Port of Spain Gazette

Port of Spain Gazette
First page of Port of Spain Gazette for 3 January 1914
Founder(s)John Holman
PublisherJohn Holman and Company,[1] T. R. N. Laughlin, A. P. T. Ambard,[2] and others.
Editor-in-chiefEdward Lanza Joseph,[3] Philip Rostant,[4] A. P. T. Ambard,[2] and others.
Founded21 September 1825 (1825-09-21) (as a successor to The Trinidad Gazette)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication28 August 1959 (1959-08-28)[5]
CityPort of Spain
CountryTrinidad (later, Trinidad and Tobago)
OCLC number456423442

The Port of Spain Gazette was a newspaper based in Port of Spain, Trinidad (and later, Trinidad and Tobago) between 1825 and 1959.[6] The paper took a proslavery position in the 1830s, and later supported the rights of local elites against the Crown colony government. In the twentieth century the paper supported the government and opposed the labour movement.

For most of its existence the paper was supportive of the French Creole elite and was seen as an unofficial voice for Roman Catholicism. In 1955 the paper was rebranded as the Trinidad Chronicle and Port of Spain Gazette, but after accumulating substantial losses it folded in 1959, ending its 134-year run.

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  6. ^ Staff Writer (2017) [1825]. "The Newspaper Catalogue". Office of the Prime Minister - Communications. www.natt.gov.tt. National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 16 April 2021.