The Owl: a Wednesday journal of politics and society was a satirical society newspaper published in London

London

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 from 1864 to 1870. Irregularly published, but sometimes fortnightly, it cost 6d., was Tory in politics and consisted of a mix of satire and London society

Upper class

In social science, the "upper class" is the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. Members of an upper class may have great power over the allocation of resources and governmental policy in their area.- Historical meaning :...

 gossip.

The Owl was founded by Morning Post

Morning Post

The Morning Post, as the paper was named on its masthead, was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937, when it was acquired by The Daily Telegraph.- History :...

editor Algernon Borthwick

Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk

Algernon Borthwick, 1st Baron Glenesk JP , known as Sir Algernon Borthwick, Bt, between 1887 and 1895, was a British journalist and Conservative politician...

, together with Evelyn Ashley

Evelyn Ashley

Evelyn Melbourne Ashley PC , was British barrister and Liberal politician. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him...

, Lord Wharncliffe

Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe

Edward Montagu Stuart Granville Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe , was a British peer and railway executive....

 (1827-99) and James Archibald Stuart-Wortley.

The Conservative MP Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington

Alexander Baillie-Cochrane

Alexander Dundas Ross Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington , better known as Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, was a British Conservative politician perhaps best known for his association with Young England in the early 1840s.The son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas John Cochrane, he succeeded...

 was joint editor of the paper from 1864 to 1868. Contributors included the architect Arthur Ashpitel

Arthur Ashpitel

-Life:Ashpitel was the son of the architect William Hurst Ashpitel, born in Hackney, London in 1807. He was educated at Dr. Burnet's school in Hackney, until an accident crippled him for life. He was trained by his father to the architect's profession, and in 1842 he set up on his own account. He...

 (1807-69), Disraeli's private secretary Montagu Corry, Laurence Oliphant, and Henry Drummond Wolff

Henry Drummond Wolff

Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff GCB, GCMG, PC was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office.-Background:Wolff was the son of Georgiana Mary and Joseph Wolff...

. They also included Mortimer Collins

Mortimer Collins

Mortimer Collins was an English writer and novelist. He was born at Plymouth, where his father, Francis Collins, was a solicitor. He was educated at a private school, and after some years spent as mathematical master at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, he relocated to London...

, Lord Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS was an English poet, patron of literature and politician.-Background and education:...

, Ralph Bernal Osborne

Ralph Bernal Osborne

Ralph Bernal Osborne, MP , born and baptised with the name of Ralph Bernal, Jr., was a British Liberal politician.-Life:...

, George Otto Trevelyan

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet OM, PC was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary of State for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery...

, and Thomas Gibson Bowles

Thomas Gibson Bowles

Thomas Gibson Bowles , generally known as Tommy Bowles, was the founder of the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair, a sailor and the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.-Parents:...

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