Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin [née Richards]

(1771 c.-1854)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Edwin, Elizabeth Rebecca, 1771?-1854 DNB: Edwin [née Richards], Elizabeth Rebecca (1771?-1854), actress LBT ID: ElEdwin1854 VIAF ID: 83572384 LOC ID: no2009035641	B/BAP: 1771 DIED: 1854-08-03
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Comic actress, the daughter of William Talbot Richard, an actor; she made her debut at Covent Garden in 1789 and in 1791 married the actor John Edwin the younger.
REFERENCES TO Elizabeth Rebecca Edwin [née Richards]: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) The Satirist. Found 3: ¶ 20 ¶ 21 ¶ 22