DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE

newspaper published in London, generally accounted, with The Times and The Guardian, one of Britain's big three quality newspapers. Founded in 1855 as the Daily Telegraph and Courier, the paper has consistently combined a high standard of reporting with the selection of interesting feature subjects and editorial presentation. Its appeal is a conservative and middle-class approach to comprehensive news coverage. Special reporting has been a commonplace throughout the paper's history. Its correspondents covered the American Civil War, the Franco-German War of 187071, and Spain's Carlist War of 187276. The paper also co-sponsored Sir Henry Morton Stanley's expedition in the 1870s to trace the Congo. The Telegraph also has engaged in investigative reporting on government and trade unions. It has remained relatively free of labour disputes and maintained financial stability under its family group ownership headed by Lord Hartwell.