Edward Chattaway

In 1899 Chattaway moved to London with a job on The Star where he soon gained a reputation as a court reporter. He was soon reporting on high-profile cases such as the Moat Farm murder and the trial of Crippen. He was soon promoted in the paper until 1930 when he became the editor. He resigned in 1936 and became editorial director on the board of The Star and the News Chronicle for the next ten years.^[1]

Chattaway married in 1910 to Edith May de Hane. On 2 May 1956 he died in his home in London.^[1]