Warre Bradley Wells was an Irish writer, journalist, translator and newspaper editor. From 1919 to 1921 he edited the Irish Statesman, which promoted the views of the Irish Dominion League. A member of the Church of Ireland, he also edited The Church of Ireland Gazette from 1906 to 1918,[1] and served as wartime correspondent for the paper, writing The War this Week weekly column.[2] He wrote a biography of the Irish politician John Redmond.

Born in Dublin, Ireland, he worked for the Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Echo in England, where his family were from. For some time he served as assistant editor and leader writer of The Irish Times from 1911 to 1918.[3]

Publications edit

  • The Life of John Redmond by Warre B. Wells (1919)
  • An Irish Apologia; Some Thoughts on Anglo-Irish Relations and the War by Warre B. Wells (1917)
  • A History of the Irish Rebellion (of 1916) by Warre B. Wells (1916)
  • Viper's Tangle by François Charles Mauriac, Warre B. Wells (Translator)
  • Desire, by Jean Fayard, Translated by Warre Bradley Wells, The Century Co. (1932)

References edit

  1. ^ Editors Church of Ireland Website
  2. ^ RCB Library commemorates the Battle of the Somme Irish Genealogy News
  3. ^ 'The Irish Times: 150 Years of Influence' By Terence Brown

External links edit

  • "Wells, Warre Bradley" . Thom's Irish Who's Who . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. 258  – via Wikisource.