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     Extracts of the reminiscenses of the late Mr Taylor were published in the Morning chronicle, London, 22 Oct 1832 and state that at p. 45, we learn that Reddish the actor, wentmad, becaus Whitfield struck off his bag-wig wehn playing Hamlet, and exposed his bald pate to the laughter of the audience. This Reddish 'was the second husband of Mrs Canning, the mother of our late eminent statesman'.
      Samuel Reddish was born in 1735 at Frome, Sussex? or Somerset. According to his own account published in "Miller's London Mercury no. X and "Memoirs of Mr Reddish" published in the "Covent Garden Magazine" in 1773, he was born in "Froome", the son of a tradesman and was apprenticed to a surgeon at Plymouth at the age of 15, after attending the Frome Grammar School, His mother and his half siblings settled in the Frome, Rode, Bath area of Somerset. Samuel was an actor/manager from 1759. The Biographical dictionary of Actors calls him an actor, singer, manager and quotes that he fled his surgeon master and joined the Norwich company of players at a salary of 15 shillings per week. At Norwich his roles were insignificant. Resenting his lowly status, he left that company after about two years and found a place in the company at Richmond Surrey, for one summer. Emboldened by some success there, he applied to Rich at Covent Garden and then to Garrick at Drury Lane but was spurned by both. At that time, Henry Woodward was in London, recruiting for the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin, and offered Reddish an engagement.
That last statement is borne out by other records. Faulkner's Dublin journal for 9 October 1759 heralded the Irish debut on 12 October at the Crow Street Theatre of "A Young gentleman" in the role of Lord Townley in The Provok'd husband; the same publication identified him as Reddish on 27 November. He was on the playbill of the Cecilia Hall in Edinburgh on 12 March 1760 as Pierre in Venice preserv'd. He returned to Dublin on 12 November 1761, for a debut at Smock Alley Theatre, playing Etan in The Orphan of China (again as "A Young gentleman"; he was identified in the newspapers on 8 December).
A checklist of the Norwich Theatre's roster for 1761, furnished us by Alick Williams, yields Reddish's name. W S Clark found it on the bills of the Cork Theatre on 24 September and 15 October 1762 and 12 September 1763. Reddish was again at Crow Street in 1763-4, according to company lists made by W J Lawrence and now in the University of Cincinatti Library. In July 1764 Reddish played Captain Macheath in The Beggar's opera and Lord Townley in the The Provok'd husband at the Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Square, Edinburgh.
When he returned to Smock Alley in 1765-66, Reddish was accompanied by a Mrs Reddish, who also acted there that season. Her identity cannot now be certainly determined; Reddish acquired and abandoned several consorts. But she was probably Polly Hart, who had acted for a few nights as Miss Hart at Drury lane in the 1760-61 season; for when Reddish turned up at the Orchard Street Theatre in Bath in 1766-67 he was accompanied by "Mrs Polly Reddish," according to Arnold Hare in Theatre Royal, Bath.
The chronology of Reddish's life in the Convent Garden magazine is, therefore, somewhat awry, for that account states Soon after his arrival in London he paid his addresses to Miss H---t of Drury-lane theatre ..., this lady had an annuity of £200, settled on her for [it: former services, which give every spur to his assiduity, and which terminated, after a short acquaintance, In an honourable surrender." Whatever it was that gulled the hapless Miss Hart, Reddish's prodigality had evidently made him desperate. For the same narrative asserts that his Irish creditors had become so clamourous that he called them together and persuaded them to accept tickets to his benefit in partial payment of his debts, the remainder to be "paid in cash from the receipts... the morning after his benefit by the treasurer..." The creditors agreed, tickets were delivered, elaborate puffs were placed in the newspapers, and Richard III was advertised 'in every corner of the metropolis, in bills not an inch less than eight feet long." But of course, the tickets were not accepted at the door, and the promised receipts were not distributed to the creditors next morning. The money had disappeared, along with Sam Reddish, who was by then on his way to England. The experience did not chasten him. Evidently one of his extravagances was horse racing, and he persisted in it. A clipping dated 1 November 1769, in the Burney collection in the British Library states that "on Wednesday a match was run over Epsom course by two colts belonging to Mr Vernon and Mr Reddish, both of Drury Lane Theatre, which was won with ease by the former."
In the same season - 1766-67 - that the had appeared at Bath, Reddish had begun an association with the new theatre in Bristol. First he only acted; then in 1770 he became part proprietor with Clarke, Dodd, and Parsons. From 1774 through 1775 he was the sole manager. But his principal activity was to be in London.
Reddish made his Drury lane debut on 18 September 1767, as Lord Townley, and was well received. The prompter Hopkins noted that, though he had "but an indifferent figure, - [he] will be useful." Polly, his wife, was also engaged by Garrick and played at Drury Lane through he 1771-72 season, when she disappeared from the London bills, having been succeeded in her husband's affections by Mary Anne Canning, whose ambitions it now became Reddish's concern to advance.
     Mrs Canning played at Drury Lane from November 1773 through May 1774. She evidently had a bad voice and little acting ability, and her engagement was not renewed. In the summers of 1774 and 1775 Reddish exercised his power as manager at Bristol to push her on in principal roles, now billing her as "Mrs Reddish." He wheedled Garrick into allowing her to fill in for the recalcitrant Mrs Yates as Andromache in The Distrest mother in March 1775, producing the critical comment in Hopkins' diary, "Such a performance I think was never seen in Drury Lane Theatre very bad indeed many hisses." In her first appearance in the summer of 1776 at Bristol, when Reddish cast her as Elizabeth in Richard III, she was hissed off. Yet, stubbornly, Reddish persisted. When Sheridan took over from Garrick at Drury Lane in 1776 he was persuaded to give Mary Ann another try, in the role of Azema in Semiramis. She was so very inadequate, reported Hopkins, that "she was hissed all through, and must never perform again." She never did, in London.
Samuel Reddish continued to play at Drury Lane for a few winter seasons, 1767-68 through 1776-77, before returning to Dublin in 1777-78. His roles were numerous and of a fairly wide range - from Iago in Othello to Alexander in The Rival Queens. But he was principally successful in young, sentimental heroes, beaus, and noblemen - Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, Raymond in The Countess of Salisbury, Lord Aimworth in The Maid of the Mill, Lothario in The Fair penitent, Richmond in Richard III, Jaffeir in Venice preserv'd, Falkland in The Rivals, Young Fashion in A Trip to Scarborough, and the like. He "originated" a number of roles: Fred Melmoth in William Kenrick's comedy The Widow'd wife, Zemouca in Alexander Dow's tragedy Zingis, Frampton in Elizabeth Griffith's comedy The School for Rakes, ...
Reddish was valuable as an actor - his roles show that, as well as his salary. (He was well paid: in 1773, £8 for a week; in 1775, £10; in 1776-77 £11, and in 1777-78 £12.) But it is difficult to assess his abilities fairly. His erratic conduct in the theatre and his poor treatment of his women probably skewed some contemporary judgements. he was a quick study, always willing - at least at first - to assume a role if a fellow actor was ill; and he was persuasive speaker of prologues and a passable singer.
But most critics seemed grudging in their assessments. The Theatrical review came down heavily on him when The Orphan was presented in October 1771: "Mr Reddish's Abilities are by no means suited to the Character of Castolio, waning every necessary requisit to support the Poet's Intention... His Love wants delicate Sensibility; His Grief, Tenderness and heartfelt Distress; and Rage forcibillity [sic] of Importance and Power."
In November 1771, Barry being ill, Reddish stepped in as Bajazet in Tamerlane. His performance was judged "not the thing" by the prompter, Hopkins, a comment he levelled that same month at Reddish's Belcour in The West Indian. The Theatrical review in April 1772 found his Macbeth "a character not suited to Mr Reddish's powers and feelings..." Thomas Davies, in Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, Esq. (1780), remembered that Reddish had given commendable performances in such roles as the Duke of Braganza, without being either elegant or striking in figure or very handsome, because he spoke with "taste." Davies found that his great fault was a habitual smile, which was there through joy, grief, love, or jealousy. ...
Reddish it seems, was guilty of shameless self-promotion. "... it was proved that the late Mr Reddish had paid in one season upwards of thirty pounds to Paragraph writer’s for occasional praises on his acting - ."
In his later years at Drury Lane, Reddish's personality, perhaps never very attractive, began to disintegrate. He was a party to a cabal that hissed the aging Charles Macklin, leading to a riot; he incurred Garrick's wrath by asserting that he, Reddish, was too important to walk in theatrical processions; he forgot which nights he was to play. By 1774, his eccentricity began to give way to spells of insanity. Hopkins noted in his prompter's diary of 6 March 1775, "Mr Reddish being a little out of his senses he could not Play." and a substitution had to be made. On 1 April following, Hopkins wrote: "Matilda was advertis'd for this night, but Mr Reddish came Yesterday as Mad as a March Hare, Said he had all the Terrors of the Damn'd upon him, & that he had not had a Wink of Sleep all Night. Call'd the Great Gods & the dear Woman (Mrs Canning) that lay by his side to Witness the Truth of this Assertion & behav'd like a Man in Despair."
On 6 April, Hopkins noted "Mr Reddish still continuing a little Mad or So - Mr Cautherly plaid the Duke" in Braganza. In June 1775 William Parson wrote to Garrick from Bristol that Reddish was followed everywhere by his debtors. He had fallen down "and continued long in a fit eight days ago, and has not been able to perform since his arrival here. His countenance undergoes the most sudden alterations. His memory fails him." Yet a letter from Reddish to Garrick (now in the Garrick Club) from Bristol on 20 September following found Reddish hopeful. He boasted of his summer success, sent Garrick £50 to apply to an old debt, and asserted that "my health, thank God [is] quite restor'd, and my mind at present happy and at peace, & should both continue undisturb'd, I hope to compensate this season, for the disappointments of the last."
Thus it went, with Reddish rational and acting his usual line of parts most of the time, but with more frequent apses into vagueness and spells of complete vacuity. ... Reddish final summer at Bristol was pitiful. Garrick receiving a running commentary of it from Hannah More. Reddish gave offense to the audience by insisting on casting Mrs Canning in principal parts (and as "Mrs Reddish'). He was greatly hissed as Richard III. There were poor houses. An actor named Robinson challenged Reddish to a duel because of some breach of articles. Reddish, alarmed produced a flash of wit, requesting postponement of the duel until after 132 August, his benefit date, because he was so in debt he could not afford to die. When his benefit night arrived , he had a huge house - but the audience had come to abuse him. They pelted him for a quarter of an hour before he was allowed to speak. Reddish sold his share and left Bristol's creditors and critics forever. In 1777-78 he found employment at the Crow Street Theatre in Dublin.
Reddish never acted at Drury Lane after the season of 1776-77. On 12 October 1778 he made his first appearance at Covent Garden, playing Hamlet, but he was not engaged for the season. He went on to Edinburgh and Dublin. On 5 May 1779 he was offered a compassionate benefit performance by the Covent Garden management. Tickets could be had of him at his lodgings, "No.14, near the Turnpike, Tottenham Court Road." James Boaden, in his Memoirs of the life of John Philip Kemble, preserved John Ireland's account of the occasion. Reddish "was now infirm; in common occurrences imbecile, but it was resolved to try whether he could not go through the character of Posthumus." [Ireland] met his friend an hour before the performance began. Reddish entered the room with the step of an idiot, his eye wandering, and his whole countenance vacant. ..." That was his last performance.
Reddish had already, in 1778, applied for assistance to the Drury Lane actors' fund, according to james Winston's transcriptions in the Folger Library. The Fund supplied him for a while and made some provision for his children.
Polly Hart and Mary Anne Costello Canning seem to have been only the last two of a succession of women whom Reddish introduced to the provincial stage as "Mrs Reddish". (Hannah More had written to Garrick on 28 July 1777 about Mrs Canning: "This is the second or third wife has produced at Bristol: in a short time we have had a whole bundle of Reddishes, and all remarkably unpungent.") Mrs Canning had borne Reddish five children - twins who died young, a son Samuel, a son Charles, and Charles' twin, a girl who grew up to act at least once. Mrs Canning had also brought Reddish two children by her former husband George Canning, a daughter and the boy George Canning who later became Prime Minister of England.
12 portraits of Samuel Reddish are listed.
     Doran comments: The Players of the Garrick period ... Of these, Samuel Reddish was a player of that great epoch, who, for some especial parts, stood in the foremost rank. We first hear of him in the season of 1761-2, strengthening Mossop's company in Smock Alley Dublin, by his performance of Etan, in the "Orphan of China". Of his origin, no one knows more than what he published of himself in the Irish papers, - that he was "a gentleman of easy fortune". This description was turned against him by his old enemy Macklin, on one occasion, when Reddish, in a part he was acting, threw away an elegantly bound book, which he was supposed to have been reading. Macklin's comment was that, however unnatural in the character he was representing, it was quite consistent in Mr Reddish himself, who "you know, has advertised himself as a gentleman of easy fortune". In September 1767, Reddish first appeared in London, at Drury Lane, as Lord Townly, to Mrs Abington's "My Lady". A few nights after, he played Posthumus to the Imogen of Mrs Baddeley. It was in this last character that he took his melancholy leave of the stage at Covent Garden, shaken in mind and memory, - on the 3rd of May 1779; Mrs Bulkley was then the Imogen. His career in London was but of twelve years, and it might have been longer and more brilliant but for that "fast" life which consumed him, - and for one illustration of which, when he was rendered incapable of acting, he made humble apology on the succeeding evening. Within those dozen years Sam Reddish played an infinite variety of characters, from tragedy to farce. Among those he originated were Darnley ("Hypocrite"), Young fashion ("Trip to Scarborough"), and Philotas ("Grecian daughter"). As an actor his voice and figure were highly esteemed in Dublin, but the latter was not considered striking in London. ... When Churchill said, "With transient gleam of grace Hart sweeps along" he was praising the lady whom Reddish married soon after he came to London, and who lost the "transient gleam" in ungracefully growing fat. ... As early as the year 1773, Reddish exhibited one symptom of the malady which compelled him, ultimately to retire, namely the want of memory, which indicates weakness of the brain... During the season of 1777-8, he was incapable of acting, and was supported by the fund. In the following season, he essayed Hamlet, but it was almost as painful as the Ophelia of poor mad Susan Mountfort. Later in the season, in May 1779, the managers gave him a benefit, when "Cymbeline" was acted, and Reddish was announced for Posthumus. An hour or two before the play began, he called at a friend's house, vacant, restless and wandering... He soon became diseased again, and, shut up in a mad-house, poor Reddish might be seen on visitor's days at St Luke's, a sad and humiliating spectacle, herding among the lunatics in that once popular place of cruel exhibition. Two old feelings survived the otherwise complete wreck - his love of good living and his dislike of inferior company. He drank greedily from his draught of milk, out of a wooden bowl, but the "gentleman of easy fortune" complained bitterly of his forced association with the low people who thronged the gallery. He was moved to better air, improved diet, and less plebeian society - in the Asylum at York.
Tragic actor-manager. Married Miss Hart "who enjoyed an income derived from a degrading source". After spending her money he left her. Had an unhappy affair with Mary Ann Costello, treating her very badly. In September 1775 Reddish failed to repay Garrick as he was buying a share in the Bristol theatre. He appeared for the last time in "Posthumous" & was thrown upon the Fund for support. He embezzled the funds of a Theatrical Society of which he was treasurer - sent to York jail. In the 1770s debt, drunkenness & madness finally closed his career. He was sent to York Asylum.
Reddish was principal tragedian to Mrs George Ann Bellamy's Glasgow season.
See Oxford Dictionary of National Biography for further information: www.oxforddnb.com/.
     In 1765, Samuel Reddish, gentleman subscribed to 2 copies of The Antique description and account of the city of Exeter....
     Reddish was accompanied by Mrs Polly Reddish according to Arnold Hare in Theatre Royal, Bath.
     Samuel Reddish married Grace (Polly) Hart in 1767. When Reddish made his debut at Drury Lane, there was a Miss Hart in the theatre, who enjoyed an income derived from a degrading source, and Reddish, tempted by her money, and utterly indifferent as to how it was acquired, wooed and married her in less than ten weeks. Afterwards, prevailling upon her to sell her annuity, he dissipated the proceeds and then abandoned her.
     In the 1766-67 season he began an association with a new theatre in Bristol. First he only acted, then in 1770 he became part proprietor with Clarke, Dodd and Parson. From 1774 through 1776 he was the sole manager. Samuel Reddish was admitted to Bootham Hospital, York, on 17 May 1783 Mr Reddish, a commedian whose address and surety wa given as The Company of Comedians in Drury Lane, Laondon (amended as an error to Covent Garden). He was admitted suffering loss of memory and died in the asylum 2 1/2 years later.
     Samuel died on 31 December 1785 at York Asylum, York. He was buried on 1 January 1786 at St Olave, York.
     The Times reported: Drury Lane Theatrical Fund: Yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, a dinner was given to the friends and supporters of this institution... The Master Mr Kean .... thought it rather an extraordinary circumstance, ... some members of his own profession not subscribed to this institution... One of the most affecting and encouraging examples was the case of that once well-known favourite of the public, Mr Reddish, who in the delineation of the mimic madness of Edgar was second only to the inimitable Garrick. This gentleman had been a subscriber to this Institution, and thus had given to himself and his family that protection which could not otherwise be obtained. From this fund was the son now supported, and had been educated, and introduced into a most respectable rank in life. [Note that a Mr Canning gave £5 to the fund].

     Samuel Reddish was born circa 1775 at England. He was half-brother to George Canning, the English Prime Minister. He was the son of Samuel Reddish and Mary Ann Costello.
     In an article about the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund celebrations dated 25 March 1830 it was stated: An interesting subject-viz; "A provision for the Orphan Children of Decayed Actors: - was discussed; and Mr Thompson with the view of illustrating what great advantages had accrued from the exertions of the Drury-Lane Fund, in the year 1789, and who had searched and collated the Records handed down form the highly gifted founder of the Society, David Garrick, read an ancient Letter, "dated September 1789," which he had selected from many others, which proved that the son of an actress of Drury-Lane Theatre had, by his talents, become Prime Minister of England (Canning); and the next brother Samuel Reddish, an orphan was reared, well read, indifferently clothed, but certainly classically educated, by the Drury-Lane Benevolent Fund! Young Samuel (as appears from after correspondence) became an accomplished scholar and gentleman; but his talents (backed by the interest of Sheridan and his brother George) no sooner raised him to a high civil situation abroad, than he died!
We give a copy verbatim of the boy's whimsical letter, as a proof of an ardent mind, whose young ambition was properly directed: -
"To the directors of the Drury- Lane Theatrical Fund, "Scorton, September 20, 1789.
"Gentlemen - Having now attained an age when I must shortly expect your kind guardianship to cease, permit the feeling heart of a grateful but inexperienced boy to thank you for your more than paternal kindness. The sound and liberal education which your bounty has bestowed on me will, I hope, enable me to struggle courageously with the great world into which I am so shortly to be thrown: and in whatever situation chance may place me, I shall acquit myself with that unsullied reputation which it will be the anxiety and ambition of my life to attain and preserve. I now venture on a last intrusion on your liberality; I learn, from my reading, that in the world, a light accomplishment frequently prove a recommendation, when sound erudition passes unnoticed. In your attention to my head, my dear and kind guardians, my heels have been totally neglected! I have never learned to dance, though I am graced as the best classic scholar at Scorton. I am very graceless at entering a room; if you will allow my last six months tuition to include dancing, your now grateful boy may, perhaps, when a man, be spar'd many a blush for his heels, in that society where his head may chance to place him! I hope you will pardon the vanity of an ambitious boy, and grant his request - and if would add to that kindness, by allowing a new pair of leather breeches for present use - five and nine pence arrears for cricket bats and fruit, and only three months Italian - I think I shall then be 'arm'd at all points" and ready to encounter those worldly difficulties which to the buoyancy of youth are always light".
The following was the laconic answer from the Fund Committee:
"Cricket bats, Italian literature and new leather breeches - allow'd
"Dancing - Oppos'd! - as unnecessary to a Classical Scholar; but it will be taken into consideration next month."
The reading of the Epistle and its eccentric answer excited much admiration and laughter; and after the transaction of some routine business, the Committee adjourned.
     Samuel served in the New South Wales Corps as a Sergeant from 1794 to 1797 at Australia. Army records show: Muster roll of detachment: Received from Capt Mason's Company 10th Aug (1793?) Saml Reddish appointed Sergeant 10th Aug. The June-Dec 1794 Muster rolls show - Intermediate list - Samuel Reddish embarked 10 September. Appointed Corporal 30 Oct 1794, Sergeant 8th Dec 1794. He disappears from army records between Dec 24 1796 & June 1797. There is no muster roll for 1797.
     Samuel Reddish travelled to New South Wales on 25 October 1794 per the "Surprise". He embarked for NSW 13th Feb 1794 on the "Surprise" (refer HO11/1 reels 87-88). Index to Home Office records at PRO - lists of transports sailing from London 1787-1836. The "Surprise" was on her second voyage to Australia, she carried 23 men & 60 women when she left England on 2 May 1794. Arrived 25 Oct 1794, 400 ton ship, master Patrick Campbell, surgeon James Thomson, she touched only at Rio, making the passage in 176 days and landed her prisoners without loss. Her convicts included 4 of the Scottish martyrs.
     On the 25th, the transport "Surprise" arrived from England carrying John Boston (with wife & 3 children), Matthew Pearce (& wife) and a young man named Ellis were free migrants, also William Baker, formerly a sergeant in the Marine Corps came as superintendent of convicts. By this ship Grose received several letters describing the cargo and the passengers. A letter from Dundas of Feb 15 formally notified him of Capt Hunter's appointment as Governor. Collins was incensed by the type of people sent out by Government. "A guard of an ensign and 21 privates of the NSW Corps were on board the transport. Six of these people were deserters from other regiments brought from the Savoy ...
     Samuel Reddish was granted land on 19 November 1794 at Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia. He was granted 25 acres at Lane Cove, Hunters Hill by Francis Grose on 19 Nov 1794 for an annual quit rent of one shilling payable from 19 Nov 1799.
     Samuel Reddish lived at Norfolk Island, from 1 July 1795.
     Samuel Reddish received a letter dated 30 January 1800. We hold a letter cover addressed to Samuel Reddish Esq. Post Office Portsmouth, from London January thirtieth 1800, Geo Canning (freepost).. He received a prayer book from Samuel Reddish on 12 February 1800 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. This was in the possession of John Ashby Hooper and is signed "the last gift of an affectionate mother, to S Reddish, may he be virtuous and happy, M A Hunn, Portsmouth 12 Feb 1800" presumably given on his departure for Barbados to be Comptroller of Customs at Bridgetown.
     Samuel Reddish arrived in February 1800 at West Indies. Samuel was Comptroller of Customs at Falmouth, Trelawney parish, Jamaica, from 1800. At his marriage on 31 Aug 1800 aged 25, he was Comptroller of Customs, Bridgetown, Barbados then became Collector of H M Customs at Falmouth, Jamaica.
     Samuel Reddish married Dorothy Ashby, daughter of John Lewis Ashby and Margaret Rebecca Vodry, on 31 August 1800 at St Michael, Bridgetown, Barbados. Married August 31 1800 Dorothy Ashby, daughter of John Lewis Ashby and Margaret Rebecca his wife to Samuel Reddish Esq. Comptroller of His Majesties Customs, Bridge Town, Barbados.
     The Times on 4 April 1810 reported a duel between the Hon H J Henchcliffe & Mr Reddish at Kingston.
The Kingston chronicle (repeated in The Morning chronicle (London), stated: A meeting tookk place near this city on Monday afternoon, between the Honouralble HenryJohn Henchliffe, Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty here, and Samuel Reddish, Esq. Collector of the Customs at Falmouth and Montego Bay, and brother-in-law ro Mr Canning, who was appointed to the aforesaid situation when he was in power. The parties having exchanged three ineffectual shots, the seconds interfered,, and happily adjusted an affair by which the life of a most useful and valuable member of the community was unavoidably endangered.
The above meeting was in consequence of a report that the latter Gentleman sent home to the Commissioners of the Customs, endeavouring to shew that a decision of the Honouralbe J H in the Court of Vice-Admiralty was imporper, and contrary to law, and implying or insinutating that he leaned to the mercantile interest. He is a Gentleman of the hightest honour and character.
     Samuel died on 13 August 1812 at Martha Brae, Trelawney parish, Jamaica. August 13th 1812. This morning at 1/2 past ten o'clock died Samuel Reddish, father of above at his house at Martha Brae on the island of Jamaica where he resided as Collector of His Majesty's customs at the Port of Falmouth. He was buried on 14 August 1812 at Trelawney parish.

     Twin Reddish was christened before 3 January 1779. She was the daughter of Samuel Reddish and Mary Ann Costello.
     Twin died between 1783 and 1785. She acted at Exeter aged 5 in 1783, but their father had only three children mentioned at his death. Highfill states that she was the twin of Samuel but the age suggests that she was the twin of Charles..

     Twins Reddish was born circa 1774 at England. He was the son of Samuel Reddish and Mary Ann Costello.
     Twins died before 31 December 1785. Samuel their father had only 3 three children at his death. Highfill states that they died young..

     William Reddish was born say 1780 at England. His half brother George Canning was frequently asked to pay the fees for his school in Yorkshire. Canning also met his medical expenses but his illness was fatal at a comparatively young age. He was the son of Samuel Reddish and Mary Ann Costello.

     Ann Redfern was born circa 1620.
     Ann Redfern married John Steer, son of Robert Steer and Elizabeth Senior?, on 31 October 1643 at Darley, Derbyshire. John Steer of Bridgetown & Anne Redferne of Tissington (or 1644?).
     Ann died before 4 April 1651 at Darley, Derbyshire. Mrs Anne Steer of Stancliffe. She was buried on 4 April 1651 at Darley, Derbyshire.

     John Redfern was born circa 1620? At Tissington.
     John Redfern married Catherine Steer, daughter of Robert Steer and Elizabeth Senior?, on 31 October 1643 at Darley, Derbyshire, England. She was still living in 1661.

     Agnes Marie Redgrave was born circa 1856 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur and Ann were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Gertrude and Arthur were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1891 census at 10 Hales St, Coventry, Warwickshire.

     Alfred Redgrave was born circa 1874 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was the son of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Alfred E Redgrave was born circa 1852 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was the son of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur and Ann were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Angelina Marg... Redgrave was born before 30 September 1859 at Highgate, London. She was the daughter of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Caroline, Elijah, George, Rebecca and Angelina were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1861 census at 15? York Street?, St Pancras, London. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London. Maria, Rebecca, William, Ernest, Angelina and Arthur were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1881 census at 15 High St, St Pancras, London.

     Ann Maria Redgrave was born circa March 1861 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur and Ann were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Arthur Redgrave was born between 1879 and 1880. An Arthur Elisha Redgrave was registered in the March quarter of 1880 in the Aston district (Birmingham) and an Arthur John in the Sep quarter of 1879 in the Birmingham RD. He was the son of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. His birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1879 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. Maria, Rebecca, William, Ernest, Angelina and Arthur were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1881 census at 15 High St, St Pancras, London.

     His birth was registered in the quarter ending in June 1857 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. Arthur John Redgrave was the son of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur and Ann were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Gertrude and Arthur were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1891 census at 10 Hales St, Coventry, Warwickshire.

      Caroline Ann Redgrave was also known as Caroline Amelia in some records. She was born on 13 September 1847 at Crick, Rugby RD, Northamptonshire, England. She was the daughter of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Caroline and Elijah were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1851 census at 6 Buckingham Place, Islington. Caroline, Elijah, George, Rebecca and Angelina were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1861 census at 15? York Street?, St Pancras, London.
     Caroline Ann Redgrave married Charles Porter on 15 June 1870 at the Registry Office, Brisbane, Queensland. She was a teacher aged 22 and he was a salesman aged 30, she was the daughter of Elijah Redgrave, fruiterer and his wife Caroline Wafford.
     Caroline died on 10 March 1942 at 121 Dudley St, Punchbowl, New South Wales, aged 94.

      Catherine Amelia Redgrave was also known as Amelia in some records. She was born on 7 July 1851 at 6 Buckingham Place, Kings Cross, London. She was the daughter of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Catherine Amelia Redgrave was christened on 7 September 1851 at St Pancras Old Church, London. She was a visitor in the household of George Bills in the 1861 census at 30 Portsmouth Place, Lambeth, Surrey. George Bills, 39, proprietor of houses, born Mdx Somerstown?; his wife Catherine aged 26, born Seven Dials, their children George aged 4 & Catherine 6 months, both born Lambeth, Surrey and a visitor Catherine Redgrave aged 9, scholar, born Kings Cross, Mdx. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London.

     Elijah Redgrave was born before March 1827 at Crick, Northamptonshire. He was the son of Thomas Redgrave and Mary Unknown. Elijah Redgrave was christened on 15 April 1827 at Crick.
     Elijah Redgrave appeared on the 1841 census in the household of Thomas Redgrave at Lambeth, Surrey.
     Elijah Redgrave married Caroline Wafford, daughter of Thomas Wafford, on 19 October 1846 at St Pancras Church, London. Married in the parish church by licence on Oct 19 1846, Elijah Redgrave , full age, bachelor, farmer, of St Pancras, son of Thomas Redgrave, farmer, & Caroline Wafford, minor, spinster, of St Pancras, daughter of Thomas Wafford, dead. Both signed and the witnesses were Henry Pearce & Eliza Gardiner.
     Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford appeared on the 1851 census at 6 Buckingham Place, Islington. Elijah Redgrave aged 24, greeengrocer born Crick, Northamptonshire, with his wife Caroline aged 22, born London, and children Caroline 3, born Crick, Elijah 1, born Henkfield?, Bershire and a visitor Ann Bills and an errand boy.
     Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford appeared on the 1861 census at 15? York Street?, St Pancras, London. Elijah Redgrave, 32, fruiterer, born Crick, Northamptonshire, with his wife Caroline 30, born Lambeth Surrey, and children Caroline Ann 14, born Crick, Elijah 12, born Winchfield, Hants?, George 6, born Highgate, Mdx, Rebecca 4, ditto, Angelina M 1, ditto.
     Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford appeared on the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London. Elijah Redgrave, 44, greengrocer, born Northamptonshire, with his wife Caroline 30, born Lambeth Surrey, and children Catherine 20, Wool depository, born St Pancras, Maria 18, born Highgate, George, 16, born Highgate, Rebecca 14, ditto, Angelina 12, ditto, Ezra? 10, ditto, William 8 ditto, Ernest 2, ditto. Elijah was widowed before 30 June 1880 at Pancras RD on the death of his wife Caroline Wafford.
     Elijah Redgrave appeared on the 1881 census at 15 High St, St Pancras, London. Elijah Redgrave, head, widower, 50, fruiterer, born Highgate, Mdx; Maria Redgrave, illegible, unmarried, 28, Rebecca Redgrave, unmarried 24, - Redgrave, son 19, Wm Redgrave, son 15, Ernest Redgrave, son 11, Angelina Redgrave,daughter 22, Aurther Redgrave, son, 1, all born at Highgate.
     Emma Thornton married secondly Elijah Redgrave in 1882 or 1883 at London. The marriage seems to be registered twice, Sep 1882 Strand RD and Mar 1883 in Pancras RD.
     Elijah Redgrave and Emma Thornton appeared on the 1891 census at 33 Grovedale Rd, Islington, Middlesex. Elijah Redgrave, aged 64, married with no occupation, born Crick residing as father with his daughter Maria married to John Stanbridge and their 6 children. There was also an Emma Redgrave, married aged 50 born St Albans, Herts, listed next to him.
     Elijah's death was registered in the quarter ending before 30 September 1896 at Islington, Middlesex.

     Elijah Redgrave was born on 28 May 1849 at Henkfield? or Winchfield, Easthampstead, Berkshire. He was the son of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Caroline and Elijah were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1851 census at 6 Buckingham Place, Islington. Elijah Redgrave was christened on 7 September 1851 at St Pancras Old Church, London. Caroline, Elijah, George, Rebecca and Angelina were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1861 census at 15? York Street?, St Pancras, London.
     Elijah Redgrave appeared on the 1871 census at 9 Rochester Tce, Edmonton, Middlesex. Elijah Redgrave, son, unmarried 21, fruiterer, born Windsor, Berks (in separate household) but the next building contained Euphemia Redgrave, married, aged 50, no occupation, born Kent.
     Elijah Redgrave married Mary Pledger between July 1875 and September 1875 at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey.
     Elijah Redgrave appeared on the 1881 census at Market Place, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. Elijah Redgrave, head, 31, born Berkshire, fruiterer & florist & his wife Lydia Redgrave aged 29 born St Albans, Berkshire.

     Elisha Redgrave was christened on 21 June 1829 at Crick, Northamptonshire. He was the son of Thomas Redgrave and Mary Unknown.
     Elisha Redgrave appeared on the 1841 census in the household of Thomas Redgrave at Lambeth, Surrey.
     Elisha Redgrave married Mary Williams on 22 December 1850 at St Mark, Birmingham, Warwickshire.
     Elisha Redgrave appeared on the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Elisha Redgrave, head, m, 32, auctioneer & appraiser, born Crick, Northamptonshire; his wife Mary, 29, born Birmingham; sons Alfred E 9, George E 7, Agnes Marie, 5, Arthur John 4, Ann Maria 1 month, all born Birmingham, with Emily Walters, servant.
     Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams appeared on the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Elisha Redgrave, head, 40?, auctioneers accountant ... agent, born Crick, Northamptonshire, his wife Mary 39, born Berkhampstead??,, children Alfred E, 19 auctioneer's clerk, George E 14, estate agency clerk, Agnes M, 15, Arthur J 14, Ann M 10, Fanny 8, Florence 6, Frederick 4, Mary A 2, all born Birmingham, with a servant Mary A Read.
     Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams appeared on the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Elisha Redgrave, 52, auctioneer & estate agent, born Crick, with his wife Mary aged 49, born Birmingham, children Agnes M 25, Ann M 20, Fanny 18, Florence 16, Frederick 15, apprentice, Gertrude 9, Alfred 7 scholar, all born at Birmingham.
     Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams appeared on the 1891 census at 10 Hales St, Coventry, Warwickshire. Elisha Redgrave, head, married, 62, publican, born Crick, Northamptonshire; Mary his wife aged 59, Agnes Clarke, daughter, married, 35, Arthur J Redgrave, son 33, storekeeper? ..., Gertrude Redgrave, daughter, single, 19, all born in Birmingham, Agnes B Clark, grand daughter 7, born Philadelphia USA, Arthur T? Clarke, grand son, 1, born Poleworth, Warwickshire.
     Elisha's death was registered in the quarter ending in September 1901 at Aston RD, Warwickshire.

     Ernest Redgrave was born before April 1869 at Highate, London. He was the son of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London. Maria, Rebecca, William, Ernest, Angelina and Arthur were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1881 census at 15 High St, St Pancras, London.

     Ezra Redgrave was born before April 1861 at Highate, London. He was the son of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London.

     Ezra Redgrave was christened on 13 August 1837 at Crick, Northamptonshire. He was the son of Thomas Redgrave and Mary Unknown.

     Fanny Redgrave was born circa 1863 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Florence Redgrave was born circa 1865 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Frederick Redgrave was born circa 1867 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was the son of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     George Redgrave was born before April 1855 at Highgate, London. He was the son of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Caroline, Elijah, George, Rebecca and Angelina were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1861 census at 15? York Street?, St Pancras, London. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London.

     George E Redgrave was born circa 1853 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was the son of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur and Ann were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1861 census at 26 Exeter Row, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.

     Her birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1871 at Birmingham, Kings Norton RD, Warwickshire. Gertrude Redgrave was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Agnes, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick, Gertrude and Alfred were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1881 census at 100 Balsall Heath Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. Agnes, Gertrude and Arthur were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1891 census at 10 Hales St, Coventry, Warwickshire.

     
     Maria Redgrave married John Stanbridge. Maria Redgrave was born before April 1853 at Highate, London. She was the daughter of Elijah Redgrave and Caroline Wafford. Catherine, Maria, George, Rebecca, Angelina, Ezra, William and Ernest were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1871 census at 18/15? York Place, St Pancras, London. Maria, Rebecca, William, Ernest, Angelina and Arthur were listed as the children of Elijah Redgrave in the 1881 census at 15 High St, St Pancras, London. Maria Redgrave and John Stanbridge were listed in the 1891 census with Elijah Redgrave and Emma Thornton at 33 Grovedale Rd, Islington, Middlesex.

     Mary A Redgrave was born circa 1868 at Birmingham, Warwickshire. She was the daughter of Elisha Redgrave and Mary Williams. Alfred, George, Agnes, Arthur, Ann, Fanny, Florence, Frederick and Mary were listed as the children of Elisha Redgrave in the 1871 census at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire.