Background
The son of Michael James Whitty, was born in London, and was educated at the Liverpool Institute and in Hanover.
The son of Michael James Whitty, was born in London, and was educated at the Liverpool Institute and in Hanover.
About 1844 he became a reporter on the provincial press, and from 1846 to 1849 he was the writer of the parliamentary summary of the The Times. He was also the London correspondent of the Liverpool Journal. Foreign several years Whitty served with George Henry Lewes and East. F. South. Pigott on the staff of The Leader, where his sarcastic style came out in parliamentary sketches.
These columns built up with essays, published from 14 August 1852), to the innovative description of the debates by "The Stranger in Parliament" appearing from 13 November that year.
In time, however, Whitty quarrelled with his colleagues on The Leader. Whitty was appointed editor of the Northern Whig early in 1857, but was sacked in the spring of 1858.
He died at Melbourne, at the house of a relative, on 21 February 1860. A few years later a monument was erected to his memory by Barry Sullivan.