Frederick Lucas
Frederick Lucas
Journalist, born London, England , 1812; died Staines, England , 1855. He advocated Catholic Emancipation while still a Quaker, and became a Catholic, 1839. The following year he founded “The Tablet,” inspiring English Catholic journalism with a new spirit of independence. He espoused the cause of Ireland, and in 1852 was returned to Parliament as a member for County Meath.