Lucy, Henry William (1845–1924)

English journalist. In 1873 he became parliamentary writer for the Daily News, which he edited 1886–87. He succeeded Shirley Brooks on Punch as the writer of ‘The Essence of Parliament’ 1881–1916. He created the characters of ‘Toby, MP’ and the ‘Member for Sark’ for this column.

He was born in Crosby, Liverpool. He wrote Men and Manners in Parliament (1875), Faces and Places (1895), Mr Gladstone: a Study from Life (1896), Memories of Eight Parliaments (1908), Sixty Years in the Wilderness (1909), Nearing Jordan (1916), The Diary of a Journalist (1920–23), and Lords and Commoners (1921). He was knighted in 1909.