Catalogue description James Joseph Judge

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Reference: 94
Title: James Joseph Judge
Description:

Documents relating to the life and work of James Joseph Judge of Plymouth
Date: 1766 - 1954
Held by: Plymouth Archives, The Box, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Judge, James Joseph 1869-1954, newspaper editor, of Plymouth
Physical description: 191 files
Administrative / biographical background:

James Joseph Judge was born in Dublin in 1869 and came to Plymouth in the early 1900's. He was the editor of the Western Evening Herald newspaper until 1921, and assistant editor of the Western Independent until 1946. A tireless worker for social causes he founded and was the first secretary of the Plymouth Civic Guild of Help, later the Plymouth Council of Social Service. He also helped establish the Plymouth Day Nurseries, and the after-care of tuberculosis cases. A close personal friend of the Astors, he was involved in the organisation of Virginia House Settlement. James Judge died in 1954.
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