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    <head>ADDISON, Henry Robert.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Calcutta; cornet 2 dragoon guards 12 July 1827; lieut. 15 March 1831 to 21 June
     1833 when placed on half pay; began writing for the stage 1830; author of about 60 dramas and
     farces; lessee of Queen’s theatre London Aug. 1836–1837; wrote many songs and articles in
     monthly magazines; edited Who’s Who 1849–50; special correspondent of a morning paper at Paris
     exhibition 1867; deputy chairman of London steamboat company; author of about 12 novels and
     stories. <hi>d.</hi> Albion st. Hyde park, London 24 June 1876 aged 71. Dublin Univ. Mag.
     xviii, 505 (1841) <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
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    <head>AMHERST, G.A. </head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 1776; first appeared on the stage 14 July 1817 in The blue devils at
     Haymarket theatre; visited United states as director of Cooke’s Equestrian company 1838; made
     his début in Philadelphia as the Castillian in Mazeppa 2 April 1838; author of many plays.
     <hi>d.</hi> in the Philadelphia Almshouse 12 Aug. 1851.</p>
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    <head>ARDEN, Henry Thomas, the assumed name of Henry Thomas Arnold; </head>
    <p>author of Princess Charming, The belle of the Barley-mow, The armourer’s daughter, The
     right-fall heir and many other burlesques and extravaganzas. <hi>d.</hi> 25 Nov. 1876 aged
     36.</p>
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    <head>ARNOLD, Samuel James (<hi>only son of Samuel Arnold 1740–1802, organist and composer to
     George 3</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1774; exhibited portraits at the R.A. 1800–1806; brought out a musical play
     called Auld Robin Gray at Haymarket theatre 1794; exhibited a panorama in Spring gardens;
     member of “Sublime society of beefsteaks” 15 April 1809; opened Lyceum theatre as an English
     opera house 26 June 1809; built new theatre on same site and opened it as the English opera
     house 15 June 1816, it was burnt down 16 Feb. 1830, he rebuilt it and opened it 14 July 1834;
     manager of Drury
     <pb n="88"/>88Lane theatre 1812–15; author of The Creole or haunted island 3 vols. 1796; The
     shipwreck, a comic opera in 2 acts 1796; Man and wife, comedy in 5 acts 1809, <hi>8 ed.</hi>
     1809. (<hi>m.</hi> 18 May 1802 Matilda Catherine younger dau. of Henry James Pye, poet
     laureate). <hi>d.</hi> Walton upon Thames 16 Aug. 1852 in 78 year. G.M. xxxviii, 538
     (1852).</p>
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    <head>BARNETT, Morris.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 16 Aug. 1799; lived in Paris; acted at Brighton and Bath; made his first
     appearance in London at Drury Lane 1833 as Captain O’Cutter; wrote and performed title rôle in
     Monsieur Jacques, a musical piece which created a furore at St. James’s theatre 1837; played at
     Princess’s theatre; musical critic of Morning Post and The Era nearly 7 years; gave a series of
     farewell performances at Adelphi theatre 1854; wrote many dramas best known being The Serious
     family, Lilian Gervais and Married and unmarried. <hi>d.</hi> Montreal, Canada 18 March 1856.
     Actors by gaslight (1838) <hi>p.</hi> 137, <hi>portrait</hi>; I.L.N. xxv, 305 (1854),
     <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
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    <head>BEAZLEY, Samuel (son of Samuel Beazley of Whitehall, London, army accoutrement maker). </head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> Whitehall 1786; served as a volunteer in the Peninsula; designed St. James’s,
     Lyceum and City of London theatres, also 2 theatres in Dublin, 2 in Belgium, 2 in India and 1
     in Brazil; erected London Bridge railway station, most of the stations on North Kent line and
     Lord Warden hotel at Dover; wrote and arranged more than 100 dramatic pieces chiefly farces and
     short comedies; author of The Roué [anon.] 3 vols. 1828; The Oxonians, a glance at society 3
     vols. 1830. d. Tunbridge Castle 12 Oct. 1851 in 66 year. Lord W. P. Lennox’s Celebrities, I
     have known, 2 series ii, 70–90 (1877); Lord W. P. Lennox’s Percy Hamilton 1851 in which he is
     drawn to the life.</p>
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    <head>BERNARD, William Bayle (<hi>son of John Bernard, English comedian 1756–1828</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Pleasant st. Boston U.S. 27 Nov. 1809; came to England 1820; clerk in Army
     accounts office 1826–30 when office was abolished; wrote much dramatic and other criticism for
     the press; author of The freebooter’s bride 5 vols. 1828; Life of Samuel Lover 2 vols. 1874 and
     of 114 plays, best known being Rip Van Winkle 1832; The nervous man 1833; The man about town
     1836; Marie Ducange 1837; His last legs 1839; The boarding school 1841; The round of wrong
     1846. <hi>d.</hi> Brighton 5 Aug. 1875. The Era Almanac (1868) 17–18.</p>
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    <head>BOUCICAULT, Dion, stage name of Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (3 son of Samuel Smythe
     Boursiquot of Dublin, a French merchant, by Anna Maria, dau. of Mr. D'Arcy, she <hi>d</hi>
     London 11 Jany. 1879 aged 84).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Dublin 20 or 26 Dec. 1820; educ. Univ. coll, sch. London 1833-5 ; first appeared
     on the stage at Bristol as Jack Sheppard ; produced London assurance, a 5-act comedy by Lee
     Morton, at Covent Garden 4 March 1841, but on the 20th night the author was called D. L.
     Bourcicault ; produced Alma mater: or a cure for coquettes 19 Sept. 1842, Old heads and young
     hearts 18 Nov. 1844, both at Haymarket, The Vampire at Princess's 14 June 1852, in which he
     made his début in London as the Vampire; produced The Corsican brothers, the first English
     version of Grangé and de Montépin’s Les fréres Corses, at Princess’s theatre Feb. 1852, revived
     at Lyceum 18 Sept. 1880; sailed for America, Aug. 1853; produced at Burton's theatre, New York
     23 Nov. 1853 The Fox hunt; his version of Gerald Griffin's Irish story The Collegians, entitled
     The Colleen Bawn, or the brides of Garryowen, was produced at Laura Keene's theatre, New York
     27 March 1860, Boucicault playing Myles-na-Coppalean, he produced it at Adelphi London 10 Sept,
     1860, it ran 264 nights to 13 July 1861 ; produced his drama The Octoroon at Winter garden
     theatre, New York 1 Dec. 1859 and at Adelphi, London 18 Nov. 1861; sub-tenant of Drury Lane
     theatre, Sept. to Dec. 1862, produced his drama Tho relief of Lucknow 19 Sept. ; opened
     Astley’s as The theatre royal, Westminster 22 Dec. 1862, produced The trial of Effie Deans 26
     Jany. 1863; produced The streets of London at Princess’s 5 Aug. 1864, which ran 209 nights,
     already produced by him at New York, Leeds and Liverpool; produced Arragh-na-Pogue at T.R.
     Dublin 7 Nov. 1864 and at Princess's 22 March 1865, Rip van Winkle, Adelphi 4 Sept. 1865, The
     flying scud at opening of Holborn theatre 6 Oct. 1866, Hunted down at St. James’s 9 Nov. 1866,
     Formosa or the railroad to ruin at Drury Lane 4 Aug. 1869, Elfie, or the Cherry tree inn, T.R.
     Glasgow 10 March 1871 and Gaiety, London 4 Dec, 1871, The Shaughran, Adelphi 24 April 1880
     playing Conn, The Jilt, Prince's 29 July 1886 playing Myles O’Hara, his last part in London;
     author with C. J. Mathews of Used up, Haymarket 6 Feb. 1844, with Charles Reade of Foul Play,
     Holborn 28 May 1868, with H. J. Byron of Lost at sea, Adelphi 2 Oct. 1869 and with J. R.
     Planché of Babil and Bijou, Covent Garden 29 Aug, 1872, revived at Alhambra 8 April 1882 and
     copyright of it sold for 1 1/2 guineas 17 Oct. 1889; introduced system of percentages for
     dramatists, clearing £20,000 out of The Colleen Bawn ; bankrupt 1 July 1863, discharged 14 Aug.
     ; resided at 326 Regent st. London 1864-72, where the Davenport brothers gave their first
     private séance in England 28 Sept. 1864 ; author with C. Reade of Foul play, 3 vols. 1868 ;
     resided chiefly in New York 1876 to death. <hi>d.</hi> from pneumonia, Fifty-fifth st. New York
     18 Sept. 1890. <hi>bur.</hi> Woodlawn cemet., his copyrights were sold by Puttick and Simpson
     in London 17 Oct. 1889, London Assurance sold for £150, Arragh-na-Pogue £152, After dark £70,
     Formosa £64 and Flying scud £50. _Pascoe’s Dramatic list, 2 ed. (1880) 50-60 ; Stirling's Old
     Drury Lane ii 298-43 (1881); Archer's English. dramatists of to-day (1882) 38-48; Fitzgerald's
     Memoirs of an author ii 3-6 (1895); Whyte’s Actors of the century (1898) 153 prt. Cartoon
     portraits (1873) 10-11 prt.; G.M. July 1872 pp 62-4; Vanity Fair 16 Dec. 1882 Note.—His first
     wife was Anne Guiot a widow, dau. of Etienne St Pierre, they were married at parish church of
     St. Mary, Lambeth, London 9 July 1845 his name being then Bourcicault, she died before his
     insolvency 24 Oct. 1848 when he called himself Dion de Bourcicault. His second wife was Agnes
     Robertson the wellknown actress <hi>b.</hi> Edinburgh 25 Dec. 1833, seduced by him in London
     1853, she was told by him in New York about Oct. 1853 that if she would consent to be his wife
     he would consent to be her husband and that by the law of New York that constituted a legal
     marriage, they lived together till 1876 when he went to New York, leaving her in England, she
     is said to have got an absolute divorce in New York with alimony of £600 a year 24 June 1881
     but this may be very doubtful as she certainly got a decree nisi in the Probate and divorce
     court London 21 June 1888 by renson of the bigamy and adultery of her husband. His third wife
     was Louise Thorndike an actress, he married her at Sydney in 1885 and again at his residence in
     New York 7 March 1889. <hi>Certificate of registrar general for first marriage.</hi> </p>
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    <head>BRIDGEMAN, John Vipon.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi>1819 foreign editor of The musical world upwards of 30 years; wrote libretti of
     Balfe’s Puritan’s daughter, produced at Covent Garden theatre 30 Nov. 1861 and Armourer of
     Nantes, produced at same house 12 Feb. 1863; author of A good run for it and 5 other farces:
     translated Wagner’s Oper und drama and Judaism in music, Pauli’s Konig Aelfred, Gauthier’s
     Voyage en Espagne, Blanc’s Vie des peintres, Freitag’s Soll and haben and Hugo’s Napoleon le
     Petit. <hi>d.</hi> 342 Strand, London 30 Sept. 1889. <hi>Brown and Stratton's British musical
     biog.</hi> (1897) 60. </p>
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    <head>BROOKS, Charles William Shirley (<hi>son of Wm. Brooks of London, architect who d. 11 Dec.
     1867 aged 80</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 52 Doughty st. London 29 April 1816; articled to his uncle Charles Sabine of
     Oswestry, solicitor 1832–7; wrote parliamentary summary in Morning Chronicle 1848–52, special
     correspondent for it in Russia, Syria and Egypt 1853; contributed to Punch 1851 to death,
     editor June 1870 to death, wrote Punch’s Essence of parliament; edited Literary Gazette 1858–9
     and Home
     <pb n="420"/>420News 1867; author of The Creole or love’s fetters, produced at Lyceum theatre 8
     April 1847; The daughter of the stars, produced at New Strand theatre 5 Aug. 1850; Aspen Court,
     a story of our own time 3 vols. 1854; The gordian knot 1859; The silver cord 3 vols. 1861.
     <hi>d.</hi> 6 Kent terrace, Regent’s park, London 23 Feb. 1874. G.M. xii, 561–9 (1874); Illust.
     review iii, 545–50 (1872), <hi>portrait</hi>; E. Yates’s Recollections ii, 143–9 (1884);
     Cartoon portraits (1873) 128–33, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
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    <head>BROUGH, Robert Barnabas (<hi>brother of John Cargill Brough</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 10 April 1828; ed. at Newport; started the Liverpool Lion comic weekly
     paper 1847, edited it 1847–8; wrote burlesques with his brother William first of which The
     enchanted isle was produced at Amphitheatre Liverpool 1848 and reproduced at Adelphi theatre
     London 20 Nov. 1848; edited the Atlas a short time and the Welcome Guest; author of Life of Sir
     John Falstaff 1858; Miss Brown, a romance and other tales 1860. <hi>d.</hi> Boundary st.
     Manchester 26 June 1860. Marston Lynch by R. B. Brough with portrait, and a memoir of the
     author by G. A. Sala 1860 this work contains the story of Brough’s own life; E. Yates’s
     Recollections i, 312–18 (1884).</p>
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    <head>BROUGH, William (<hi>brother of the preceding</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 28 April 1826; apprenticed to a printer at Brecon; author of a series of
     papers called Hints upon heraldry in the Liverpool Lion; wrote with his brother Robert the
     Christmas and Easter pieces for Adelphi and Haymarket theatres 1848–54; author of many
     “Entertainments” for Mr. and Mrs. German Reed and John Parry; wrote many burlesques including
     The field of the cloth of gold which was produced at Strand theatre 11 April 1868 and played
     till 27 March 1869, 298 times. <hi>d.</hi> 37 Maitland park road, Haverstock hill 13 March
     1870.</p>
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    <head>BROUGHAM, John.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Dublin 9 May 1814; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub.; made his début at
     <pb n="427"/>427Tottenham st. theatre London in extravaganza of Tom and Jerry July 1830; played
     at Olympic and Covent Garden; manager of Lyceum 1840–2; managed Niblo’s Garden New York; opened
     a new theatre in Broadway N.Y. called Brougham’s Lyceum 15 Oct. 1850; lessee of Bowery theatre
     N.Y. 7 July 1856; played in London 1860–5 and in America 1865–79; opened Brougham’s theatre 25
     Jany. 1869; edited a comic paper in New York called The Lantern 1852; author of nearly 80
     dramatic pieces; said to have been original of Harry Lorrequer in Lever’s novel. <hi>d.</hi> 60
     East Ninth st. New York 7 June 1880. Life of J. Brougham edited by W. Winter 1881,
     <hi>portrait</hi>; Ireland’s Records of New York stage ii, 178, 210, 384, 594, 655 (1867); The
     Oddfellow i, 65 (1839), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
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    <head>BUCKINGHAM, Leicester Silk (<hi>youngest son of the preceding</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 11 Cornwall terrace, Regent’s park, London 29 June 1825; wrote and delivered
     explanatory description of views of various countries at the Panopticon Leicester sq. 1854;
     manager of Strand theatre short time; dramatic and musical critic of the Morning Star 1857–67;
     author of Memoir of Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland 1844 and other books and of about 35
     burlesques, comedies and farces. <hi>d.</hi> Margate 15 July 1867. Boase and Courtney’s Bibl.
     Cornub. i, 48–9 <hi>iii</hi>, 1099.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo15" corresp="W0046" type="portrait">
    <head>BUCKSTONE, John Baldwin.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Hoxton, London 14 Sep. 1802; made his début in London at Surrey theatre as
     Ramsay in The fortunes of Nigel 30 Jany. 1823; acted at Coburg theatre 1824–7, at Adelphi
     theatre winter seasons of 1827–39 and at Haymarket
     <pb n="466"/>466theatre summer seasons of 1833–9; played in United States 1840–2; lessee and
     manager of Haymarket theatre 28 March 1853 to 1877; author of 150 comedies, dramas and farces
     best known being The wreck ashore, produced at Adelphi theatre 21 Oct. 1830, The green bushes,
     produced there 27 Jany. 1845 and The flowers of the forest, produced there 11 March 1847; one
     of the best low comedians of his time, his best parts were Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Bob Acres and
     Tony Lumpkin; cleared £20,000 by Our American cousin 1861–2; adjudicated bankrupt 27 March
     1878. <hi>d.</hi> Bell green lodge, Lower Sydenham 31 Oct. 1879. Maclise Portrait gallery
     (1883) 411–6, <hi>portrait</hi>; The Theatre iii, 261–7 (1879); Illust. Review n.s. i, 161–3;
     J. E. Mayall’s Celebrities of the London stage; Cartoon portraits (1873) 116–7,
     <hi>portrait</hi>; Pascoe’s Dramatic list, <hi>2 ed.</hi> (1880) 66–72; I.L.N. i, 384 (1842),
     <hi>portrait</hi>, <hi>lxxv</hi>, 457 (1879), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo16" corresp="W0047" type="portrait">
    <head>BUNN, Alfred.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 8 April 1796; a junior clerk in army medical department; stage manager of Drury
     Lane theatre 1823; manager of T.R. Birmingham 1819 to May 1825; one of 7 managers of Drury Lane
     one season; managed Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres 1833; introduced orchestra stalls
     first used at Drury Lane 5 Feb. 1833; lessee of Drury Lane 1835–48; purchased for £2,000
     dignity of a gentleman at arms formerly called gentleman pensioner 14 March 1836; bankrupt 17
     Dec. 1840; adapted a great number of pieces for the stage; made his début in America at Niblo’s
     Saloon, New York in a literary and dramatic entertainment 11 Oct. 1852; said to be the original
     of Mr. Dolphin the manager in Thackeray’s Pendennis; (<hi>m.</hi> 1819 the succeeding). author
     of The stage both before and behind the curtain, 3 vols. 1840; A word with Punch 1847; Old
     England and New England, <hi>2 vols.</hi> 1853; edited The Vauxhall papers 1841. <hi>d.</hi> of
     apoplexy at Boulogne 20 Dec. 1860. J. R. Planche’s Reminiscenses, vol. i, (1872); Dents Old and
     New Birmingham (1880) 385–7, 432, <hi>portrait</hi>; I.L.N. iv, 220 (1844), <hi>portrait,
     xvi</hi>, 141 (1850), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo17" corresp="W0050" type="portrait">
    <head>BURTON, William Evans (son of Wm. Burton of London, printer 1774–1825). </head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> London Sep. 1802; ed. at St. Paul’s sch.; acted in Norwich circuit 7 years; first
     appeared in London at Pavilion theatre Feb. 1831 as Wormwood in The lottery ticket; acted at
     Haymarket 1833; first appeared in America at Arch st. theatre Philadelphia 3 Sep. 1834 as
     Doctor Ollapod in The Poor gentleman; lessee and manager of theatres in Philadelphia and
     Baltimore; leased Palma’s Opera house New York 1848 which he renamed Burton’s Theatre; manager
     of Metropolitan theatre Broadway which he renamed Burton’s New theatre Sep. 1856–8; wrote
     several plays best known being Ellen Wareham, a domestic drama, produced May 1833 when it was
     played at 5 London theatres at same time; edited Cambridge Quarterly Review and Philadelphia
     Literary Souvenir 1838–40; author of Waggaries and vagaries 1848; Cyclopædia of wit and humour
     2 vols. 1857. <hi>d.</hi> 174 Hudson st. New York 9 Feb. 1860. Ireland’s Records of the New
     York stage ii, 235–8 (1867); Burton’s Cyclopædia (1857), <hi>portrait</hi>; T. A. Brown’s
     American stage (1870) 57, 66, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo18" corresp="W0053" type="portrait">
    <head>BYRON, Henry James (<hi>eld.son of Henry Byron 1804–84, British consul at Port au Prince,
     Hayti</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Manchester 8 Jany 1835; ed. at St. Peter’s College Eaton sq. London; admitted
     student at M.T. 14 Jany 1858; edited Fun from first number 21 Sep. 1861; edited Comic News 13
     July 1863 to May 1864; edited Mirth Nov. 1877 to Oct. 1878 12 numbers only; manager with Marie
     Wilton of Prince of Wales’s theatre London 15 April 1865 to 1867; manager of Alexandra theatre
     Liverpool 1867, of the T.R. and Amphitheatre Liverpool; manager of Criterion theatre London
     when it opened 21 May 1874; made his début in London at Globe theatre 23 Oct. 1869 as Sir Simon
     Simple in his own comedy Not such a fool as he looks; author of about 120 burlesques, farces
     and comedies produced at West-end theatres, Cyril’s success was played at Globe theatre 28 Nov.
     1868 to 27 March 1869 being longest run of any original 5 act play in modern times, and Our
     Boys a 3 act comedy was played at Vaudeville theatre from 16 Jany. 1875 to 18 April 1879 an
     unbroken run of 1362 times; author of Paid in full 3
     <pb n="508"/>508vols. 1865. <hi>d.</hi> Rockelemont, Queen’s road, Clapham, London 12 April
     1884. Illustrated Review vi, 441–3 (1874), portrait; Pascoe’s Dramatic list (1879) 61–68; W.
     Archer’s English dramatists of to-day (1882) 119–47; London Society xxvi, 121–9 (1874);
     Biograph (1880) 360–8; Theatre i, 212 (1878), <hi>portrait, v</hi>, 345–50 (1882),
     <hi>iii</hi>, 268–72 (1884).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo19" corresp="W0054">
    <head>CALCRAFT, John William, stage name of John William Cole.</head>
    <p> Second lieut. 21 foot 16 July 1807, first lieut. 1809–17 when placed on h.p.; made his début
     at T.R. Dublin 23 Oct. 1824 as Joseph Surface in The school for scandal; lessee of T.R. Dublin
     21 Aug. 1830 to 1851; secretary to Charles Kean; translated Memoirs of H. M. de Latude 1834;
     author of The bride of Lammermoor, a drama in 5 acts 1823; A defence of the stage 1839; The
     life of Charles Kean 2 vols. 1859, and of articles on the drama in Dublin Univ. Mag.
     <hi>d.</hi> Winchfield, Hants. 12 Feb. 1870 aged 77. History of T.R. Dublin (1870) 59, 61, 65,
     83–130.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo20" corresp="W0068" type="portrait">
    <head>COOPER, Frederick Fox (<hi>son of Mr. Cooper of London, editor of John Bull</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 4 Jany. 1806; called Fox after his godfather C. J. Fox, M.P.; articled to Isaac
     Cooper a stockbroker; managed successively Olympic, Marylebone, Victoria, City of London and
     Strand theatres; sec. to Duke of Cumberland as grand master of the Orange lodges in England;
     examined 4 days before House of Commons on subject of Orangeism 1835; proprietor of the Nelson
     Examiner, New Zealand 1841; started with The Chisholm, The Cerberus, a newspaper which under 4
     heads advocated 4 different lines of politics, No. 1, 17 June 1843, it was published at 164
     Strand, London down to 18 Nov. 1843; author of The sons of Thespis, produced at Surrey theatre,
     Jenny Jones, Fleet Prison, Master Humphrey’s Clock, Black Sentinel, Rejected Addresses, The
     deserted village, and many travesties and dramatic sketches. <hi>d.</hi> 56 Prince’s Road,
     Lambeth, London 4 Jany. 1879. Theatrical Times ii, 177 (1847), <hi>portrait</hi>; Era 19 Jany.
     1879 p. 12, col. 2.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo21" corresp="W0069">
    <head>COURTNEY, John, the stage name Of John Fuller.</head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> 29 August 1804; first appeared on the stage Dec. 1829 at Sadlers Wells theatre,
     London as Colonel Freelove ; played Sir Agrovaine of the rueful phiz in Blanchard's burlesque,
     The three perils of man at Surrey theatre 12 April 1852; author of following plays, Time tries
     all, produced Olympic theatre, London 4 Sept. 1848, The wicked wife produced Haymarket theatre,
     London 17 Feb. 1857, Aged forty, Double-faced people, Eustache Baudin, Old Joe and young Joe,
     The two polts, Vanity and The wicked wife. <hi>d.</hi> 17 Wellington st. Camberwell, London 17
     Feb. 1865. <hi>Adams's A dict. of the drama 1904 i 345; certificate of registrar general.</hi>
    </p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo22" corresp="W0077" type="portrait">
    <head>DANCE, Charles (<hi>son of George Dance of London, architect 1740–1825</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> about 1794; clerk in Court for relief of Insolvent Debtors, London, registrar
     and auditor 1851, taxing officer 1853, chief clerk May 1858 to Oct. 1861 when he retired on
     pension of £800 a year; wrote many extravaganzas alone and with J. R. Planché; called the
     founder of modern burlesque; of his 30 dramatic pieces the Bengal Tiger, Delicate Ground, A
     morning call, Who speaks first, and Naval Engagements are still sometimes played. <hi>d.</hi>
     Lowestoft 5 Jany. 1863. Planche’s Extravaganzas ii, (1879), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo23" corresp="W0095">
    <head>EMDEN, William Samuel.</head>
    <p> Prompter at Covent Garden theatre under Madame Vestris 1839, subsequently acting manager;
     partner with F. Robson at Olympic theatre 1857–64; acting manager of St. James’s theatre;
     treasurer of Covent Garden theatrical fund 1869 to death; wrote The evil May Day, The head of
     the family, Lives labyrinth and The rear admiral, printed in Duncombe and Lacy’s plays.
     <hi>d.</hi> 18 Upper park road, Haverstock hill, London 4 Jany. 1872 aged 71.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo24" corresp="W0097">
    <head>FALCONER, Edmund, stage name of Edmund O’Rourke.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Dublin 1814; acted in the provinces many years; lessee with B. Webster of Lyceum
     theatre, London, Aug. 1858 to April 1859; played Danny Man in The Colleen Bawn at Adelphi
     theatre 231 nights from 18 July 1860; lessee of Lyceum again 1861 where his Irish drama Peep o’
     Day ran from 9 Nov. 1861 to Dec. 1862; lessee with F. B. Chatterton of Drury Lane 1863 to 26
     Sep. 1866 where he lost all his money; played in America 1867–70; author of Memories, poems
     1863; Murmurings in the May and Summer of Manhood, O’Ruark’s Bride and Man’s Missions, poems
     1865 and of many dramas, librettos and songs. <hi>d.</hi> 28 Keppel st. Russell sq. London 29
     Sep. 1879. Pascoe’s Dramatic List (1879) 116–20; Illust. sporting and dramatic news 4 Dec. 1875
     pp. 233–4.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo25" corresp="W0100" type="portrait">
    <head>FISHER, David (<hi>son of the preceding</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> East Dereham, Norfolk 1816; violinist at local concerts; acted at Prince’s
     theatre, Glasgow 1849–53; appeared in London at Princess’s theatre as Victor in The Lancers 2
     Nov. 1853, remained at Princess’s 6 years where he played in his own piece Music hath charms in
     June 1858; acted at Adelphi as Abbé Latour in The Dead Heart 1859; gave an entertainment Facts
     and Fancies at Hanover sq. rooms and St. James’ hall 1863; played at Princess’s 1863, at
     Haymarket 1865 and at Ampitheatre and Alexandra theatres, Liverpool 1866–68, at opening of
     Globe theatre, London 28 Nov. 1868 played Major Treherne in Byron’s Cyril’s Success; appeared
     at Drury Lane, Olympic, Globe, Opera Comique, Criterion, Mirror, Princess’s and Lyceum to 1884.
     <hi>d.</hi> St. Augustine’s road, Camden Town, London 4 Oct. 1887. The Players ii, 73 (1860),
     <hi>portrait</hi>;
     <pb n="1053"/>1053Saturday Programme 5 Feb. 1876, <hi>portrait</hi>; London Figaro 15 Oct. 1887
     p. 14, col. 2, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo26" corresp="W0101" type="portrait">
    <head>FITZBALL, Edward, originally called Edward Ball.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Burwell, Cambs. 1792; attempted to establish a printing office at Norwich;
     dramatist in London many years; author of Edda; The Pilot 1825; The Innkeeper of Abbeville
     1826; The Floating Beacon 1826; The Inchcape Bell 1828; The Flying Dutchman 1829 and many other
     successful dramas; wrote all the librettos of Balfe’s early operas, libretto of Wallace’s
     Maritana, and many librettos for other Composers; wrote My Pretty Jane 1828 and many other
     songs. <hi>d.</hi> near Chatham 27 Oct. 1873. E. Fitzball’s Thirty five years of a dramatic
     author’s life 2 vols. 1859, <hi>portrait</hi>; I.L.N. lxiii, 445 (1873), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo27" corresp="W0104" cert="low">
    <head>FRENCH, Sydney.</head>
    <p> Edited Weekly Despatch; acting editor of Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette to death. <hi>d.</hi>
     Alresford house, Stansfield road, Stockwell 27 Oct. 1878 aged 42. <hi>bur.</hi> Kensal Green
     cemetery 1 Nov.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo28" corresp="W0111">
    <head>GORDON, Walter, stage name of William Gowing.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1822; first appeared on the stage in London 10 Nov. 1856 as Captain Littlepop in
     Little Toddlekins at Drury lane theatre acted Martin Gurnock in The lighthouse at Olympic 11
     Aug. 1857, Alfred Cleveland in Doubtful victory 19 April 1858, Karl in The red vial 13 Oct.
     1858, Augustus Burr in The porter's knot 2 Dec. 1858, Marquis de St. Cast in Payable on demand
     11 July 1859, Frederick Montgomery in Uncle Zachary 8 March 1860, John in The chimney corner 21
     Feb. 1861, Captain Pertinax in Taming a truant 19 March 1863 all at Olympic ; acted Duc
     d’Aumont in Mademoiselle de Belle Isle at Haymarket 3 Oct. 1864, Doctor Vane in A wild goose
     chase 29 April 1867 and Sir Arthur Lovell in Spring gardens 2 Oct. 1875 both at Haymarket ;
     retired 1876 ; author of Dearest Mamma comedietta, produced Olympic theatre, London 14 May
     1860, revived at Criterion 13 Oct. 1890, Duchess or nothing Olympic 9 July 1860, Home for a
     holiday 12 Nov. 1860, Old Trusty 25 Jan. 1861, My wife’s relations 1 Dec. 1862, all at Olympic,
     An odd lot, Royalty 28 March 1864, Through fire and water 3 act comedy drama, Adelphi 96 June
     1865, Pay to the bearer a kiss, Haymarket 16 July 1868 and other plays; (m. 3 July 1877 Emilia
     Julia Aylmer only dau. of James Henry Blake, Q.C., of St. Stephen’s green, Dublin, they edited
     The Play, a penny weekly journal 20 Oct. 1881 to 20 Jan. 1884, she was well known as a poet,
     novelist and dramatist, and d. 20 Aug. 1905). <hi>d.</hi> 37 Victoria road, Kensington, London
     20 Jan. 1892, <hi>bur.</hi> Brookwood cemet. <hi>The little journal<hi> 1884, i 311-3; </hi>The
     Era 23 Jan. 1892 p. 10.</hi> </p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo29" corresp="W0117" type="portrait">
    <head>GULLY, James Manby.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Kingston, Jamaica 14 March 1808; came to England 1814; M.D. of Edin. univ. 1829,
     M.R.C.S. Edin. 1829; physician in London 1830–42; edited Liverpool Medical Journal 1834; at
     Malvern as a practiser of hydropathy 1842 to 31 Dec. 1871; became very intimate with Mrs. C. D.
     T. Bravo and was one of the witnesses in the Bravo poison case July-Aug. 1876; his name removed
     from medical societies and Medical Register 1876; author of The water cure in chronic disease
     1846, <hi>13 ed.</hi> 1877; The lady of Belleisle, a drama produced at Drury lane 4 Dec. 1839;
     appears as Dr. Gullson in Chas. Reade’s novel It is never too late to mend 1857. <hi>d.</hi>
     Orwell lodge, Bedford hill road, Balham, Surrey 27 March 1883. Palatine Note-book, iii, 215–6
     (1883); The Balham Mystery (1876), 33 <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
    <p>
     <pb n="1258"/> </p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo30" corresp="W0121" type="portrait">
    <head>HALLIDAY, Andrew (<hi>son of Rev. Wm. Duff, d. 1844</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> The Grange, Marnock, Banffshire early in 1830; ed. at Marischal coll. and univ.
     Aberdeen; went to London 1849; discarded name of Duff; contributed to Morning Chronicle,
     People’s Journal, <hi>&amp;c.</hi>; wrote the article ‘Beggars’ in H. Mayhew’s London Labour
     1851; a founder of the Savage club 1857, pres. 1857 to death; wrote a series of essays in All
     the year round 1861, <hi>&amp;c.</hi>, since collected into volumes called Everyday papers 2
     vols. 1864, Sunnyside papers 1866 and Town and country sketches 1866; wrote with Frederick
     Lawrence burlesque of Kenilworth produced at Strand theatre 26 Dec. 1858, it ran for more than
     100 nights; with Wm. Brough the Area Belle 1864 and other farces for Adelphi; wrote The Great
     city produced at Drury Lane 22 April
     <pb n="1295"/>12951867 which ran 102 nights; For love or money with which Vaudeville theatre
     opened 16 April 1870; Little Emly produced at Olympic theatre 9 Oct. 1869 which ran 200 nights;
     Amy Robsart produced at Drury Lane 24 Sep. 1870. <hi>d.</hi> 74 St. Augustine’s road, Camden
     Town, London 10 April 1877. Cartoon Portraits (1873) 88–9, <hi>portrait</hi>; Illust. Review,
     i, 81–2 (1874), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo31" corresp="W0127" type="portrait">
    <head>HARRIS, Augustus, stage name of Augustus Glossop (<hi>son of Joseph Glossop who built the
     Coburg theatre, London 1817 and d. Jany. 1835, by Madame Feron, vocalist who d. 7 May
     1853</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Portici, Naples 12 June 1825; light comedian at Bower saloon, Stangate, London;
     played at Princess’s theatre 1843, managed the Princess’s 24 Sep. 1859 to 16 Oct. 1862; stage
     manager of Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden 1846 to death; stage director of royal opera, St.
     Petersburgh, held same post at Madrid, Paris, Berlin and Barcelona; lessee of Covent Garden
     during pantomime seasons of 1869–73. (<hi>m.</hi> 17 Feb. 1846 Maria Ann Bone, columbine at
     Princess’s theatre); wrote The Avalanche, a drama 1854; The little treasure, a comedy 1855 and
     11 other pieces; with E. Falconer The Rose of Castile, an opera 1857; Satanella, an opera 1858.
     <hi>d.</hi> 2 Bedford place, Holborn, London 19 April 1873. The Mask (1868) 97,
     <hi>portrait</hi>; Entertainment Gazette 15 Jany. 1887 p. 8; Era 27 April 1873 p. 4.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo32" corresp="W0131">
    <head>HAZLEWOOD, Colin Henry.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1823; low comedian on Lincoln, York and Western circuits; played at Surrey
     theatre 1851; at City of London theatre 10 years; wrote for the weekly penny publications;
     wrote a great number of dramas, farces and burlesques chiefly for the Britannia and Pavilion
     theatres for which he was paid at the rate of about 50s. an act; thirty of his pieces printed
     in Lacy’s Acting edition 1853–9. <hi>d.</hi> 44 Huntingdon st. Haggerston, London 31 May 1875.
     Era Almanack 1869 <hi>pp.</hi> 18, 45.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo33" corresp="W0133" type="portrait">
    <head>HERON, Matilda.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Labby vale, Londonderry, Ireland 1 Dec. 1830; studied in Philadelphia, U.S.
     America under Peter Richings; first appeared at Walnut st. theatre as Bianca in Fazio 17 Feb.
     1851; played at St. Louis 1852, in San Francisco 1853, in New York 1854 and 1857 when she acted
     as Camille her most successful character. (<hi>m.</hi> 24 Dec. 1857 Robert Stoepel, musical
     director, from whom she separated 1862, sued for a divorce March 1869); appeared at Lyceum,
     London as Rosalie Lee in New Year’s Eve 1 April 1861 but met with little success; returned to
     U.S. America, made last appearance as Medea in April 1876; teacher of elocution New York 1876
     to death; published Camille. Adapted from the French of A. Dumas [<hi>by M. H.</hi>] 1856;
     Medea, a tragedy by G. J. B. E. W. Legouvé, translated 1857. <hi>d.</hi> New York city 7 March
     1877. Appleton’s American Biog. iii, 184 (1887), <hi>portrait</hi>; Soulé’s Annals of San
     Francisco (1855) 661, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo34" corresp="W0134">
    <head>HIGGIE, Thomas Henry</head>
    <p> Member of Adelphi theatre company, London about 1843; one of the best light comedians; stage
     manager of Princess's theatre 1859-62 and at Astley’s amphitheatre 1864-5 ; author of Wilful
     murder, farce, produced at Princess's theatre July 1847, The black dwarf, melodrama, Laid up in
     port or sharks alongshore 3 act drama, The Cuckoo and other plays. d. Balham grove, Balham,
     London 24 March 1893 aged 85. The Era 1 April 1893 p. 8. </p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo35" corresp="W0242">
    <head>HIPPS, Edmund (brother of sir C.B. Phipps 1801–66). </head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> the Admiralty, London 7 Dec. 1808; educ. Harrow 1819–25 and Trin. coll. Oxf.,
     B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; barrister I.T. 15 June 1832, went northern circuit; recorder of
     Scarborough 1844 to death; Q.C. 23 June 1857; chief comr. of West Indian incumbered estates’
     court Feb. 1857 to death; proprietor of a collection of Italian, Flemish and Dutch pictures;
     author of The monetary crisis, with a proposal for present relief and increased safety in
     future 1847; The adventure of a £1,000 note, or railway ruin reviewed 1848; King René’s
     daughter by H. Hertz rendered into English and a sketch of king René 1848, this was dramatised
     and acted at the theatre royal, Dublin 28 Nov. 1849; A few words on the three amateur budgets
     of Cobden, Macgregor and Wason 1849; Memoirs of the life of Robert Plumer Ward, 2 vols. 1850; A
     familiar dialogue on trusts, trustees, and trust societies between Mr. Arden and sir G. Ferrier
     1854. <hi>d.</hi> 43 Wilton crescent, Belgrave sq. London 28 Oct. 1857. <hi>Waagen’s Treasures
     of art ii</hi> 226–29 (1854); <hi>G.M. iii</hi> 687 (1857).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo36" corresp="W0139" type="portrait">
    <head>HOLL, Henry (<hi>brother of Francis Holl 1815–84</hi>).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> July 1811; first appeared on stage as prince Arthur in King John at Drury Lane
     1828; acted in the provinces; for many years a member of Haymarket Co.; wrote for the stage
     Grace Huntley, Adelphi 1833, Wapping Old Stairs, Haymarket 18 Nov. 1837, Louise or the White
     Scarf, Victoria 1838, The Forest keeper, Drury Lane 15 Feb. 1860, and Caught in a trap,
     Princess’s 8 Feb. 1860; a reader at Hanover square rooms about 1874; author of
     <pb n="1507"/>1507The King’s mail 3 vols. 1863; The Old house in Crosby square 2 vols. 1863;
     More secrets than one 3 vols. 1864. <hi>d.</hi> 1 Horbury crescent, Notting hill, London 20
     Nov. 1884. Theatrical Times, iii, 17, 50 (1848), <hi>portrait</hi>; N. &amp; Q. 6 S. x 487
     (1884).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo37" corresp="W0142">
    <head>HORNE, Lenox (<hi>younger brother of the succeeding</hi>).</head>
    <p> Baritone singer at Surrey theatre under name of Mr. Lennox 1849–51; lecturer at the
     Polytechnic Institution London; wrote <title>Two heads are better than one</title>, A farce,
     produced at Lyceum theatre Dec. 1854; The baronet abroad; The tale of a comet. <hi>d.</hi>
     Clapham road, Kennington 20 Nov. 1874.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo38" corresp="W0143" type="portrait">
    <head>HORNE, Richard Henry or Hengist.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 31 Dec. 1802; ed. at Sandhurst; midshipman in Mexican navy, served in war
     against Spain 1829; edited the Monthly Repository July 1836 to June 1837; sub.-comr. to report
     on employment of children in mines 1843; went with Wm. Howitt to Australia 1852; commander of
     the gold escort between Ballarat and Melbourne 1852; comr. of crown lands for the gold fields
     1853–4; territorial magistrate 1855 &amp;c.; took name of Hengist instead of Henry 1864;
     returned to England 1869; granted civil list pension of £50, 19 June 1874, and another of £50,
     28 April 1880; author of Cosmo de Medici 1837, <hi>a tragedy</hi>; The death of Marlowe 1837,
     <hi>a tragedy</hi>; The history of Napoleon 2 vols. 1841, <hi>new ed.</hi> 1879; Orion, an epic
     poem 1843, <hi>10 ed.</hi> 1874, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd eds. were issued at a farthing; A new
     spirit of the age 2 vols. 1844; The poor artist 1850, <hi>2 ed.</hi> 1871; Sithron the
     Star-stricken 1883, and 15 other books. <hi>d.</hi> Margate 13 March 1884. R. H. Horne’s
     Australian facts and prospects (1859) 1–44; H. B. Forman’s Our living poets (1871) 427–46;
     Athenæum 22 March 1884 pp. 374–5; I.L.N. lxxxiv, 301 (1884), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo39" corresp="W0149" type="portrait">
    <head>JERROLD, Douglas William (only son of Samuel Jerrold, manager of Sheerness theatre,
     <hi>d.</hi> Jany. 1820).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Greek st. Soho, London 3 Jany. 1803; ed. at Sheerness; served on board H.M.S.
     Namur guardship 1813–15; apprenticed to Gabriel Sidney of Northumberland st. Strand, printer
     1816; produced More frightened than hurt, at Sadler’s Wells theatre 30 April 1821; wrote pieces
     for the Coburg theatre 1825; wrote Black-eyed Susan or all in the Downs, best nautical drama
     ever written, produced at Surrey theatre 8 June 1829 for which he received £70 from Elliston,
     it ran 300 nights; wrote The mutiny at the Nore, played at Pavilion, Coburg and Queen’s
     theatres 1830; joint manager with W. J. Hammond of Strand theatre 1 May 1836 to 17 Sep. 1836;
     wrote the Bubbles of the day, Covent Garden 25 Feb. 1842; The prisoner of war, Drury Lane 8
     Feb. 1842; started the Illuminated Mag. 1843; wrote Time works wonders, which ran at the
     Haymarket from 26 April 1845 for about 90 nights; edited Douglas Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine 7
     vols. 1845–8; editor and chief proprietor of Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly newspaper 1846, it became
     the Weekly News; contributed to Punch from No. 2, 24 July 1841 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly
     Newspaper 1852 to death; founded The Mulberries 1824, The Whittington at 37 Arundel st. Strand
     1846, it ceased 1873, The Museum 1847 and other literary clubs; author of Men of character 3
     vols. 1838; Punch’s Letters to his son 1843; The story of a feather 1844; Punch’s Complete
     letter writer 1845; Mrs. Caudle’s curtain lectures 1846; The chronicles of Clovernook 1845; A
     man made of money 1849; Heads of the people 1852; The writings of D. Jerrold 8 vols. 1854 and 4
     vols. 1863–4. <hi>d.</hi> Kilburn priory, St. John’s Wood, London 8 June 1857. <hi>bur.</hi>
     Norwood cemetery 15 June, portrait by Sir Daniel Macnee in National portrait gallery.
     <pb n="89"/>[89]<hi>W. B. Jerrold’s Life of D. Jerrold</hi> (1859), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>G.
     Hodder’s Memories of my time</hi> (1870) 4–58, 108–20, 126–39; <hi>Illust. Rev. iii</hi> 673–81
     (1872), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 291–304
     (1844); <hi>Quarterly Mag. of Oddfellows</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 198–208 (1858); <hi>E. Yates’
     Recollections</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 291–4, <hi>ii</hi> 351 (1884).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo40" corresp="W0148" type="portrait">
    <head>JERROLD, William Blanchard (eld. son of Douglas W. Jerrold 1803–57).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 23 Dec. 1826; ed. at Brompton gr. sch. and at Boulogne; wrote in Douglas
     Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper 1846; wrote papers on The literature of the poor, in Daily News
     1846; described the Paris exhibition of 1855 for Daily News, Illustrated London News and
     Athenæum; spent half of each year in Paris 1855 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly London News 8
     June 1857 to death; wrote Cool as a cucumber, farce produced at Lyceum theatre 24 March 1851,
     Beau Brummell the king of Calais, Lyceum 11 April 1859, Chatterbox drama, St. James’s 30 Nov.
     1859 and Cupid in waiting, comedy, Royalty 17 July 1871; founded English branch of the
     International literary association; edited under name of Fin-Bec, Knife and Fork 8 numbers 1871
     and new series 7 numbers 1872; author of Two lives, a novel 2 vols. 1862; A book for the beach
     2 vols. 1863; At home in Paris 1864, several editions; The children of Lutetia 2 vols. 1864;
     London a pilgrimage, illustrated by Gustave Doré 1872; The life of Napoleon III. 4 vols.
     1874–82; The life of G. Cruikshank 2 vols. 1882. <hi>d.</hi> 27 Victoria st. Westminster 10
     March 1884. <hi>bur.</hi> Norwood cemetery 13 March. <hi>G. Hodder’s Memories of my time</hi>
     (1870) 394–418; <hi>J. Hatton’s Journalistic London</hi> (1882) 196 <hi>portrait</hi>;
     <hi>Illustrated Review</hi>, <hi>v</hi> 267–73 (1873), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Graphic</hi>,
     <hi>xxix</hi> 368 (1884), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo41" corresp="W0153" type="portrait">
    <head>KEAN, Charles John (2 son of Edmund Kean 1787–1833).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Waterford, Ireland 18 Jany. 1811; entered Eton as an Oppidan, June 1824; made
     his first appearance on the stage at Drury Lane theatre as Young Norval in Douglas 1 Oct. 1827;
     visited America 1830, 1839, 1845; played Hamlet at Drury Lane 8 Jany. 1838; manager of
     Princess’s theatre, London with Robert Keeley 28 Sep. 1850, sole manager 17 Oct. 1851 to 29
     Aug. 1859; played in the provinces 1859–61; subscription testimonial vase value 2000 guineas
     presented to him at banquet in St. James’ hall, London 22 March 1862; acted in Australia,
     United States and Canada 1863–66; made his last appearance at Prince of Wales’s theatre,
     Liverpool 28 May 1867 as Louis XI.; F.S.A. 18 June 1857; F.R.G.S.; his best characters were
     Hamlet, Richard III. and Louis XI.; edited nine of Shakspeare’s plays with notes 1853–59;
     arranged Selections from the plays of Shakspeare 1860; directed private theatricals at Windsor
     Castle 1849–60. <hi>d.</hi> Queensborough ter. Bayswater, London 23 Jany. 1868. <hi>bur.</hi>
     Catherington ch. near Horndean, Hants. 30 Jany., his personalty sworn under £35,000, 25 March
     1868. <hi>J. W. Cole’s Life of C. Kean 2 vols.</hi> (1860), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>The drawing
     room portrait gallery of eminent personages</hi>, <hi>1 series</hi> (1859), <hi>portrait</hi>;
     <hi>E. Stirling’s Old </hi> <hi>Drury Lane</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 153–63 (1881); <hi>W. Marston’s
     Our recent actors</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 168–215 (1888); <hi>I.L.N. 1 Feb. 1868 p.</hi> 117,
     <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo42" corresp="W0154" type="portrait">
    <head>KEMBLE, Charles (4 son of Roger Kemble 1721–1802, theatrical manager).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Brecknock, South Wales 25 Nov. 1775; ed. at R.C. coll. Douay 3 years; clerk in
     general post office, London; made his début at Sheffield as Orlando, in As you like it 1792;
     appeared at Drury Lane as Malcolm 21 April 1794; during 30 years he is said to have steadily
     improved; played at Haymarket in summer season; the original of Henry Woodville in The Wheel of
     Fortune 28 Feb. 1794, and of Alonzo in Pizarro 24 May 1799; joined his brother at Covent Garden
     1803; the original Knight of Snowdon in the Lady of the Lake 5 Feb. 1811; acted in Brussels,
     Calais and Boulogne 1813–15; manager of Covent Garden 1822–32; assaulted C. M. Westmacott
     editor of the Age, for remarks made on his dau. Fanny Kemble 1830; visited America with his
     dau. 1832–34; made his last appearance on the stage 10 April 1840; examiner of plays 17 Oct.
     1836 to 22 Feb. 1840; gave Shakespearean readings at Willis’ rooms 1844–45. (<hi>m.</hi> 2 July
     1806 Maria Theresa dau. of George De Camp, she was <hi>b.</hi> Vienna 17 Jany. 1774, dancer and
     actress, <hi>d.</hi> Chertsey 3 Sep. 1838); entertained by the Garrick club 10 Jany. 1837; his
     best characters were Romeo, Hamlet and Mercutio; author of The wanderer or the rights of
     hospitality, a drama 1808; Plot or counterplot or the portrait of Michael Cervantes,
     <pb n="187"/>[187] a farce 1808; The point of honour, a play 1800; C. Kemble’s Shakespeare
     readings 1870; Shakespeare for schools, as abridged by C. Kemble 1883. <hi>d.</hi> Saville row,
     London 12 Nov. 1854. <hi>Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography</hi>, <hi>iii</hi> 1–14 (1825),
     <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>A. Brereton’s Some famous Hamlets</hi> (1884) 27–30; <hi>Bentley’s
     Miscellany</hi>, <hi>xxxvi</hi> 623–30 (1854); <hi>Fraser’s Mag. Dec. 1854 pp.</hi> 607–617;
     <hi>P. Fitzgerald’s The Kembles</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 225, 310, <hi>ii</hi> 386–9 (1871); <hi>I.L.N.
     i</hi> 364 (1842), <hi>portrait</hi>, <hi>xxv</hi> 514–6 (1854).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo43" corresp="W0160">
    <head>KINGDOM, John M.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London; solicitor; wrote the following plays, Marcoretti; Madeline; Which is my
     husband; The old ferry house; Three musketeers; Giraldo; Tancred; The crusaders; The old house
     on the Thames; The three princes, a romantic extravaganza, Surrey theatre 1 April 1850;
     <title>The fountain of beauty, or the king, the princess and the geni</title>, a fairy
     extravaganza, Drury Lane 5 Sep. 1853; Queen Mary, a drama by A. Tennyson, with full stage
     directions 1875. <hi>d.</hi> New York 24 July 1876.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo44" corresp="W0161" type="portrait">
    <head>KNOWLES, James Sheridan (only son of James Knowles the lexicographer 1759–1840).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Anne st. Cork 12 May 1784; removed with his parents to London 1793; wrote the
     Welsh Harper, one of the popular ballads of the day 1798; ensign in 2nd regiment of Tower
     Hamlets militia 25 Jany. 1805 to 25 July 1806; M.D. Aberdeen 1806; vaccinator of Jennerian Soc.
     Salisbury sq. London 1806; first appeared on the stage at Crow st. theatre, Dublin 1808; acted
     in Cherry’s company at Waterford and Swansea 1809–11; taught elocution at Mrs. Chapman’s
     school, Belfast 1813–5; kept a school at Glasgow 1817–29; partner with Mr. Northhouse in the
     Free Press newspaper, Glasgow 1821–4; first appeared in London at Covent Garden 5 April 1832 as
     Master Walter in The Hunchback, made his début in U.S. of A. 29 Sep. 1834 in the same part;
     lectured at various places on rhetoric, &amp;c.; granted civil list pension of £200, 14 July
     1848; converted and became a Baptist preacher June 1853, drew large audiences to Exeter Hall;
     his best known plays were Cains Gracchus produced at Belfast 13 Feb. 1815, Virginius at Glasgow
     1819 and at Covent Garden 17 May 1820, The Hunchback at Covent Garden 5 April 1832, The Wife at
     Covent Garden 24 April 1833 in which he played Julian St. Pierre, The Love Chase at Haymarket
     10 Oct. 1837, Woman’s Wit or love’s disguises at Covent
     <pb n="260"/>[260]Garden 23 May 1838; author of The Magdalen and other tales 1832; The life of
     Edmund Kean, Esq. tragedian 1833; George Lovell, a novel 3 vols. 1846; Fortescue, a novel 3
     vols. 1847; The Rock of Rome or the arch-heresy 1849; The Idol demolished by its own priest
     1851; The Gospel attributed to Matthew is the record of the whole original apostlehood 1855.
     <hi>d.</hi> Higher terrace, Torquay 30 Nov. 1862. <hi>bur.</hi> necropolis, Glasgow 5 Dec.
     <hi>Life of J. S. Knowles. By R. B. Knowles</hi> (1872), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Genealogical
     table of the families of ... Knowles. By F. Harvey</hi> (1875); <hi>W. Marston’s Our Recent
     Actors</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 122–38 (1888); <hi>Traits of Character. By A Contemporary</hi>,
     <hi>ii</hi> 131–58 (1860); <hi>James Grant’s Portraits of public characters</hi>, <hi>ii</hi>
     251–61 (1841); <hi>J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit</hi>, <hi>2 ed.</hi> (1858) 141–7; <hi>W.
     Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery</hi> (1883) 397–402, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>R. H. Horne’s New
     spirit of the age</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 85–90 (1844); <hi>G. Hodder’s Memories of my time</hi>
     (1870) 170–5; <hi>Cumberland’s British Theatre</hi>, <hi>vol. xlii</hi>, <hi>portrait</hi>;
     <hi>Men of the time</hi> (1857) 428–31.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo45" corresp="W0164">
    <head>LACY, Michael Rophino (son of an Englishman by a Spanish mother).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Bilbao, Spain 19 July 1795; made his début as a violinist at Bilbao 1801; ed. at
     Bordeaux 1802 and at Paris 1803; arrived in England Oct. 1805 and as a violinist was known as
     the Young Spaniard until May 1807; played light comedy parts in Edinburgh, Dublin and Glasgow
     about 1808–18; first violin and director of the Liverpool concerts 1818–20 and 1823–4; directed
     the ballets and composed music for Italian opera London 1820–3 and 1824 etc.; made the first
     English adaptations of the operas Semiramide 1829, William Tell 1830, Fra Diavolo 1831 and
     others; visited America, New Zealand and Australia; author of Love and reason; Doing for the
     best, and other dramas. <hi>d.</hi> Pentonville, London 20 Sep. 1867. <hi>Grove’s Dict. of
     music</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 82–3 (1880).</p>
    <p>Note.—In his sacred melodramatic opera The Israelites in Egypt produced at Covent Garden
     theatre 22 Feb. 1833 he combined the choruses of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the solos from
     Rossini’s Moise, and illustrated the melange in action with a mise en scene; this was the first
     and last attempt of the kind and was suppressed by the intervention of the Bishop of
     London.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo46" corresp="W0165">
    <head>LACY, Thomas Hailes.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1809; appeared at Olympic theatre, London as Lenoir in The Foundling of the
     Forest 7 April 1828; acted in the provinces; stage manager at Windsor theatre; manager of
     theatre royal Sheffield 1841; acted at Covent Garden 1842, at the Pavilion, Victoria and
     Sadler’s Wells 1844; played at Manchester 1844–5; active promoter of General theatrical fund
     instituted 16 Feb. 1839; theatrical publisher at 17 Wellington st. Strand, London 1849, removed
     to 89 Strand 1857, retired from business 1872; published Lacy’s Acting edition of plays, 99
     volumes containing 1485 pieces 1848–73; author of 3 dramas, The Pickwickians 1837, The tower of
     London 1840 and The school for daughters 1843; (His wife was Frances Lacy 1819–72). <hi>d.</hi>
     Benhill st. Sutton, Surrey 1 Aug. 1873. <hi>I.L.N. lxii</hi> 279 (1873); <hi>Era 10 Aug. 1873
     p.</hi> 11, <hi>30 Nov. 1873 p.</hi> 7.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo47" corresp="W0171" type="portrait">
    <head>LEMON, Mark (eld. son of Martin Lemon, hop merchant, who <hi>m.</hi> 27 Dec. 1808 Alice
     Collis and <hi>d.</hi> 21 Jany. 1818 aged 32). </head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Oxford st. London 30 Nov. 1809; ed. at Cheam, Surrey; learnt business of a hop
     merchant from his uncle Thomas Collis of Boston, Lincoln 1824; manager of Verey’s brewery,
     Kentish Town, London; retailer of beer at 24 Lambeth Walk, Vauxhall 1837–41; his first play,
     P.L. or No. 30 Strand, was produced at Strand theatre 25 April 1835; his 5 act drama in blank
     verse Arnold of Winkelried produced at Surrey theatre, July 1835; The Avenge produced at City
     of London theatre opening night 27 April 1837; his 5 act play The Turf produced at Covent
     Garden 1842; Hearts are trumps, at Strand theatre 1849; wrote about 60 plays; lived at 11
     Gordon st. Gordon sq. London 1852–9; contributed to Household Works, Once a Week, &amp;c.;
     edited The London Journal 1858–9, The Family Herald, Once a Week; started The Field 1 Jany.
     1853, edited it; secretary to Herbert Ingram founder of Illustrated London News, for which he
     wrote the first Christmas supplement; a founder of Punch 17 July 1841 and owner with Henry
     Mayhew of a third share in it, edited it to his
     <pb n="387"/>[387]death, at a salary originally 30/-a week and latterly £1500 per annum; an
     amateur actor from 1845; gave a series of lectures called About London, at Gallery of
     Illustration 6 Jany. 1862 to 1863; arranged and played chief part in a series of scenes from
     the Merry Wives of Windsor entitled Falstaff, at Gallery of Illustration, Regent st. from 12
     Oct. 1868, and in North of England and Scotland 1868–9; author of The enchanted doll 1849 and
     other fairy tales; also of Wait for the end 3 vols. 1863 and other novels and about 100 songs.
     (<hi>m.</hi> 28 Sep. 1839 Helen dau. of John Romer of Upper Chelsea, jeweller, she was granted
     civil list pension of £100, 3 May 1872 and <hi>d.</hi> Nov. 1890). He <hi>d.</hi> Vine cottage,
     Crawley, Sussex 23 May 1870. <hi>bur.</hi> Ifield 27 May. <hi>Illustrated Rev. 15 Feb. 1872
     pp.</hi> 481–88, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>J. H. Friswell’s Modern men of letters</hi> (1870)
     49–60; <hi>Appleton’s Journal</hi>, <hi>viii</hi> 493–5, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>E. Walford’s
     Representative men</hi> (1868), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>J. Hatton’s With a show in the north.
     Reminiscences of Mark Lemon</hi> (1871), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>The Mask</hi> (1868) 65–7,
     <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>I.L.N. vii</hi> 348 (1845), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
    <p>Note.—Mr. Edward Walford, M.A., states in Notes and Queries 16 June 1888 p. 478 that Mark
     Lemon told him the place of his birth was a house included in the Crystal Palace bazaar just
     behind Peter Robinson’s emporium, this was probably the present No. 228 Oxford St. formerly No.
     108 down to 1881 when all the houses in Oxford st. west of Tottenham Court road were
     renumbered. There is a portrait of Lemon by John Leech in his two-page cartoon called “Mr.
     Punch’s fancy ball” in Punch 9 Jany. 1847 as the conductor of the orchestra. In Alfred Bunn’s A
     word with Punch 1847 Lemon is spoken of as Thickhead, there is a portrait representing him as a
     pot boy and it is suggested that he was a tailor and vastly like Moses. He wrote the first
     article in the first number of Punch entitled The Moral of Punch. The rev. J. Richardson, LL.B.
     states in his Recollections of the last half century vol. 1 (1856) 80–2 that Lemon kept the
     Shakespeare’s Head tavern in Wych st. Strand for one year after his marriage. In “Mr. Punch:
     his origin and career” [1870] there is a facsimile of the original prospectus of Punch in the
     handwriting of Lemon.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo48" corresp="W0174" type="portrait">
    <head>LEWES, George Henry (grandson of Charles Lee Lewes, actor 1740–1803).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 18 April 1817; ed. in London, Jersey, Brittany and at Greenwich; in a
     notary’s office; employed by a Russian merchant; a medical student a short time; visited
     Germany 1838; appeared at the Whitehall theatre in Garrick’s comedy The Guardian 1841, played
     in Dickens’ amateur company 1848, played Shylock 1849; acted in his own tragedy The Noble
     Heart, at the Olympic Feb. 1850 and in the provinces 1850; wrote many articles in the quarterly
     reviews; wrote The game of speculation, produced at Lyceum 2 Oct. 1851 and 9 other plays
     produced at Lyceum, all written under pseudonyms of Slingsby Lawrence and Frank Churchill;
     founded with T. L. Hunt The Leader 1850, editor for literary subjects to July 1854. <hi>m.</hi>
     18 Feb. 1841 Agnes eld. dau. of Swynfen Stevens Jervis, M.P. for Bridport, he left her in July
     1854 and went to Germany with Mary Ann Evans known as “George Eliot,” he passed as her husband
     for the rest of his life; edited Fortnightly Review, May 1865 to Dec. 1866; lived at the
     Priory, St. John’s Wood, London 1863 to death; author of The life of Maximilien Robespierre
     1845; A biographical history of philosophy 4 vols. 1845–6, 5 ed. 1 vol. 1880; The Spanish
     drama, Lope de Vega and Calderon 1846; Rose, Blanche and Violet 3 vols. 1848; The life and
     works of Goethe 2 vols. 1855; Studies in animal life 1862; Problems of life and mind 5 vols.
     1874–9; Our actors and the art of acting
     <pb n="409"/>[409]1875. <hi>d.</hi> The Priory, 21 North bank, St. John’s Wood, London 30 Nov.
     1878. <hi>bur.</hi> Highgate cemet. 4 Dec. <hi>T. Ribot’s English Psychology</hi> (1873)
     255–314; <hi>H. D. Traill’s New Lucian</hi> (1884) 268–87; <hi>Fortnightly Review Jany. 1879
     pp.</hi> 15–24; <hi>Graphic</hi>, <hi>xviii</hi> 624 (1878), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>I.L.N.
     lxxiii</hi> 565 (1878), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo49" corresp="W0175" type="portrait">
    <head>LEWIS, Leopold David (eld. son of David Lewis, physician).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 1828; ed. at King’s coll. school; solicitor at 4 Skinner’s place, Size
     lane, London 1850–75; conducted with Alfred Thompson,</p>
    <p> The Mask, a humorous and fantastic review Feb. to Dec. 1868; adapted a drama called The
     Bells from Le Juif Polonais by M. M. Erckmann-Chatrian produced at Lyceum theatre 25 Nov. 1871
     which was played 151 times; his other dramas were The Wandering Jew, Adelphi theatre 14 April
     1873; Give a dog a bad name, Adelphi 18 Nov. 1876; and The Foundlings, Sadler’s Wells 8 Oct.
     1881; author of A peal of merry bells 3 vols. 1880. <hi>d.</hi> Royal free hospital, Gray’s Inn
     road, London 23 Feb. 1890. <hi>bur.</hi> Kensal Green cemet. <hi>The Mask</hi> (1868) <hi>p.
     iii</hi>, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>St. Stephen’s Review 1 March 1890 p.</hi> 8, <hi>and 8 March
     p.</hi> 18, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo50" corresp="W0179">
    <head>LINLEY, George.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Leeds 1798 or 1799; resided in Doncaster and Edinburgh short time, then in
     London to death; wrote and composed upwards of 450 songs 1830–65;
     <pb n="441"/>[441]wrote the songs and music for Francesca Doria, play by V. Morris produced at
     Princess’s theatre 3 March 1849; his operetta The Toymakers was brought out at Covent Garden 19
     Nov. 1861, and his comedietta Law versus Love at Princess’s 6 Dec. 1862; author of Musical
     cynics of London, a satire 1862, one part only; The Modern Hudibras 1864, 2 ed. 1864.
     <hi>d.</hi> Alfred cottage, Victoria road, Kensington, London 10 Sep. 1865.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo51" corresp="W0180" type="portrait">
    <head>LOVELL, George William.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1804; secretary of Phœnix Insurance Co. 1850 to death; author of the following
     plays, The Avenger, produced at Surrey theatre 1835; The provost of Bruges, at Drury Lane 10
     Feb. 1836; Love’s sacrifice or the rival merchants, Covent Garden 12 Sep. 1842; Look before you
     leap, Haymarket 29 Oct. 1846; The wife’s secret, purchased by Charles Kean for £400 before it
     was written, produced at Park theatre, New York 12 Oct. 1846, and at Haymarket 17 Jany. 1848
     when it ran 36 nights and has since kept the stage; The trial of love, Princess’s 7 Jany. 1852,
     ran 23 nights; published a novel called The Trustee 3 vols. 1841. <hi>d.</hi> 18 Lyndhurst
     road, Hampstead 13 May 1878. <hi>I.L.N. lxii</hi> 533 (1878), <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo52" corresp="W0181">
    <head>LOVELL, Maria Anne (dau. of Willoughby Lacy, patentee of Drury Lane, <hi>d.</hi>
     1831).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> London 15 July 1803; appeared as Mrs. Haller at Belfast 1818; acted Belvidera in
     Venice preserved, at Covent Garden 9 Oct. 1822; excelled in pathetic parts; (<hi>m.</hi> 1830
     George William Lovell 1804–78 when she retired from the stage); wrote Ingomar the barbarian,
     Drury Lane, June 1851, revived by Mary Anderson, Lyceum 1 Sep. 1883; The beginning of the end,
     Haymarket 27 Oct. 1855. <hi>d.</hi> 18 Lyndhurst road, Hampstead 2 April 1877. <hi>Mrs. C. B.
     Wilson’s Our actresses</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 250–5 (1855).</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo53" corresp="W0182" type="portrait">
    <head>LOVER, Samuel (eld. son of a member of the Dublin stock exchange).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Dublin 24 Feb. 1797; a portrait painter, especially in miniatures to 1844;
     member of Royal Hibernian academy 1828, secretary 1830; wrote Rory O’More 1826, best known of
     his ballads; his miniature of Paganini exhibited at Dublin academy 1832 and at R.A. London
     1833; removed to London 1835; wrote The Olympic picnic for Madame Vestris 1835; published Rory
     O’More, a national romance 1837, his dramatised version of which was acted at Adelphi theatre
     Oct. 1837 and ran over 100 nights; composed a musical drama The Greek Boy, of which he wrote
     both music and words, Covent Garden 1838; his burlesque opera Il Paddy Whack in Italia was
     produced at English opera house 1838; produced his own entertainment called Irish Evenings, at
     Princess’s Concert Rooms, March 1844 and in Canada and U.S. of America 1846–8; produced an
     entertainment called Paddy’s Portfolio, in London 1848; wrote the libretti of two operas for
     Balfe; his drama the Sentinel of the Alma was produced at Haymarket theatre; author of Legends
     and stories of Ireland 1831; Songs and Ballads 1839; Handy Andy 1842; L. S. D. 1844, new ed.
     under title of Treasure Trove 1844; Rival rhymes in honour of Burns.
     <pb n="507"/>[507]Collected and edited by Ben Trovato 1859, and of many popular songs; granted
     civil list pension of £100, 4 March 1856. <hi>d.</hi> St. Helier’s, Jersey 6 July 1868.
     <hi>bur.</hi> Kensal Green cemet. London 15 July. <hi>B. Bernard’s Life of Samuel Lover 2
     vols.</hi> (1874), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>N. P. Willis’s Hurry-graphs 2 ed.</hi> 1851
     <hi>pp.</hi> 196–9; <hi>The Critic</hi>, <hi>xix</hi> 229 (1859), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>I.L.N.
     iv</hi> 208 (1844), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Dublin Univ. Mag. xxxvii</hi> 196,
     <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo54" corresp="W0183">
    <head>LUCAS, John Templeton (eld. son of the preceding). </head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> London 1836; exhibited 7 landscapes at R.A., 13 at B.I. and 30 at Suffolk st.
     gallery 1859–76; his farce Browne the Martyr produced at Court theatre 20 Jany. 1872 and
     printed in Lacy’s acting edition of plays vol. xcvi; author of fairy tales entitled Prince
     Ubbely Bubble’s New story book 1871; and of Edwin Landseer 1873, memorial verses. <hi>d.</hi>
     Whitby, Sep. 1880.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo55" corresp="W0185">
    <head>LUNN, Joseph.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1784; an original member of the Dramatic Authors’ Society; his chief plays were
     The sorrows of Werther, a burlesque, Covent Garden 6 May 1818, revived at St. James’s 13 Oct.
     1836; Family Jars, a farce, Haymarket 26 Aug. 1822; Fish out of water, a farce 26 Aug. 1823;
     Hide and Seek, petit opera 22 Oct. 1824, revived at Covent Garden 11 Nov. 1830; Roses and
     Thorns or two houses under one roof, comedy 24 Aug. 1825; Lunn’s Management or the prompter
     puzzled, a comic interlude 29 Sep. 1828, all these four were produced at Haymarket; author of
     Horæ Jocosæ, or the doggerel Decameron 1823. <hi>d.</hi> Grand parade, Brighton 12 Dec.
     1863.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo56" corresp="W0189" type="portrait">
    <head>MACREADY, William Charles (son of William Macready <hi>d.</hi> 11 April 1829). </head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> Mary st. Tottenham court road, London 3 March 1793; ed. at Rugby 1803–8; first
     appeared at Birmingham as Romeo 7 June 1810; his portrait by De Wilde exhibited at Royal
     <pb n="680"/>[680]academy, London 1812; first appeared in London at Covent Garden as Orestes in
     the Distressed mother 16 Sep. 1816; played Richard III. at Covent Garden 25 Oct. 1819; the
     original in London of S. Knowles’ Virginius 17 May 1820; starred at Covent Garden 1816–23 and
     at Drury Lane 1823–34; first appeared in America at Park theatre, New York as Virginius 2 Oct.
     1826; played Joseph Surface in The school for scandal at Drury Lane 27 Nov. 1832; assaulted
     Alfred Bunn at Drury Lane theatre 29 April 1836 who obtained sum of £150 damages in the
     Sheriff’s court 29 June 1836; lessee Covent Garden theatre 30 Sep. 1837 to 17 July 1839;
     produced the Lady of Lyons, playing Claude Melnotte 15 Feb. 1838 and Richelieu 7 March 1839;
     elected member of Athenæum club 21 June 1838; C. Dickens dedicated Nicholas Nickleby to him
     1839; played at Haymarket 16 March 1840 to 13 March 1841, played Evelyn in Money 8 Dec. 1840 to
     13 March 1841; manager of Drury Lane theatre 27 Dec. 1841 to 14 June 1843; acted in America 25
     Sep. 1843 to 14 Oct. 1844, and in Paris, Dec. 1844 to Jany. 1845; in America again 4 Oct. 1848
     to 10 May 1849 when the great riot at Astor place theatre, New York took place; made his last
     appearance on stage at Drury Lane 26 Feb. 1851 as Macbeth, Samuel Phelps being the Macduff; a
     public reader and lecturer; lived at 5 Clarence terrace, Regent’s park, London 1840–50, at
     Sherborne house, Sherborne, Dorset 1850–60 and at Cheltenham 1860 to death; author of The
     poetical works of Alexander Pope revised and arranged for young people 1849; with J. S. Knowles
     produced The Bridal, a tragedy altered from The Maid’s Tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher,
     Haymarket 26 June 1837; <hi>m.</hi> (1) 24 June 1824 Catherine Frances Atkins actress
     <hi>b.</hi> 11 Nov. 1806, <hi>d.</hi> Plymouth 18 Sep. 1852; <hi>m.</hi> (2) 3 April 1860
     Cecile Louise Frederica (5 dau. of Henry Spencer). <hi>d.</hi> 6 Wellington sq. Cheltenham 27
     April 1873. <hi>bur.</hi> Kensal green 4 May. <hi>Sir F. Pollock’s Macready’s
     Reminiscences</hi> 2 <hi>vols.</hi> (1875), 4 <hi>portraits</hi>; <hi>Juliet Pollock’s Macready
     as I knew him</hi> (1884); <hi>W. Marston’s Our recent actors</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 25–109 (1888);
     <hi>G. Sharf’s Recollections of scenic effects at Covent Garden</hi> (1839); <hi>T. Marshall’s
     Lives of the most celebrated actors</hi> (1847) 1–36; <hi>A. Brereton’s Some famous
     Hamlets</hi> (1884) 36–9; <hi>J. Grant’s Portraits of public characters</hi>, <hi>ii</hi>
     215–36 (1841); <hi>R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 104–28 (1844);
     <hi>Metropolitan Mag. xvii</hi> 81–5 (1836); <hi>Tallis’s Dramatic Mag.</hi> (1851) 148,
     229–34, 3 <hi>portraits</hi>; <hi>Tallis’s Drawing room table book parts</hi> 7, 8, 9, 14, 15,
     17, 18 <hi>and</hi> 21, 8 <hi>portraits</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo57" corresp="W0191">
    <head>MADDOX, John Medex, stage name of John Medex.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1789; managed the Colosseum in Regent’s park, London 1840; lessee of Princess’s
     theatre, Oxford st. 26 Dec. 1842 to Easter 1850; produced Scribe’s Don Cæsar de Bazan, Oct.
     1844; Charlotte Cushman first appeared in England at Princess’s as Bianca in Fazio 14 Feb.
     1845; produced many operas by Balfe and Linley, and Loder’s Night Dancers, Oct. 1846; wrote A
     curious case, a drama Princess’s 1846; The first night, a drama Princess’s 1 Oct. 1849;
     Infanticide or the Bohemian mother, a melo-drama Royal Coburg theatre; A.S.S. a farce, Lyceum
     23 April 1853; A fast train, Lyceum 25 April 1853; Chesterfield Thinskin, a farce, Princess’s
     1853; Frederick the Great; Death of Mary queen of Scots; and Is it a lie. <hi>d.</hi> 7 Pelham
     crescent, Brompton, London 5 March 1861. <hi>H. B. Baker’s London Stage</hi>, <hi>ii</hi>
     161–71 (1889); <hi>Era Almanac</hi> (1876) 1–2.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo58" corresp="W0195">
    <head>MARCHANT, Frederick.</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1837; actor; wrote for the Britannia theatre, Honest labour, drama 3 Aug. 1870;
     Sharps and flats, drama 15 Aug. 1870; The three perils, drama 5 Oct. 1870; The man loaded with
     mischief, pantomime 26 Dec. 1870, and What will become of him, drama 20 May 1872; for the
     Victoria theatre, A rolling stone sometimes gathers moss, drama 15 Oct. 1870 and Nimble Nip,
     pantomime 24 Dec. 1870; for the New East London theatre, Little Bo Peep, pantomime 23 Dec.
     1871; Under the shadow of Old St. Paul’s, drama 12 Oct. 1872, and Windsor castle, drama 15 Feb.
     1873; for the New Pavilion theatre, Rip Van Winkle, pantomime 23 Dec. 1871; Harlequin Hop o’ my
     thumb, pantomime 26 Dec. 1872, and Puss in boots, pantomime 26 Dec. 1873; for Marylebone
     theatre, What will become of him, drama 18 Sep. 1874. <hi>d.</hi> London 17 Dec. 1878.
     <hi>bur.</hi> Brompton cemetery 24 Dec.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo59" corresp="W0197" type="portrait">
    <head>MARSHALL, Francis Albert (5 son of Wm. Marshall 1796–1872).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Grosvenor st. London 18 Nov. 1840; ed. at Harrow; matric. from Exeter coll. Oxf.
     14 June 1859; clerk in the audit office Somerset House 1862–8; dramatic critic to the London
     Figaro some years from 1870; author of the following plays, Mad as a hatter, farce produced at
     Royalty theatre 7 Dec. 1863; Corrupt practices, drama Lyceum 22 Jany. 1870; Q.E.D. or all a
     mistake, comedietta Court 25 Jany. 1871; False Shame, comedy Globe 4 Nov. 1872, revived at
     Royalty 19 June 1880; Brighton, comedy Court 25 May 1874, which ran 300 nights; Biorn, 5 act
     opera Queen’s 17 Jany. 1877; Family Honour, comedy Aquarium 18 May 1878; Lola or the Belle of
     Baccarato, comic opera Olympic 15 Jany. 1881; author with W. S. Wills of Cora, a drama Globe 28
     Feb. 1877; edited the Henry Irving edition of Shakespeare’s works 8 vols. 1887–90; author of A
     study of Hamlet 1875; Henry Irving actor and manager. By An Irvingite 1883; L.S.D. an
     unfinished novel brought out in Britannia Magazine; <hi>m.</hi> (1) Imogene, she appeared as
     Elfrida in his five act opera of Biorn at Queen’s theatre 17 Jany. 1877, she <hi>d.</hi> 19
     Feb. 1885; <hi>m.</hi> (2) 2 May 1885 Ada Cavendish the actress. <hi>d.</hi> 8 Bloomsbury sq.
     London 28 Dec. 1889. <hi>London Figaro 4 Jany. 1890 p.</hi> 12, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>I.L.N.
     18 Jany. 1890 p.</hi> 70, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Illust. sp. and dr. news 18 Jany. 1890 p.</hi>
     556, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo60" corresp="W0198" type="portrait">
    <head>MARSTON, John Westland (son of Stephen Marston, baptist minister).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Boston, Lincs. 30 Jany. 1819; articled to his maternal uncle a London solicitor
     1834; edited with John
     <pb n="764"/>[764]Saunders The National Magazine, vols. 1 and 2, 1856–7; author of the
     following plays The patrician’s daughter produced at Drury Lane 10 Dec. 1842; The heart and the
     world 1847; Strathmore 1849; Philip of France and Marie de Miranie 1850; Anne Blake 1852; A
     life’s ransom, Lyceum 16 Feb. 1857; A hard struggle, Lyceum 1 Feb. 1858; The wife’s portrait,
     Haymarket 15 March 1862; Pure Gold, Sadler’s Wells 10 Nov. 1863; Donna Diana, his best play
     Princess’s 16 Jany. 1864; The favourite of fortune, Haymarket 2 April 1866; A hero of romance,
     Haymarket 14 March 1868; Life for life, Lyceum 6 March 1869; Lamed for life, Royalty 12 June
     1871; Put to the test, Olympic 24 Feb. 1873; Under fire, Vaudeville 1 April 1885; contributed
     much poetical criticism to the Athenæum from about 1863; LL.D. Glasgow univ. 1863; received
     £928 from a benefit performance of Werner at Lyceum theatre 1 June 1887; author of Gerald, a
     dramatic poem, and other poems 1842; A lady in her own right: a novel 1860; Family credit and
     other tales 1861; The wife’s portrait and other tales 1869; Dramatic and other works,
     collective edition 2 vols. 1876; Our recent actors 2 vols. 1888. <hi>d.</hi> at his lodgings,
     191 Euston road, London 5 Jany. 1890. <hi>bur.</hi> Highgate cemet. <hi>R. H. Horne’s New
     spirit of the age</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 159–86 (1844); <hi>T. Powell’s Pictures of living authors
     of Britain</hi> (1851) 201–206; <hi>I.L.N. 25 Jany. 1890 p.</hi> 111, <hi>portrait</hi>;
     <hi>London Figaro 18 Jany. 1890 p.</hi> 6, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo61" corresp="W0202" type="portrait">
    <head>MATHEWS, Charles James (only child of Charles Mathews, comedian 1776–1835).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> Basnett st. Liverpool 26 Dec. 1803; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch.; articled to
     Augustus Pugin architect 1819–23; travelled in Italy 1823–24 and 1827–28; district surveyor of
     Bow, London 1833–35; opened the Adelphi theatre with F. H. Yates 28 Sep. 1835, retired Oct.
     1835; made his first appearance on the stage as George Rattleton in The humpbacked lover, at
     Olympic theatre 6 Nov. 1835; played in New York and Philadelphia 1838; opened Covent Garden
     with Love’s labour lost 30 Sep. 1839; produced Boucicault’s London Assurance 4 March 1841,
     retired 30 April 1842; bankrupt June 1840 and Dec. 1843; lessee of Lyceum theatre 18 Oct. 1847
     to 24 March 1855; acted at Drury Lane 1855–57; imprisoned in Lancaster gaol for debt 4 July to
     1 Aug. 1856; acted in the United States 1857–58, at Drury Lane 1860–61; gave an entertainment
     called ‘Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews at home’ at the concert room in Her Majesty’s theatre 25
     Nov. 1861 to 1862; first appeared in Paris at Théâtre de Variétés in Un Anglais timide, a
     French version of Cool as a cucumber 7 Sep. 1863; acted again at Haymarket 23 Nov. 1863, at St.
     James’s 1864, at Vaudeville, Paris 1865; played in Cool as a cucumber at Olympic in English,
     and at St. James’s in French on same night 30 July 1867; played in Australia 1870, New Zealand
     1871 and United States 1871–2; played at Gaiety theatre, London 1872–6; played in the provinces
     same years; went to India, Nov. 1875; acted at Opera Comique, London 1877; made last appearance
     on the stage at Staleybridge as Adonis Evergreen in My awful dad 8 June 1878; created the chief
     parts in 161 plays; wrote or adapted from the French 43 pieces, most successful being My wife’s
     mother, produced at Haymarket
     <pb n="793"/>[793] 1833, Truth or a glass too much, Adelphi 10 March 1834, Bachelor of Arts,
     Court Jester, and Patter versus Clatter. <hi>d.</hi> Queen’s hotel, Manchester 24 June 1878.
     <hi>bur.</hi> Kensal Green cemetery 29 June. <hi>The life of C. J. Mathews</hi>, <hi>edited by
     Charles Dickens 2 vols.</hi> (1879), <hi>portraits</hi>; <hi>J. E. Mayall’s Celebrities of the
     London stage</hi> (1867), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Illustrated Review</hi>, <hi>vol. vi</hi>
     351–53, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Actors by daylight</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 57 (1838),
     <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Actors by gaslight</hi> (1838) <hi>p.</hi> 57, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>W.
     Marston’s Our recent actors</hi>, <hi>ii</hi> 159–70 (1888); <hi>Theatrical times</hi>,
     <hi>i</hi> 105 (1847), <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>E. Stirling’s Old Drury Lane</hi>, <hi>ii</hi>
     123–27 (1881); <hi>C. E. Pascoe’s Dramatic List</hi> (1880) 405–10; <hi>J. Hollingshead’s Plain
     English</hi> (1880) 111–16; <hi>Madden’s Literary life of Countess of Blessington</hi>,
     <hi>ii</hi> 423–47 (1855), <hi>iii</hi> 343–73 (1855); <hi>T. Marshall’s Lives of actors</hi>
     (1847) 187–98, <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>Planché’s Extravaganzas</hi>, <hi>i</hi> 205 (1879),
     <hi>portrait</hi>; <hi>London Sketch book 18 Sep. 1874 pp.</hi> 3–7, <hi>portrait</hi>.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo62" corresp="W0203">
    <head>MAYHEW, Augustus Septimus (youngest son of Joshua Dorset Joseph Mayhew of 26 Carey st.
     London, attorney who <hi>d.</hi> 1858).</head>
    <p> <hi>b.</hi> 1826; wrote for the Comic Almanac 1845–53, which he edited 1848–50; author of
     Paved with gold, or the romance and reality of the London streets 1857; The finest girl in
     Bloomsbury 1861; Faces for fortunes 3 vols. 1865; author with his brother Henry Mayhew of The
     greatest plague of life, or the adventures of a lady in search of a good servant 1847 and other
     books; joint author with H. S. Edwards of six dramatic pieces The poor relation 1851, My wife’s
     future husband 1851, A squib for the fifth of November 1851; The goose with the golden eggs, a
     farce, Strand theatre 1 Sep. 1859; Christmas Boxes, a farce, Strand 1860; and The four cousins,
     a comic drama, Globe, May 1871; resided at 7 Montpelier row, Twickenham. <hi>d.</hi> Richmond
     infirmary 25 Dec. 1875. <hi>bur.</hi> Barnes cemet. 30 Dec. <hi>Hodder’s Memories of my
     time</hi> (1870) 62–5.</p>
   </div>
   <div xml:id="Bo63" corresp="W0204">
    <head>MAYHEW, Edward (brother of A. S. Mayhew 1826–1875). </head>
    <p><hi>b.</hi> 1813; M.R.C.S. 1854; edited F. Clater’s Every man his own cattle doctor 1853,
     another ed. 1859; F. Clater’s Every man his own farrier 1854, another ed. 1861; D. P. Blaine’s
     Outlines of the veterinary art 6 ed. 1854; author of Stage effect 1840; The horse’s mouth,
     shewing the age by the teeth 1849; Dogs, their management 1854; The illustrated horse doctor
     1860, another ed. 1891; The illustrated horse management 1864; with G. Smith Make your wills, a