Robert Coates [Romeo Coates]

(1772-1848)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Coates, Romeo, 1772-1848 DNB: Coates, Robert [known as Romeo Coates] (1772-1848), actor LBT ID: RoCoate1848 VIAF ID: 83641452 LOC ID: no2009046880	B/BAP: 1772 DIED: 1848-02-21
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of an Antiguan planter, he was a dandy and given to declaiming Shakespeare, accompanied by professional actors, for charitable causes.
REFERENCES TO Robert Coates [Romeo Coates]: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 21: Sun Anecdotes Found 1: ¶ 10