William Weare

(d. 1823)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Weare, William, d. 1823 LBT ID: WiWeare1823 VIAF ID: 45489177 LOC ID: n86037912	DIED: 1823-10-24
SOURCES: DNB ["John Thurtell"]; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
A professional gambler whose murder by John Thurtell was much discussed and written about in the nineteenth century.
REFERENCES TO William Weare: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1826 Found 3: ¶ n1 ¶ 29 ¶ n1 Chapter IV 1828 Found 3: ¶ 4 ¶ 5 ¶ n1 Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VII. Found 1: ¶ 99 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: ¶ 4 Charles Lamb, The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905) Letters: 1824 Found 1: ¶ 2 Letters: 1828 Found 1: ¶ 12