A poet of Irish Catholic descent who pursued a military career while issuing several volumes published by his father-in-law Edgerton Brydges; after the death of his first wife Jemima he married Dora Wordsworth in 1841.

REFERENCES TO Edward Quillinan:

Charles Lamb to Sarah Hutchinson, 25 April 1823 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to William Wordsworth, [22 January 1830] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

William Wordsworth to Samuel Rogers, 7 November 1831 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Robert Southey to John Wood Warter, 1 October 1835 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Henry Taylor, 10 September 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 10 October 1841 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 30 October 1841 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 11 April 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)

John Gibson Lockhart to John Wilson, 13 May 1851 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)