Martin Melvin

Sir Martin John Melvin, 1st Baronet JP (8 June 1879 – 11 May 1952), was a British Roman-Catholic businessman and newspaper manager, based in Birmingham.

Melvin was educated at Mount St Mary's College. In 1917 he acquired the ailing Roman-Catholic newspaper The Universe, appointed Herbert S. Dean as its editor and completely overhauled the content and theological outlook of the paper.[1] He was knighted in 1927[2] and created a Baronet, of Olton in the County of Warwick, in 1933,[3] "For political and public services in Birmingham".[4] Melvin died in May 1952, aged 72, when the baronetcy became extinct.

References

  1. ↑ www.thecatholicuniverse.com History of the UK Catholic press
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33290. p. 4233. 1 July 1927.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33966. p. 5188. 4 August 1933.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33946. p. 3799. 2 June 1933.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Olton)
1933–1952 		Extinct
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