William Henry West Betty [The Young Roscius]

(1791-1874)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874 DNB: Betty, William Henry West (1791-1874), actor LBT ID: WiBetty1874 VIAF ID: 2092233 LOC ID: no98122693	B/BAP: 1791-09-13 DIED: 1874-08-24
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The celebrated child actor who made his debut at Covent Garden in December 1804.
REFERENCES TO William Henry West Betty [The Young Roscius]: Samuel Rogers to Henry Mackenzie, 24 March 1805 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Robert Southey to Edith Southey, 14 October 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, 5 December 1806 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 2 Walter Scott to Anna Seward, [September 1807] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, “Memoir of Mr. James Henry Leigh Hunt. Written by Himself” in Monthly Magazine NS 7 (April 1810) 243-48 Found 1: ¶ Lord Byron to Lord Holland, 10 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lord Byron to Lord Holland, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 3 Lord Byron to Lord Holland, 28 September 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Lamb to Robert Southey, [9 August 1815] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 2 Robert Southey to Chauncy Hare Townshend, 12 April 1818 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 4 Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859, Lord Byron and Some of his Contemporaries (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) First Verses; Dr. Franklin; Mr. Maurice; Mr. Llwyd. Found 1: ¶ 82 First Prose; The Weekly Messenger; The News. Found 3: ¶ 100 ¶ 101 ¶ 102 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, “Review of Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries” in Quarterly Review 37 (March 1828) 402-26 Found 1: ¶ 19 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1812 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter IV 1806-08 Found 1: ¶ 14 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XI. 1804-1805 Ch. XXIII. 1818 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Prelude 1 Found 1: ¶ 31 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XII 1812 Found 2: ¶ 22 ¶ 23 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. VII. 1806-1811 Found 1: ¶ 7 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1803-1805. Found 2: ¶ 20 ¶ 21 Chapter II. 1805-1809. Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1806 Found 1: ¶ 9 Letters: 1815 Found 1: ¶ 6