Jonathan Couch remains. The "History of Polperro", (1871), issued after his death by his son, T. Q. Couch, is his chief work in this department. The stories in this book were re-used by Louisa Sarah Ann Parr in her successful novel about smuggling titled "Adam and Eve". Couch left three sons by his second wife: Richard Quiller, Thomas Quiller (father of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch), and John Quiller, who all became surgeons (Quiller being their mother's maiden name and Quiller's House the family residence). Thomas practised successfully at Bodmin, and died on 23 October 1884, aged 58. He was a constant contributor to
Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet Sir Cyril Arthur Pearson, 1st Baronet, (24 February 1866 – 9 December 1921) was a British newspaper magnate and publisher, best known for founding the "Daily Express". Pearson was born in the village of Wookey, Somerset to Arthur Cyril and Phillippa Massingberd Maxwell (née Lyte) Pearson (the granddaughter of the hymn-writer and poet Henry Francis Lyte) and educated at Winchester College in Hampshire. His father was Rector of Drayton Parslow in Buckinghamshire, England. His first job was as a journalist working for the London-based publisher George Newnes on "Tit-Bits" magazine. Within his first year he