Sign In Article Navigation
Show Summary Details

Page of

Printed from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a single article for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice).

date: 16 January 2021

Ryley [formerly Romney], Samuel Williamlocked

(1759–1837)
  • Mark Sorrell

Extract

Ryley [formerly Romney], Samuel William (1759–1837), actor and author, was born in London, the son and only child of Samuel Romney, a wholesale grocer. He was educated first at a day school in Kensington and then at a similar establishment in Fulham...

You do not currently have access to this article

Login

Please login to access the full content.

Subscribe

Access to the full content requires a subscription

P. H. Highfill, K. A. Burnim, & E. A. Langhans, , 16 vols. (1973–93)
, 63 vols. (1885–1900), suppl., 3 vols. (1901); repr. in 22 vols. (1908–9); 10 further suppls. (1912–96); (1993)