Andrews, Miles Peter (1742–1814), playwright and politician, the second son of William John Andrews, a drysalter in Watling Street, London, and his wife, Kerthrine, was baptized at St Antholin, London, on 5 October 1742. He was educated in Utrecht in the Netherlands, and intended for foreign business at ...
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Andrews, Miles Peter (1742–1814), playwright and politician
E. D. Cook
revised by Rebecca Mills
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Birch, Samuel (1757–1841), politician, playwright, and pastrycook
G. F. R. Barker
revised by Gail Baylis
Birch, Samuel (1757–1841), politician, playwright, and pastrycook, was born in London on 8 November 1757. He was the son of Lucas Birch, who carried on the business of a pastrycook and confectioner at 15 Cornhill, an area of the City of London long associated with food production, the street name deriving from a corn market that once stood on the site. The business was established in the reign of ...
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Burgoyne, John (1723–1792)
Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds
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John Burgoyne (1723–1792) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766 © The Frick Collection, New York
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Burgoyne, John (1723–1792), army officer, politician, and playwright
Max M. Mintz
Burgoyne, John (1723–1792), army officer, politician, and playwright, was born on 4 February 1723 at Park Prospect, Westminster, legally the son of Captain John Burgoyne (d. 1768) and his wife, Anna Maria, daughter of Charles Burneston of Hackney, but possibly fathered by ...
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Howard, Sir Robert (1626–1698), playwright and politician
J. P. Vander Motten
Howard, Sir Robert (1626–1698), playwright and politician, was born in January 1626, the sixth son of Thomas Howard, first earl of Berkshire (1587–1669), and Elizabeth (d. 1672), daughter of William Cecil, second earl of Exeter; he was the brother of Edward Howard (bap. 1624, d. 1712)...
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Howard, Sir Robert (1626–1698)
Maker: Robert White
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Sir Robert Howard (1626–1698) by Robert White, pubd 1692 (after Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1685–90) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Martyn, Edward Joseph (1859–1923), playwright and politician
John Kelly
Martyn, Edward Joseph (1859–1923), playwright and politician, was born on 30 January 1859 in Tillyra Castle, Ardrahan, co. Galway, the son of John Martyn (d. 1860) and Annie May Josephine Martyn, née Smyth (1830–1898). His father's family traced its descent from the crusader ...
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Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851), playwright and politician
Brian Jenkins
Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851), playwright and politician, was born on 17 August 1791 at Drumdowney, co. Kilkenny, the eldest of the four sons of Edward Sheil and Catherine McCarthy of Spring House, co. Tipperary. Edward Sheil was one of a burgeoning and successful Irish Catholic mercantile middle class. He purchased an estate and married into a family with aristocratic connections. For his eldest son he planned a professional career. As ...
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Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851)
Maker: Joseph Haverty
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Richard Lalor Sheil (1791–1851) by Joseph Haverty National Gallery of Ireland
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
A. Norman Jeffares
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician, was born in September or October 1751 at 12 Dorset Street, Dublin, the third child of Thomas Sheridan (1719?–1788), actor and orthoepist, and his wife, Frances Sheridan, née Chamberlaine (1724–1766), novelist and playwright. He was baptized at ...
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816)
Maker: John Russell
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) by John Russell, 1788 © National Portrait Gallery, London
