The London Times
25 February, 1913

Mr. W. Gilliland

    The death is announced of Mr. William Gilliland, a well-known journalist, who passed away yesterday at his residence in Ealing.
    Mr. Gilliland was born in 1842 in Rostrevor, County Down, and after serving on several provincial Irish newspapers was for 15 years on the staff of the Belfast News Letter. During that time he formed a wide circle of friends, among whom he is still remembered. In 1876 he came to London and joined the parliamentary staff of the Daily Telegraph; for the last 20 years he had been assistant managing editor, frequently acting as managing editor of that journal. He had a wide and exact knowledge of politics, a sound judgment of men and of their work, and a keen regard for the accuracy and value of news.
    The body will be cremated at Golder’s Green at 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon.

--transcription by Kate Maynard, 2011