Arthur Fraser Walter
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Arthur Fraser Walter an English
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 newspaper proprietor and the second son of John Walter (third)
John Walter (third)
John Walter was an English newspaper publisher and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1847 and 1885....

.

Walter born on 12 September 1846. He studied at Eton College
Eton College
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 and Christ Church, Oxford
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. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1870 to study law, and was called to the bar as a barrister in 1874, but never practised. John Walter (second)
John Walter (second)
John Walter was the son of John Walter, the founder of The Times, and second editor of it.He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Trinity College, Oxford...

, the grandfather of Arthur, died on 28 July 1847. John Walter (third)
John Walter (third)
John Walter was an English newspaper publisher and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1847 and 1885....

 succeeded to the management of The Times
The Times
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in 1847. Arthur made agreements with the American firms to sell the Encyclopædia Britannica
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. He was also responsible for the establishment of the Times Book Club.

On 15 October 1872, he married Henrietta Maria Anson, eldest daughter of Rev. Thomas Anchitel Anson.

Walter's father died on 3 November 1894 and he became the new chief proprietor of The Times in 1894. He remained chief proprietor of The Times until 1908, when it was converted into a company. He then became chairman of the board of directors of the company that purchased the paper. He died on 10 August 1910.

Walter also held several other positions. He was a Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers, a Director of the London & Southwestern Railway, High Steward of Wokingham, and a member of the Travellers' and Union Clubs.
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