Did you know that…?

1. Prior to 1888, the Harmsworths lived in relative poverty?

2.Their first newspaper wasn't started until 1895?

3.By 1901, they were among the richest and most powerful people on Fleet Street?

4.The Log House built for Lord Northcliffe was modeled on Mark Twain's home which he had visited in 1901?

5.Winston Churchill wrote for him and became a lifelong friend?

6.Starting in the late 1890s, he started using his papers to warn Britain of Germany's rising power?

7.In 1903, he sent his brother Harold and Sir Mayson Beeton to North America to scout out sources of raw material because he was afraid the impending threat of war with Germany would disrupt their supply?

8.He choose Grand Falls as the site over their first choice of Quebec and built the world's largest pulp and paper mill there in 1905?

9.He had 300 workers complete an Edwardian country house for his wife and invited guests next to the Log House which still stands today?

10.He invited Sir Wilfred Grenfell to the new community to write a pamphlet on etiquette and health to improve the lives of his workers?

11.He used his papers in WWI to expose faulty ammunition being sent to British troops in the trenches and resulted in having Kitchener replaced by Haig?

12.His continued attacks on Asquith's government resulted in its downfall and replacement by the government of Lloyd George?

13.He was sent as an unofficial ambassador to the US to talk it into entering the war which it did in 1917?

14.He was appointed to the Ministry of Propaganda in 1918 and was credited with demoralizing the Germans to the point of surrender through a dropped leaflet campaign?

15.He was fond of gadgets and new technology and was an early supporter of Charles Rolls and aviation?

16.One of his favourite news-making gimmicks was to supply prizes for competitions, one of which was the £10,000 reward for the first Trans-Atlantic crossing won by Alcock and Brown?

17.He was a model of corporate responsibility as shown in his will of 1922 wherein every employee who had been with him 3 years or more received 3 months' salary?

18.Northcliffe had no legitimate heirs so the holdings passed to his brother Harold, Lord Rothermere, and the current family is among the top 500 richest people in the world?