William henry ireland biography

William-Henry Ireland (born August 2, 1775, London, England—died April 17, 1835, London) was an.
William Henry Ireland (1775–1835) was an English forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays.
William Henry Ireland was an English forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays.

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Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry

IRELAND, William Henry (1775-1835: ODNB)

He was born in London, the illegitimate son of Samuel Ireland, who was an engraver and Shakespeare enthusiast, and Anna Maria de Burgh Coppinger, q.v., (or "Mrs. Freeman"). In 1794, in what appears to have been at first an attempt to please his father, he began to produce manuscripts purporting to be in Shakespeare's hand. These were “authenticated by some eminent literary men, among them Sir James Bland Burges, Henry James Pye, and Richard Valpy, qq.v. Samuel Ireland mounted exhibitions and published facsimiles of the documents in 1795. When the fraud was exposed, William Henry Ireland assumed full responsibility but fell out with his father and left home. (A point in Ireland's favour in the disputed authorship of Chalcographimania [1814] is the fact that it is dedicated to James Bindley, one of the experts who had authenticated the fraudulent papers.) Ireland married Alice Crudge at St. James, Clerkenwell, on 4 July 1796; they had at least one child. At St.

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William Henry Ireland

English forger of Shakespeare writings, 1775–1835

For the Ontario merchant and political figure, see William Henry Ireland (politician).

William Henry Ireland
William Henry Ireland, hand-coloured stipple engraving by Frederick Mackenzie after Unknown artist, 1818, National Portrait Gallery, London.
Born	(1775-08-02)2 August 1775 London
Died	17 April 1835(1835-04-17) (aged 59) Sussex Place, St George's-in-the-Fields, London
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	clerk, writer, illustrator
Known for	Ireland Shakespeare forgeries
Notable work	Vortigern and Rowena
Spouses	Alice Crudge (4 July 1796–her death) unknown Ireland, née Bayly, née Pepper (1804–?)
Children	Anna Maria de Burgh another daughter
Parents

William Henry Ireland (1775–1835) was an English forger of would-be Shakespearean documents and plays. He is less well known as a poet, writer of gothic novels and histories. Although he was apparently christened William-Henry, he was known as Samuel through much of his life (a

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William Henry Ireland

Born:1777
Died:1835
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation:Hoaxer

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Forger of Shakespearian manuscripts

Forger of Shakespearian manuscripts, born in London in 1777. His father, Samuel Ireland, was an engraver and author, and dealer in rare books and curios. In 1794 young Ireland, with his father, visited Stratford, where he met John Jordan, a local poet who had published a deal of gossipy matter about William Shakespeare and had even forged the will of the poet's father. Seeing his own father's credulous interest, Ireland conceived the idea of doing a little forgery on his own account. He copied, in ink which had all the signs of age, Shakespeare's style and handwriting, and produced leases, contracts with actors, notes, receipts, a profession of faith, and even a love letter to Anne Hathaway with an enclosed lock of hair, to the delight of his unsuspecting father, and the deception of many scholars who attested their belief in the genuineness of his finds. These