The younger brother of Robert Southey; he was a provincial actor who in his later years served as a volunteer in the Spanish Legion.

REFERENCES TO Edward Southey:

Robert Southey to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1 April 1800 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 8 September 1803 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 1 March 1820 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)