Sir William Beechey was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting.
Thomas Coutts was a British banker. He was a founder of the banking house Coutts & Co.
William Beauclerk, 8th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat.
William Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans was an English aristocrat and cricketer.
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Harriet Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans was an Irish banker and actress who eventually starred at Drury Lane. She was successively the wife of banker Thomas Coutts and then of William Beauclerk, 9th Duke of St Albans. She was widely celebrated for her beauty, and she was painted by George Romney and Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Sir James Campbell was a Scottish officer of the British Army, and author of Memoirs of Sir James Campbell of Ardkinglas, written by Himself. Until 1810 he was known as James Callander. While not a baronet, as he claimed, he used the title "Sir". Campbell was 5th Laird of Craigforth and 15th Laird of Ardkinglas.
Catherine Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans was a British noblewoman. She was Duchess of St Albans through her marriage.
Sarah Hamilton was an Irish stage actress and singer of the eighteenth century.
George Mattocks, also known as George Maddox, was a British stage actor and operatic tenor.
Richard Cross was a British stage actor.
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Margaret Cuyler became Margaret Rice was a British actress and courtesan.
John Young was an English stage actor of the seventeenth century. He was active as a member of the Duke's Company during the Restoration Era, appearing at Lincoln's Inn Fields and then at the Dorset Garden Theatre when the company relocated. While not much is known about his background, he was repeatedly in debt during his acting career. In 1667 he stood in for Thomas Betterton after he fell ill during the run of Macbeth appearing as the title role. Samuel Pepys described him as "a bad actor at best".
Henry Harris was an English stage actor and theatre manager. Initially a painter he was a founder member of the new Duke's Company in 1660 following the Restoration which established itself at the old Salisbury Court Theatre before moving to the new Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre shortly afterwards. Due to his background Harris may have been a set designer and painter during his early years with the company. However, by 1661 he was acting, and his first recorded role was in William Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes that summer. He quickly established himself as the second actor in the troupe after Thomas Betterton.
Harriet Anne Smart Callow was a British artist and composer who is best remembered for her hymns and her paintings of the British countryside. Her works were published under the names Harriet Smart and H. A. Callow.
Ralph Wewitzer (1748–1825) was an English actor. He won critical acclaim in supporting parts, but was never given leading roles. He had a 44-year acting career, and is thought to have learned over 400 speaking parts.
Sarah Sparks was a British actress. She was born Sarah Mills into a theatrical family, although no evidence exists linking her to the earlier actors John Mills or his son William Mills. Her first known performance was in Berwick in 1773, and she was married to the actor Hugh Sparks by 1776. From 1776 to 1794, she was a regular at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh with her husband, as well as appearing in Chester and Newcastle.
William Chapman was a British stage actor active in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. Considerable uncertainly exists about his early biography, but he became an established performer in London's West End at the major theatres Covent Garden, Drury Lane and Haymarket. Considerable crossover may exist with other actors of the era named Chapman.
Cockran Joseph Booth was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. It is possible that he was the Mr. Booth who had acting roles at the Haymarket and Drury Lane theatres during the 1760s, but the first definite information is his role in hiring the Barton Street Theatre in Gloucester in 1772 to put on plays. He then acted in Bristol and briefly managed Richmond Theatre. From 1774 to 1789 he was a member of the company of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, generally playing character roles as older men, and also filling in as prompter at one point. He fell seriously ill in the summer of 1789 and died on 7 July. His wife, who he married during his provincial career, was an actress who also appeared at Covent Garden billed as Mrs Booth. Her husband left her a quarter share in the Theatre Royal, Margate which he had purchased in 1787 from Thomas Robson.
Sophia, Lady Burdett (1775–1844) was an English heiress and political hostess. The third daughter of the wealthy banker Thomas Coutts, she and her sisters were known as the Three Graces.
