William Henry Ireland

(1775-1835)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835 NRA: Ireland William Henry (1777-1835) Writer and Forger DNB: Ireland, William Henry (1775-1835), literary forger and writer LBT ID: WiIrela1835 VIAF ID: 97924045 LOC ID: n50037662	B/BAP: 1775-08-02 DIED: 1835-04-17
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Miscellaneous writer whose youthful Shakespeare forgeries (1796) took in many who should have known better.
REFERENCES TO William Henry Ireland: John Hookham Frere to John Murray, 4 May 1818 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Lamb to Barron Field, 22 September 1822 in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Lamb to John Howard Payne, [22 October 1822] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Found 1: ¶ 1 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XXIV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ 18 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 12: Periodical Press Found 1: ¶ 5 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 37 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 12 William Carew Hazlitt, Memoirs of William Hazlitt. With Portions of his Correspondence 2 vols (London: Richard Bentley, 1867) Ch. XX Found 1: ¶ 29 Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XX. Chap. XXV. Found 1: ¶ 38 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1796 Found 1: ¶ 11 Letters: 1822 Found 1: ¶ 8