William Upton

(1815 fl.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Upton, William, fl. 1788 LBT ID: WiUpton1815 VIAF ID: 26941262 LOC ID: nr93040991
SOURCES: Notes and Queries, 1878, Series V. vol. ix. p. 495; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English singer; author of Poems on Several Occasions (1788) and Words of the most Favourite Songs, Duets, etc., sung at the Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster Bridge, etc. His lyrics appeared regularly in London newspapers.
REFERENCES TO William Upton: Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1815 Found 1: ¶ 23 [Charles Webb Le Bas], “Life of Lord Byron” in British Critic 4th Series 9 (April 1831) 257-324 Found 1: ¶ 101 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter IV. Found 1: ¶ 13