Walter Copeland Jerrold, son of Thomas Serle Jerrold and Jane Matilda Copeland, was born in Liverpool in 1865 and died 1929. He married Clara Armstrong Bridgeman on 23rd July 1895 at Kensington Register Office.
Walter Copeland Jerrold spent most of his life in London, starting work as a clerk in a newspaper counting-house, and going on to become deputy editor of The Observer. He edited many classic texts for the newly founded Everyman's Library, wrote biographies, travel books (for the "Beautiful England" series - published by Blackie and Son Limited), edited children's books, and produced stories for children under the name of Walter Copeland.
