Edward Baines

Edward Baines (1774-1838) was a Dissenting newspaper editor at the Leeds Mercury (1801-c. 1830). He was also a writer of some note, publishing History of the Wars of the French Revolution from 1792 to 1815 (1815), History of the Reign of George III (4 vols, 1823), History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York (1822-23), and History of the County Palatine of Lancaster (4 vols, 1836). He also served for a time as MP for Leeds (1834-41).