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Arthur Helps was an English writer and civil servant. He began his career as private secretary to politicians Lord Monteagle and then Lord Morpeth. He pursued a career in writing for twenty years before being appointed Clerk of the Privy Council in 1860. Popular with Queen Victoria, she asked him to edit a volume of Prince Albert's speeches after the Consort's death in 1861. Helps was an early advocate of animal rights and the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Arthur Helps was an English writer and civil servant. He began his career as private secretary to politicians Lord Monteagle and then Lord Morpeth. He pursued a career in writing for twenty years before being appointed Clerk of the Privy Council in 1860. Popular with Queen Victoria, she asked him to edit a volume of Prince Albert's speeches after the Consort's death in 1861. Helps was an early advocate of animal rights and the prevention of cruelty to animals.
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| Name: | Arthur Helps |
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| Title: | Sir |
| Name suffix: | KCB |
| Gender: | Male |
| Nationality: | English |
| Date of birth: | 1813 |
| Date of death: | 1875 |
| Role: | Writer |
| Linked correspondent: | Harriet Beecher Stowe (link opens in new window); Calvin Ellis Stowe (link opens in new window) |
| Project person ID: | SLP068 |
| Image rights: | © National Portrait Gallery London. by George Richmond chalk 1858 23 3/8 in. x 17 3/4 in. (594 mm x 451 mm) Bequeathed by the sitter's daughter Miss Alice Helps 1924 cc-by-nc-nd |
