The father of the poet Robert Southey; he was a Bristol linen-draper who died a bankrupt.

REFERENCES TO Robert Southey:

Robert Southey, “Memoir: My Mother,” [1820] in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey, “Memoir: Childhood,” 26 July 1820 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)