The Morning Star was a radical pro-peace London daily newspaper started by Richard Cobden and John Bright in March 1856. It had substantial support from Joseph Sturge. The newspaper was edited by Samuel Lucas from 1859 until his death in 1865. He had a financial stake in the paper, and as an "active managing partner" he succeeded in recruiting the Irish politician, historian and novelist Justin McCarthy and novelist Edmund Yates as contributors. McCarthy succeeded Lucas as editor from 1865 until 1868. The final issue, with John Morley as editor, was on 13 October 1869. The Scottish novelist William Black briefly worked as a journalist on the paper in 1863–64. Editors 1856: William Haly 1857: John Hamilton and Henry Richard 1858: Baxter Langley 1859: Samuel Lucas 1865: Justin McCarthy 1869: John Morley References Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom Publications established in 1856 Publications disestablished in 1869 1856 establishments in the United Kingdom