William Blanchard

(1769-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Blanchard, William, 1769-1835 DNB: Blanchard, William (1769-1835), actor LBT ID: WiBlanc1835 VIAF ID: 75880480 LOC ID: no91027401	B/BAP: 1769-01 DIED: 1835-05-09
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English comic actor who performed at Covent Garden for more than three decades; he was the father of the writer Samuel Laman Blanchard.
REFERENCES TO William Blanchard: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 14: Past Times Found 1: ¶ 2