hunt, Lamb and Hazlitt were prominent members. Upon the retirement of Dr Stoddart in 1817 he was appointed editor of The Times, a position which he held until his death, when he was succeeded by Delane. Lord Lyndhurst gave expression to a very widely-held opinion when he described him as "the most powerful man in the country". He died on the 7th of May 1841.
Being the entry for BARNES, THOMAS in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, the text of which lies within the public domain.