Herbert Ingram

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Herbert Ingram
Member of Parliament for Boston
In office 1856–1860 Serving with Benjamin Bond Cabbell (1856-57) William Henry Adams (1857-59) Meaburn Staniland (1859-60)
Preceded by	Benjamin Bond Cabbell Gilbert Heathcote
Succeeded by	John Malcolm Meaburn Staniland
Personal details
Born	(1811-05-27)27 May 1811 Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Died	8 September 1860(1860-09-08) (aged 49) Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, United States
Cause of death	Drowned
Political party	Liberal
Relatives	William Ingram (son) A. N. Hornby (son-in-law) John Hornby (grandson) Albert Hornby (grandson)
Education	Laughton's Charity School

Herbert Ingram (27 May 1811 – 8 September 1860) was a British journalist and politician. He is considered the father of pictorial journalism through his founding of The Illustrated London News, the first illustrated magazine.^[1] He was a Liberal politician who favoured social reform and represented Boston for four years until his early death in the shipwreck of the Lady Elgin.