Latey was a son of John Lash Latey (1808–1891), editor of the
Illustrated London News from 1858 to 1890. He wrote parliamentary sketches for the
ILN under the pseudonym 'The Silent Member'. He also wrote novels and translated
Dumas and
Paul Féval. Latey joined the
Penny Illustrated Paper when it was started by
William Ingram in 1861, and was the paper's art and literary editor until 1901. He co-edited the
Boys Illustrated Newspaper with Captain
Mayne Reid from 1881 to 1882, and was editor of
The Sketch from 1899 until his death. In August 1872 he married Constance Lachenal. They had three sons and one daughter, Josephine, who in 1903 married the
cartoonist and
illustrator W. Heath Robinson. His son
William Latey was a Divorce Commissioner. He died on 26 September 1902 and was buried on the eastern side of
Highgate Cemetery. ==Works==