# Mr. Stead — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Mr. Stead in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0024-the-end-of-general-gordon

## Who they are

Journalist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned in connection with Manning's later years and the dock strike, though not directly in this chapter's excerpts.

### [Manning's Final Years and Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/x)

Stead is mentioned as a visitor to Manning's house, bringing his scandalous paper.

### [The End of General Gordon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/the-end-of-general-gordon)

The journalist to whom Gordon expressed his views on the Sudan situation, advocating for military action rather than evacuation.

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