William Farren the younger

(1786-1861)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Farren, William, 1786-1861 DNB: Farren, William (1786-1861), actor LBT ID: WiFarre1861 VIAF ID: 66033261 LOC ID: no91014432	B/BAP: 1786-05-13 DIED: 1861-09-24
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English comic actor at Covent Garden, the son of William Farren (1754-1795); later in life he was manager of the Strand and Olympic theaters.
REFERENCES TO William Farren the younger: Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, [26 January? 1819] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne, [22 October 1822] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1819 Clarke, Charles Cowden, 1787-1877, Recollections of Writers (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1878) Charles Dickens Found 1: ¶ 8 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1822 Found 1: ¶ 1