Hilary Pepler (1878 - 1951)

A printer, puppeteer, journalist, and Distribuist, Hilary Pepler was born a Quaker in England. In 1907 he was employed by the London County Council and saw much of Chesterton and Belloc. In 1915 he moved his wife and three sons to Ditchling village where he was baptized a Catholic by Fr. Vincent McNabb in 1916. He set up St. Dominic Press which he continued until 1936. In 1949, he established a small journal, The register, which he published until,his death.