Thornton Leigh Hunt 1860s. Hunt was also editor of "The Spectator" from around 1859 to January 1861. James Buchanan was at that time President of the United States and was attempting to counter civil war over the issue of slavery, mostly by adopting a vacillatory position. Two Americans based in London - a businessman called John McHenry and an Assistant Secretary to ambassador George M. Dallas, called Benjamin Moran - determined to use the magazine as a counter to the generally anti-Buchanan position of the British press. Hunt had assisted Robert Stephen Rintoul at "The Spectator" and appears to have stayed on after
British Chess Magazine British Chess Magazine British Chess Magazine is the world's oldest chess journal in continuous publication. First published in January 1881, it has appeared at monthly intervals ever since. It is frequently known in the chess world as BCM. The founder and first general editor of the magazine was John Watkinson (1833–1923). He had previously edited the "Huddersfield College Magazine", which was the "British Chess Magazine"s forerunner. From the beginning, the magazine was devoted to the coverage of chess worldwide, and not just in Great Britain. "BCM" is an independent and privately owned magazine; it is not owned or run by