Napoleonic wars midshipman in a Captain Marryat novel; a right-wing Daily Telegraph column until 2006 (5,6)
I believe the answer is:
peter simple
(Another definition for peter simple that I've seen is " Pseudonym of columnist Michael Wharton in the Daily Telegraph".)
I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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