TEMPLEMAN LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF KENT, CANTERBURY

Special Collections: Theatre Collections

THE CALTHROP BOUCICAULT COLLECTION

List of Boucicault's Plays, with links to material ; Brief Biography, with links ; Family Tree

BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

This is a complete, unsorted list of the biographical material in the Calthrop Boucicault Collection; much, but not all of this material can be accessed through the brief biography and family tree links above, where the material is in thematical or person order.

UKC/CALB/BIO : F190609

27.5.1889

Bill for the sale at auction of the copyrights for 19 of Boucicault's plays "On Monday, the 27th day of May, 1889". The copyrights are being sold by order of the High Court of Justice, Divorce Division, presumably to raise money for alimony payments from Dion to Agnes Boucicault.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

LONDON ASSURANCE
FLYING SCUD, THE
RESCUED
DADDY O'DOWD
JEZABEL
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS
ARRAH NA POGUE with Musical Score
STREETS OF LONDON
JILT, THE
LONG STRIKE, THE
AFTER DARK
BABIL AND BIJOU
MARRIAGE
FOUL PLAY
ELFIE
FAUST AND MARGUERITE
FORMOSA
KERRY
HUNTED DOWN

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Furber, Price & Furber, Messrs., Auctioneers
: Auction Offices, 2, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn
: High Court of Justice, Divorce Division

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205466

1820 - 1834

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's birth and education including

• item 1 -- an offprint from an article by Albert Johnson, reprinted from Modern Drama (11.2 (Sept. 1968)), titled "The Birth of Dion Boucicault";

• item 2 -- a photocopy of an article in the Westmeath Independent (Oct. 7, 1905), titled "Dion Bourcicault [sic] / Was he Illegitimate? / Irrefutable Evidence to the Contrary"; the article includes a transcript of the will of Dion Boucicault's father, Samuel Smith Boursiquot; it is accompanied by notes from the sender of the article to Calthrop;

• item 3 -- 2 letters from a researcher at Chambers's Encyclopaedia relating to Boucicault's date of birth and education at University College School, Frognal, and to his researches into the death of Boucicault's first wife, Anne Guiot;

• item 4 -- 3 letters from a Dublin correspondent informing Calthrop that the records at St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, covering the period of Boucicault's birth were destroyed in "the Troubles", and that the Official Records department in Dublin has no records for that period;

• item 5 -- 1 letter from the registrar at University College, London, informing Calthrop that Boucicault's name does not appear in the College register, but that he attended University College School; includes a transcript of the record in the school register;

• item 6 -- 1 letter from a Dublin correspondent, informing Calthrop of a negative result of the search of the register of St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, for the record of Boucicault's birth (only scorched, not destroyed);

• item 7 -- 2 letters from correspondents at United Westminster Schools and the Westminster School informing Calthrop that there are no records showing that he attended "Old Westminsters", but pointing out that does not disprove his attendance; one letter cites Charles Kemble's son's entry in the school record as a sample;

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Boursiquot, Samuel Smith, Mr.
: Lardner, Dionysius, Rev. Dr.
: Anna Maria Boursiquot, Mrs., nee Darley
: Guiot, Anne, Mademoiselle (Dion Boucicault's first wife)
: Kemble, Henry James Vincent, Mr. (younger son of Charles Kemble)
author : Johnson, Albert E., Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: University College School, Frognal, Hampstead
: Official Records Department, Custom House, Dublin
: St. Thomas's Church, Dublin
: Westminster School, London

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205467

29.7.1813
1838 - 1841
23.8.1847
11.4.1853
1879 - 1885

Material relating to Samuel Smith Boursiquot and Anna Maria Darley Boursiquot including

• item 1 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop from the Dublin Directory about Samuel Boursiquot's address between 1838 and 1841; includes a query about Dion Boucicault's birthplace;

• item 2 -- transcript of Samuel Boursiquot's will, dated 23rd of August, 1847";

• item 3 -- certified copy of the burial record of Samuel S. Bursiquot [sic]; he was buried on the 11th of April, 1853, provided by the Public Record Office of Ireland. Accompanied by 3 letters from the Public Record Office of Ireland responding to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop about birth, marriage, burial, and census records in relation to Samuel Smith Boursiquot and Anna Maria Darley;

• item 4 -- notes on an application form for the Principal Probate Registry to search for the wills of Anna Maria Bourcicault [sic] and William Smith Boursiquot between 1879 and 1885; Calthrop mentions that the search was done by P.R.O. staff (presumably in London) who had no success and referred him to Dublin;

• item 5 -- certified extract from the Marriage Register of St. Thomas's Church in the Parish of St. Thomas, Dublin, documenting the marriage of Samuel Smith Boursiquot and Anna Maria Darley on 29th July, 1813;

• item 6 -- cutting from an unknown newspaper of an advert offering a reward for an authenticated copy of the birth certificate of "Samuel Boursiquot (or Boursiqualt), born between 1770 and 1780".

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boursiquot, Samuel Smith, Mr., 1775?-1853
: Boursiquot, Anna Maria, Mrs., nee Darley, d. 1879
: Boursiquot, William Smith, Mr.
: Boursiquot, George Darley, Mr.
: Boursiquot, Arthur, Mr. (alias Samuel Smith Boursiquot)
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Purdon, John, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Public Record Office of Ireland
: Principal Probate Registry
: Public Record Office
: St. Thomas's Church, Parish of St. Thomas, Dublin

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205468

1962 - 1969

3 letters from correspondents named Lardner, in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop as to whether they are descendents of Dr. Dionysius Lardner; none have much information to give; one cites an unflattering reference to Dionysius Lardner in L. T. C. Rolt's George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr., 1793-1859
: Burke, Mr.
: Lardner, Miss
: Thackeray, William Makepeace, Mr., 1811-1863
: Rolt, L. T. C., Mr.
: Stephenson, George, Mr.

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205469

1839
1840
2.8.1846
17.3.1862

Material relating to the life of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, possibly Dion Boucicault's biological father, including

• item 1 -- a receipt from the Parliament Office for photographic prints of the "Lardner Divorce Proceedings 1839", dissolving Lardner's marriage to his first wife, Cecilia Flood; a pencilled note indicates that Calthrop sent these prints to Albert Johnson;

• item 2 -- in 1840 Lardner eloped with Captain Richard Heaviside's wife, Mary Spicer Heaviside; there are handwritten notes taken by Calthrop from the "Annual Register 1840" at Bromley Reference Library regarding the court proceedings in the case Heaviside v. Lardner, and notes about the elopement, confrontation between the two men, and subsequent marriage between Lardner and Mary;

• item 3 -- copy of the marriage certificate of Dionysius Lardner and Mary Spicer in France, 1846;

• item 4 -- 2 letters from a French archivist responding to a request for help to find Dionysius Lardner's last will -- he refers Calthrop to a different source;

• item 5 -- 4 items of correspondence regarding Calthrop's attempts to locate Lardner's will, including 2 letters from a London solicitor, 1 letter from a French solicitor, and a transcript of a letter by Calthrop;

• item 6 -- copy of Dionysius Lardner's will, made in 1862, translated from the French (copy possibly obtained from Archives de la Seine)

• item 7 -- a letter from the British Vice-Consul in Paris, dated March 27, 1963, informing Calthrop that no person of the name of Lardner is currently listed in the Paris phone directory; she also informs him that two marriages of people named Lardner are recorded at the British Embassy, namely D. Lardner and M. Spicer (1846), and S. Lardner and Baron H. L. W. C. G. von Ziegesar (1871), and that transcripts can be obtained from Somerset House;

• item 8 -- certified copy of the register of the marriage between "Susan Lardner, British Subject, of New York" and "Hermann Lewis William Charles George Baron von Ziegesar of the Parish of Dietz in the Duchy of Nassau, Germany", on 14th October 1871;

• item 9 -- a page of notes by Christopher Calthrop mentioning references to Dionysius Lardner in the diaries of William Charles Macready, who was a friend of Lardner's. The notes also mention a supposed novel by Boucicault titled The Adventures and Works of Hugh Darley, but it seems that Caslthrop was unable to find a copy.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

IRISH HEIRESS, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr., 1793-1859
: Lardner, Cecilia, Mrs. (nee Flood)
: Heaviside, Richard, Captain
: Spicer, Mary, Miss
: Lardner, Susan, Miss
: von Ziegesar, Hermann Lewis William Charles George, Baron
: Macready, William Charles, Mr., 1793-1873

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Parliament Office (Accountant's Department), House of Lords, London
: Bromley Reference Library
: Lewes Town Hall
: Somerset House, London
: Archives de la Seine
: British Embassy, Paris

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205472

1827 - 1831
1833
1836
1838
1836 - 1845
1.1876

Material relating to the professional and scientific career of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, including

• item 1 -- 3 letters from correspondents at University College London informing Calthrop that Dionysius Lardner was appointed as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in 1827 and probably held the post from 1828 for three years; they also say that the College Library holds letters by Lardner;

• item 2 -- a photocopied article from Spectrum (no. 147/1977) titled "Ada Byron -- the romantic computer programmer" by Terence McLaughlin, about Babbage's "difference engine", which mentions Lardner;

• item 3 -- 2 letters from the archivist at British Transport Historical Records stating that Lardner gave evidence regarding the London and Brighton Railway Bill in May 1836; also, that no evidence that Dion Boucicault was employed by the London and Birmingham Railway has been found;

• item 4 -- a letter from L. T. C. Rolt, author of a book on Isambard Kingdom Brunel, mentioning the relationship of Lardner and Brunel, and Lardner's railway experiments; there is also a passing reference to the Abbots Ripton accident, in which Dion Boucicault's son Dion William was killed;

• item 5 -- notes by C. Calthrop on Lardner's book "The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained" and passages excerpted from an exchange of letters in The Times between Lardner and "A Looker-on" in 1845;

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr., 1793-1859
: Byron, Augusta Ada, Miss
: Babbage, Charles, Mr.
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, Mr.
: Boucicault, Dion William, Mr., 1855-1876

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: University of London
: University College London (and Library)
: London and Brighton Railway
: London and Birmingham Railway
: British Transport Commission

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205473

1839 - 1841

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities in Bristol under the pseudonym Lee Moreton

• item 1 -- 8 letters from a correspondent at The Society for Theatre Research in response to enquiries from Christopher Calthrop about Bouciault's activities in Bristol as Lee Moreton. They address such issues as -- the question of the identity of Lee Moreton with a later Mr. Moreton on Bristol playbills; that Boucicault "'rewrote' the characters he played", e.g. turned a Cockney into an Irish character; Boucicault's first appearance in Bristol in NICHOLAS NICKLEBY; some newspaper notices, 1838-1839, from Cheltenham, Bristol and London, in which Lee Moreton is mentioned; and appearances by Lee Moreton at a Theatre in Richmond (Surrey) in 1840; there is also a response to an enquiry about an actor called Mr. Jones;

• item 2 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at the Department of Drama at Bristol University confirming that Lee Moreton was a member of the company of the Theatre Royal, Bristol in 1839;

• item 3 -- 1 note from the Keeper of the Theatre Collection, Department of Drama, Bristol University, ordering 3 Theatre Royal playbills (21st, 24th and 30th September 1841) from Christopher Calthrop, accompanied by an invoice and a receipt;

• item 4 -- 1 letter from the City Librarian, Bristol Public Libraries, informing Calthrop that most of the issues of the local press for 1841 yield no information about the identity of Mr. Moreton (as opposed to Lee Moreton), but that some issues still need to be checked;

• item 5 -- a note in Calthrop's hand to the effect that "it appears unlikely that the 'Mr. Moreton' who acted at Bristol in March 1841 was Lee Moreton alias D. B.", with evicence for this conclusion;

• item 6 -- a letter from Charles H. Shattuck referring Calthrop to Alan S. Downer, author of The Eminent Tragedian: William Charles Macready for information about Boucicault as Lee Moreton, and to Barry Duncan, author of The St. James's Theatre - Its Strange & Complete History 1835 - 1957 for information about Boucicault in general.

Theatre Royal, King Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England

Strand Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

AS YOU LIKE IT
FIGARO IN THE VILLAGE
WATERMAN, THE
MERCHANT OF VENICE, THE
LODGINGS TO LET
PERFECTION
LITTLE JOCKEY, THE
LEGEND OF THE DEVIL'S DYKE, A
JACK SHEPPARD
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS
KATE KEARNEY
RENT DAY, THE
IRISH TUTOR, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Moreton, Lee, Mr. (i.e. Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890)
: Moreton, Mr.
: McCready, Mrs.
: Jones, Mr.
: Macready, William Charles, Mr.
: Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Society for Theatre Research, London
: Bristol Reference Library
: British Museum (Harris Colelction)
: Bristol City Archives (Trustees Collection)
: Bristol Public Libraries

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205474

1838 - 1842
1882

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities in Brighton, Cheltenham, Gloucester, and Hull under the pseudonym Lee Moreton

• item 1 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at Brighton Public Libraries providing Calthrop with notes on the information on Dion Boucicault in the local collections, including excepts from H. C. Porter's "Theatres of Brighton 1774-1885";

• item 2 -- a brief and probably incomplete list in Calthrop's hand of Brighton productions, and of some references to books on theatre history; some Cheltenham and Hull productions are also listed;

• item 3 -- 7 letters/notes from staff at the Public Libraries, Art Galleries and Museum, Cheltenham responding to enquiries about Lee Moreton and Dr. Dionysius Lardner (no information about the latter). One letter mentions enclosed extracts from "The Cheltenham Journal" and "The Looker-on", but they must have become separated from the letter. Other letters mention that photocopies of three Lee Moreton playbills have been sent to Calthrop and that another two cannot be found; also included is a negative response about an enquiry about Mr. Grattan, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Cheltenham;

• item 4 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop about productions of plays in Cheltenham, probably involving Boucicault/Lee Moreton, with the note "BM [British Museum?] Collection" added later;

• item 5 -- 1 letter from the Gloucester City Librarian, responding in the negative to a query about references to Lee Moreton in Gloucester playbills 1837-38; local newspapers were not checked.

• item 6 -- a receipt from the British Museum, apparently for payment for copies of two or three Gloucester playbills

• item 7 -- by Christopher Calthrop about productions of plays in Gloucester, probably involving Boucicault/Lee Moreton

• item 8 -- notes by Calthrop, apparently referring to photocopies obtained of items related to Boucicault/Lee Moreton at the Theatre Royal, Hull

Theatre Royal, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Theatre Royal, Westgate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Theatre Royal, Hull, Yorkshire, England

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

IRISHMAN IN LONDON, THE
TEDDY THE TILER
LONDON ASSURANCE
NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBT, A
COLLEEN BAWN, THE
RICHARD III
LOAN OF A LOVER
OTHELLO

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Moreton, Lee, Mr. (i.e. Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890)
: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr.
: Grattan, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Public Libraries, County Borough of Brighton
: Public Libraries, Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham
: Gloucester City Libraries, Central Library, Brunswick Road, Gloucester
: British Museum

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205475

1840

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's connection with Fanny Kelly and her Dramatic School and theatre

• item 1 -- 2 letters from Basil Francis, author of Fanny Kelly of Drury Lane (1950), touching on Boucicault's connection with Fanny Kelly's Dramatic School, Boucicault's attitude to the spelling of his pseudonym Lee Moreton, his first appearance in a production at Kelly's theatre; Francis also mentions an article on Lee Moreton by Prof. Alan Downer in the journal Theatre Notebook;

• item 2 -- an excerpt from The Times, 26 May 1840, reviewing a performance of SUMMER AND WINTER, produced at Miss Kelly's Theatre and featuring Dion Boucicault under the pseudonym Lee Moreton

• item 3 -- 2 letters from a correspondent at the Curtain Theatre expressing an interest in the connection between Lee Moreton and Fanny Kelly's school and saying he was "dubious about the horse at Miss Kelly's", presumably as a response to a sugestion from Christopher Calthrop.

Miss Kelly's Theatre and Dramatic School, 73 Dean Street, Soho, London, England

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

SUMMER AND WINTER

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Moreton, Lee, Mr. (i.e. Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890)
: Kelly, Fanny, Miss, 1790-1882 (real name Frances Maria Kelly)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Miss Kelly's Theatre and Dramatic School
: The Society for Theatre Research

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205476

1840
1964 - 1984

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's possible employment at the Guinness Brewery, Dublin, in 1840; this correspondence material is marked "confidential" and will be sealed until 2010, when the status will be reviewed.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205477

1840
1960

An excerpt from p. 234 of Patrick Lynch and John Vaizey's book Guinness's Brewery in the Irish Economy 1759-1876, Cambridge University Press, 1960; the passage discusses clerks working for the Guinness company between the 1820s and 1840s, including Dion Boucicault.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
author : Lynch, Patrick, Mr.
author : Vaizey, John Ernest, Baron Vaizey, 1929-1984

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205478

1959
1856
25.2.1876
5.9.1840

Material relating to John Brougham, Madame Vestris, and Charles Mathews, with whom Boucicault was associated in the early 1840s:

• item 1 -- offprint of an aricle by Pat M. Ryan, titled "John Brougham : The Gentle Satirist; a Critique, with a Handlist and Census", from Bulletin of the New York Public library, vol. 63 (December 1959);

• item 2 -- Madame Vestris's obituary in The Era, 17 August 1856, copied out by hand;

• item 3 -- transcript of a letter from Charles Mathews to [Edward] Saker, listing roles in a play, describing scenery, and suggesting suitable actors to play the parts (the parts include Dick Evergreen, Humphrey Lovekin and Prince Kotchacoff; the title of the play is not mentioned); the letter is dated Feb. 25 1876

• item 4 -- photocopy of a letter from [John] Brougham to Capt.[?] Lunn, dated Sept[?] 5[?] 1840. (Original in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Enthoven Theatre Collection).

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Brougham, John, Mr., 1810-1880 (Irish born actor and playwright)
: Vestris, Lucia Elizabeth, Madame, 1797-1856 (actor and theatre manager)
: Mathews, Charles James, Mr., 1803-1878 (sometimes credited as Charles Mathews)
: Saker, Edward, Mr.
: Lunn, Captain?

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205479

1841 - 1842

Material relating to the case of Boucicault v. Hart; John Hart was a tailor whom Boucicault owed money

• item 1 -- transcript from The Times (Wednesday 2 February, 1842, page 6, col. 4) of the report on Bourcicault [sic] v. Hart before the Court of Exchequer on Tuesday, February 1st; this includes a passage on Boucicault's mother, Anna Boursiquot, testifying to his date of birth being 7th December 1820; the transcript is not always verbatim;

• item 2 -- transcript of a letter from Dion Boucicault to the editor of The Era (Sunday 13 February, 1842, p. 6, col. 4), in which he responds to the press coverage of Boucicault v. Hart; this includes Boucicault's address at this date;

• item 3 -- transcript of a letter from John Hart to the editor of The Era (Sunday 20 February 1842, p. 5, col. 4) in response to Boucicault's letter from the previous week;

• item 4 -- a letter from the Librarian of The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, asserting that the case Bourcicault [sic] v. Hart was only reported in The Times; the letter also contains a brief discussion of Boucicault's date of birth.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Hart, John, Mr.
: Boursiquot, Anna Maria, Mrs., nee Darley, d. 1879
: Abinger, Lord (judge)
: Jervis, Mr. (Dion Boucicault's counsel)
: Humfrey, Mr. (Mr. Hart's counsel)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Court of Exchequer

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205480

1844 - 1848
17.11.1965
9.1952

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's activities between 1844 and 1848, in particular his sojourns in France and on Jersey

• item 1 -- typed excepts from The Era between 4th of February 1844 and 9th January 1848, mentioning which of Boucicault's plays were being performed in London and how they were received;

• item 2 -- handwritten excerpts from The Era between 6th June and 26th September 1847;

• item 3 -- handwritten excerpt from the Illustrated London News, 15th August 1846, quoting from a speech by Benjamin Webster on the closing night of the Haymarket season; "Bourcicault" is mentioned alonside the names of other playwrights;

• item 4 -- two air letters from Christopher Calthrop to Albert E. Johnson, citing extracts from The Era in 1846 and 1847; Calthrop has found "one indication that DB was in London during his 'French years'";

• item 5 -- a note headed "Research Line No. 1", suggesting that Boucicault managed a French theatre company at Drury Lane in 1848 after his return from france; Calthrop believed tracing this |french company will give a clue to Boucicault's activities in France 1845-1848;

• item 6 -- a newspaper cutting from The Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1965, titled "Battle to Save Old Paris Theatre"; is describes attempts to save the Ambigu Theatre from demolition. Boucicault is not mentioned in the article, but Calthrop has marked the cutting "1848";

• item 7 -- 3 letters from a Jersey Librarian in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop about Dion Boucicault staying on Jersey in the 1840s (apparently Boucicault sent at least one letter from St. Helier in 1846); the librarian reports that he has found no information at all; it seems that Calthrop also speculated about Anne Guiot dying on Jersey, but no information was found;

• item 8 -- photocopy of the September 1952 Bulletin of the Jersey Society in London, which includes an article titled "The Theatre in Jersey" by Advocate Raoul Lempriere; Boucicault is not mentioned;

• item 9 -- 2 letters from the Honorary Librarian of the Societe Jersiaise in response to enquiries about Boucicault's stay on Jersey in 1846, again without result.

Haymarket Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster, London, England

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

USED UP
L'HOMME BLASE
VICTOR AND HORTENSE
LOLAH; OR, THE WRECK LIGHT
LOVE IN A SACK
MOTHER AND SON
FOX AND THE GOOSE, THE
DON CAESAR DE BAZAN; OR, LOVE AND HONOUR
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS
INQUIRE WITHIN
MR. PETER PIPER
WHO DID IT; OR, WHAT'S IN THE WIND
SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Webster, Benjamin, Mr.
: Guiot, Anne, Mme

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

Haymarket Theatre Royal, Haymarket, Westminster
Ambigu Theatre, Paris
Jersey Public Libraries, St. Helier, Jersey
Societe Jersiaise, Jersey

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205481

1848

Material relating to Boucicault's bankruptcy in 1848

• item 1 -- transcripts from The Times, October - December 1848, regarding Boucicault's appearances in the Insolvent Debtors' Court; the defendent's name is given in The Times as "Dion de Boucicault" or "Dion (de) Bourcicault"; various previous addresses at which Boucicault lived are mentioned; one Times article quotes remarks by Boucicault about Dr. Dionysius Lardner; financial matters related to the death of Boucicault's first wife, Anne Guiot, are also mentioned; there is also a reference to an article in the Illustrated London News, Nov. 11, 1848;

• item 2 -- a sheet of notes in Christopher Calthrop's hand relating to the 1848 bankruptcy and mentioning The Knight of Arva and several other pieces; the source for these notes is unknown.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

USED UP
ESMERALDA
KNIGHT OF ARVA, THE
SANS REAL
FALSE COLOURS
LETTER OF INTRODUCTION, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Hart, John, Mr.
: Levy, Edward Lawrence, Mr.
: Levy, Lawrence, Mr.
: Hughes, Mr. (counsel for Mr. Levy)
: Nichols, Mr. (supporting counsel for Mr. Levy)
: Cooke, Mr.
: Webster, Benjamin, Mr.
: Benedict, Mr.
: Addison, Mr.
: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr.
: Guiot, Anne, Mme

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Insolvent Debtors' Court, Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn, London

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205482

9.7.1845
1848

Material relating to the marriage between Dion Boucicault and Anne Guiot, especially the date, place and manner of Anne Guiot's death

• item 1 -- certified copy of the marriage certificate of Dion Bourcicault [sic] and Anne Guiot, at the Parish Church of St, Mary Lambeth, Surrey, on 9 July 1845;

• item 2 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at the Schweizer Alpen Club, responding to an enquiry from Christopher Calthrop about the death of Anne Guiot in a mountaineering accident between July and December 1845; the correspondent has found no information and refers Calthrop to the Neue Zuericher Zeitung;

• item 3 -- 1 letter from a researcher at Chambers Encyclopeadia providing Calthrop with the address of the registry of deaths in the Paris area and with an organisation where French wills may be held, presumably in response to a query about Anne Guiot's will;

• item 4 -- 1 letter from the Swiss Federal Archive, referring Calthrop to the papers of the then ambassador to Switzerland, David Morier, and to several cantonal archives, still regarding the possibility of Anne Guiot's having died in Switzerland;

• item 5 -- a letter from the Librarian of the Stadtarchiv Aachen reporting on an unsuccessful search for information about Anne Guiot's death; this suggests that Calthrop came to believe that Anne Guiot died in or near Aachen (Aix la Chapelle);

• item 6 -- a letter from the Archives du Department de la Seine et de la Ville de Paris informing Calthrop that they don't hold death records for Paris and referring him, as he believes that Anne Guiot died in a mountaineering accident, to the archives of the appropriate Swiss cantons;

• item 7 -- a negative response from the Directeur General des Archives de France in response to an enquiry from Christopher Calthrop about the last wills of Dr. Dionysius Lardner and Anne Guiot, explaining that it would be necessary to know the name of the notary who has received the will.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Guiot, Anne, Mme
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Morier, David, Mr. (British ambassador to Switzerland, 1832-1848)
: Lardner, Dionysius, Dr., 1793-1859

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Parish Church of St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey, England
: Somerset House, London
: Schweizer Alpen Club (SAC - Die Alpen), Altdorf, Uri, Switzerland
: Bureau des Deces, Paris
: Minutier des Notaires Parisiens, Paris
: Archives Federale, Berne, Switzerland
: Public Record Office, London
: Stadtarchiv Aachen, Germany
: Archives du Department de la Seine et de la Ville de Paris
: Archives de France, Ministere d'Etat Affaires Culturelles, France

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205483

1833
1849 - 1850
1886 - 1889
21.6.1888
16.5.1894
17.4.1914
6.11.1916

Material relating to the Agnes Kelly Robertson Boucicault, in particular her birth, her marriage to Dion Boucicault and their divorce, her theatrical career, and her death

• item 1 -- 1 letter in response to a request for information about Agnes Robertson's date of birth, to be ascertained at the Scottish Record Office; apparently no information was found;

• item 2 -- 1 letter from the Edinburgh City Librarian responding to enquiries about early Aberdeen playbills or newspapers, Agnes Robertson's grandfather and father, and her birth record, all with negative result;

• item 3 -- 1 negative reply to an enquiry from the General Register Office of Scotland, presumable about Agnes Robertson's birth;

• item 4 -- a sheet of notes listing the address of the Scots Ancestry Research Society, to be used to find information about Agnes Robertson's birth;

• item 5 -- a photocopy of an article from the Glasgow Herald, 26 April 1850, mentioning Agnes Robertson in connection with the Prince's Theatre, Glasgow;

• item 6 -- a letter from the Glasgow City Librarian informing Calthrop that the Mitchell Library's playbill collection includes to playbills connected with Agnes Robertson; he also provides references to Agnes Robertson in Walter Baynham's book The Glasgow Stage and in the Glasgow Herald (see item 5).

• item 7 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at the Liverpool Record Office informing Calthrop of their playbill and newspaper holdings, apparently in response to an enquiry for information about a performance by Agnes Robertson's in 1849;

• item 8 -- 1 letter from a Canadian correspondent in response to an enquiry about Agnes Robertson in Canada in 1853;

• item 9 -- 2 pages of jottings by Calthrop containing references to some of the investigative threads mentioned above and to two articles in the Illustrated London News, possibly in relation to the question if Agnes Robertson acted in Boucicault's Giralda in 1850;

• item 10 -- transcript of the Decree Nisi dissolving, on 21st June 1888, the marriage between Dion and Agnes Boucicault on the grounds that Boucicault "had been guilty of bigamy with adultery";

• item 11 -- 1 original cutting and 1 photostat reproduction of an article from The Sketch, May 16, 1894, about Agnes Boucicault, including a contemporary photograph;

• item 12 -- 1 print of an engraving captioned "West Side of Langham Place", by Thomas H. Shepherd and S. Owen, published September 1828; a "delightful house, overlooking Langham place" is mentioned as having been the Boucicaults' residence in the 1860s and 70s in the article in The Sketch (item 11);

• item 13 -- handwritten transcript? in two an unknown hands, apparently of a form Agnes Boucicault filled in after Boucicault's death, with information about her family;

• item 14 -- 2 newpaper cuttings of obituaries of Agnes Boucicault; the dates and names of the papers are not provided, but neither is from The Times; Agnes died on 6th November 1916;

• item 15 -- 1 letter from the Librarian of the Scotsman newspaper, reporting no success checking the Scotsman archive for an advertisement of Agnes Robertson's birth;

• item 16 -- a chronology, compiled by Christopher Calthrop, of the divorce proceedings between Dion and Agned Boucicault, 1886 to 1889, including some details of alimony payments;

• item 17 -- 1 letter from Agnes Boucicault to Elsa, the wife of her grandson Ian Calthrop, sending greetings and enquiring after her family; the letter is dated April 17th, 1914.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

GIRALDA; OR, THE INVISIBLE HUSBAND

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Muir, Thomas Dunsmore, Rev. Mr. (Agnes Robertson's grandfather)
: Robertson, Thomas, Mr. (Agnes Robertson's father)
: Glover, Mr.
: Butt, Charles Parker, Sir (divorce judge)
: Kean, Charles, Mr.
artist : Shepherd, Thomas H., Mr.
artist : Owen, S., Mr. (engraver)
: Calthrop, Elsa, Mrs. (wife of Ian Calthrop)
: Calthrop, Ian, Mr.
: Calthrop (?), Cynthia, Miss
: Shaftsbury, Lord

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Scottish Record Office
: Library Services, Department of Recreation, City of Edinburgh District Council
: General Register Office for Scotland
: Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow
: Liverpool Record Office
: Liverpool City Libraries
: High Court of Justice, Probate and Divorce
: The Scotsman Publications Limited, Edinburgh

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205495

10.8.1853
12.1853
1857
1858

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's stay in the United States from 1853 to 1860

• item 1 -- 1 letter from a correspondent at Lloyds Register of Shipping in response to a query about vessels sailing from the UK to New York on August 10th, 1853, the day Dion Boucicault embarked for the United States; the letter lists ships, but can provide no information as to which vessel Boucicault sailed on;

• item 2 -- 2 photocopies of adverts in The Spirit of the Times for a series of weekly lectures by "Mr. Dion Bourcicault" [sic], titled "Winter Evenings", to be given at the Hope Chapel, New York during December 1853;

• item 3 -- photocopy of Dion Boucicault's "A letter in defense of the stage", addressed to the "Rev. Henry Ward Beecher", who was an outspoken critic of theatrical entertainments; the original is held by Yale University Library;

• item 4 -- draft of a letter from Christopher Calthrop to Albert E. Johnson, citing excepts from The Era and The Spirit of the Times related to Dion Boucicault's and Agnes Robertson's activities in 1858; Calthrop also mentions that he owns the manuscript of Dion Clayton Calthrop's first play, The Old Country, which he is offering for sale to either the library of Johnson's university (Memphis State University), or to the University of New York.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

DESERET DESERTED; OR, THE LAST DAYS OF BRIGHAM YOUNG
LONDON ASSURANCE
POOR OF NEW YORK, THE
JESSIE BROWN
PAUVRETTE
OLD COUNTRY, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Beecher, Henry Ward, Rev., 1813-1887 (brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe)
: Calthrop, Dion Clayton, Mr., 1878-1937

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Lloyds Register of Shipping

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205496

18.1.1874

A photostat of an article about Dion Boucicault in the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle, January 18, 1874; this has deteriorated and is almost illegible, but it is accompanied by two transcripts (1 handwritten, incomplete, 1 typed, probably complete). The article is headed "The great Playwright Gives a Levee / His Visitors, and who they were / He is interviewed by Two Pious Gentlemen / Also by Several Amateur Dramatists / Deplorable End to the Entertainment".

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205497

11.5.1870
11.11.1876
20.1.1877
20.3.1880
1883 - 1885

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's relationship with Frederick Balsir Chatterton and the actor James Cassius Williamson. Chatterton was a theatre manager, who staged a number of plays for Boucicault, but the two men fell out when Chatterton wanted to stage THE SHAUGHRAUN against Boucicault's wishes. J. C. Williamson was an American actor who became a theatrical manager in Australia, and with whom Boucicault had occasional dealings.

• item 1 -- photocopy of part of a letter, dated 11 May 1870, from John Hollingshead of the Gaiety Theatre relating to an agreement between Chatterton and Boucicault about the amount of rent to be paid for the Drury Lane Theatre for the staging of FORMOSA;

• item 2 -- transcript of an article in The Spirit of the Times, 11 November, 1876, outlining the Boucicault-Chatterton controversy; also cited is an excerpt from the actor J. C. Williamson's autobiography J. C. Williamson's Life-Story Told in His Own Words mentioning a Boucicault related incident in San Francisco and giving his view of the Boucicault-Chatterton dispute;

• item 3 -- transcripts of two articles: an article in The Spirit of the Times, 20 January, 1877, about the Boucicault-Chatterton controversy; and a transcript of an unidentified cutting from the Maggie Moore Collection in the New York Public Library, May, 1876, in which J. C. Williamson's acting in THE COLLEEN BAWN is praised; on the back are notes by Calthrop listing articles in The Era from this period;

• item 4 -- 4 letters from an American correspondent discussing the relationship between Boucicault and J. C. Williamson

• item 5 -- transcript of a letter, dated 20/3/80, from J. C. Williamson to someone called "Buck", describing his dealings with Boucicault in relation to a play whose title is not mentioned

• item 6 -- photocopy of a rough draft of a memorandum of agreement between J. C. Williamson and Dion Boucicault regarding an engagement for Boucicault and a group of actors to perform in Australia in 1883; this is accompanied by a transcript and notes by Christopher calthrop. There is also a photocopy of a memorandum of agreement between Boucicault and Mark Hall, engaging Hall as advance agent for the theatre season of 1884-5.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

FORMOSA, "THE MOST BEAUTIFUL"; OR, THE RAILROAD TO RUIN
SHAUGHRAUN, THE
ARRAH-NA-POGUE
STREETS OF LONDON, THE
BOUCICAULT IN CALIFORNIA
STRUCK OIL
PIKE O'CALLAGHAN
COLLEEN BAWN, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Hollingshead, John, Mr.
: Chatterton, Frederick Balsir, Mr., 1834-1886
: Williamson, James Cassius, Mr., 1845-1913 (American actor, and theatrical manager in Australia)
: Mathews, Charles James, Mr., 1803-1878 (sometimes credited as Charles Mathews)
: Jefferson, Joe, Mr.
: Hall, Mark, Mr.

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205498

6.1862 - 12.1862

Dion Boucicault's accounts as the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from June to December 1862, itemized by Christopher Calthrop as follows

• item 1 -- A. Weekly Expenses & Drawings 23 June 1862

• item 2 -- B. Mr. Murray's Libraries Account 23 June - 16 August

• item 3 -- C. Mr. Murray's Account of Receipts & Payments to Bankers 23 June - Aug

• item 4 -- D. Mr. Murray Extracts from Bankers Book of their Receipts

• item 5 -- E. Mr. Warden in A/C. 23 June - 1 August

• item 6 -- F. Amended A/C with Mr. Warden 20 Aug

• item 7 -- G. Amended A/C with Mr. Murray 28 Aug

• item 8 -- H. Mr. Murray in A/C Aug 29

• item 9 -- I. Mr. Murray in A/C 2 Aug

• item 10 -- J. Mr. Warden - Extracts from Bankers' Book of their Receipts 27 Aug

• item 11 -- K. Mr. Warden's A/C June 23 - Aug 1

• item 12 -- L. Mr. Murray's Amended A/C

• item 13 -- M. Mr. Warden's Petty Cash A/C

• item 14 -- N. Mr. Warden in A/C : Balance Sheet Aug

• item 15 -- O. Mr. Murray Balamce Sheet

• item 16 -- P. Accounts - 1. Cash 2. Petty Cash Nov - Dec

• item 17 -- Christopher Calthrop's itemized list

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Murray, Mr.
: Warden, Mr.

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205499

1863

Material relating to the New Theatre Company and to Boucicault's subsequent bankruptcy in 1863; Boucicault had planned to build a new theatre and leisure complex next to his Theatre Royal, Westminster (formerly Astley's), but went bankrupt before building work began

• item 1 -- "A Catalogue of the Valuable Contents of Coleherne Court, West Brompton", one of Boucicault's houses, to be sold at auction "On Thursday, the 20th of August, 1863"; this lists the furniture room by room;

• item 2 -- a photograph of the entrance hall and staircase of Coleherne Court, provided by the National Monuments Record Centre (with which organization copyright remains);

• item 3 -- 6 cuttings from The Times relating to the New Theatre project and Boucicault's bankruptcy; these are dated 25th March, 17th April, 4th July, 15th August, 23rd July, 20th August, 10th November, 1863; 1 cutting, from the 5th of February 1863, relates to a disturbance at the Adelphi Theatre caused by a theatre goer called William Wray not taking his proper seat;

• item 4 -- 1 cutting from the Evening Standard, 11th May, 1863, relating to the case Atkins and Another v. Boucicault, regarding the recovery of money "for a fountain used in the Christmas pantomime" at Astley's;

• item 5 -- 3 cuttings from The Daily Telegraph; 1 relates to a dispute between Boucicault and a Theatre Royal Westminster employee; 1 discusses the New Theatre project and compares Boucicault to P. T. Barnum; and the last relates to Boucicault's bankruptcy; these are dated 12th January, 26th February, 22nd July, 1863

• item 6 -- the envelope in which C. Calthrop kept the cuttings.

Astley's Royal Amphitheatre of Arts, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, England

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

COLLEEN BAWN, THE
JESSIE BROWN; OR, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW
OCTOROON, THE
DUBLIN BOY, THE
PHANTOM, THE
LIFE OF AN ACTRESS, THE
DOT
TRIAL OF EFFIE DEANS, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Wray, William, Mr.
: Norton, G. C., Mr.
: Linklater, Mr.
: Hackwood, Mr.
: Burbidge, John, Mr.
: Webster, Banjamin, Mr.
: Lewis, C. E., Mr.
: Patrick, Mr.
: Laurance, Mr.
: Jay, George Harvey, Mr.
: Hume, George, Mr.
: Atkins, Mr.
: Roberts, Mr.
: Stirling, Edward, Mr.
: Barnum, P. T., Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Messrs. Debenham & Tewson, Auctioneers and Estate Agents, 80 Cheapside, London
: National Monuments Record Centre, London
: New Theatre Company
: Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London
: Court of Chancery
: Terrell & Chamberlain, London, Solicitors
: Court of the Exchequer

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205500

5.1863

Newspaper cuttings relating to the "Mrs Jordan Affair", and the related court case of Jordan v. Gibbon. Dion Boucicault had, during Agnes's pregnancy with Patrice, started an affair with the actress Emily Jordan. The Jordans separated and George Jordan, following his wife, saw Boucicault enter her new lodgings late one night. He gained entry to the house and tried to find Boucicault, who had hidden himself in the rooms of another lodger, Colonel Gibbon. Gibbon, who had been out but was now returning home, was asked by the landlady to stop Jordan creating a disturbance; finally, Colonel Gibbon called the police and had Jordan arrested. Jordan sued Colonel Gibbon for false arrest.

• item 1 -- The Times, Wednesday, May 13, 1863: Law Report on the case Jordan v. Gibbon at the Court of Queen's Bench, Westminster, May 12.

• item 2 -- The Times, Thursday, May 14: an article summarizing the case and criticizing the verdict;

• item 3 -- The Times, Tuesday, May 19: Dion Boucicault's letter to the editor giving his version of events;

• item 4 -- Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, May 19th: the same, headed "Mr. Boucicault's Explanation";

• item 5 -- Daily Telegraph, Friday, May 22: George Jordan's letter to the editor in response to Boucicault's;

• item 6 -- The Times, Saturday, May 23: the same;

• item 7 -- The Times, Tuesday, May 26: Law Report reporting the final verdict in the case Jordan v. Gibbon;

• item 8 -- the envelope in which C. Calthrop kept the cuttings.

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, Westminster, London, England

Royal Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, Strand, London, England

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Jordan, George, Mr.
: Jordan, Emily, Mrs.
: Gibbon, Colonel
: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Clarke, Mrs. (sometimes referred to as Mrs. Clark)
: Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice
: Parry, Serjeant, Mr. (acting for George Jordan)
: Williams, Montague, Mr. (acting for George Jordan)
: Karslake, Mr., Q. C. (for Colonel Gibbon)
: Mellor, Mr.
: Blackburn, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Court of Queen's Bench

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205501

1.1876

Material relating to the death of Boucicault's eldest son, Dion William Boucicault, in a railway accident at Abbots Ripton, on January 21, 1876, including

• item 1 -- a photocopied page (p. 309) from The History of the Great Northern Railway, 1845-1902, by Charles H. Grinling, H. V. Borley and C. Hamilton Ellis, Methuen, 1903, describing the Abbots Ripton accident;

• item 2 -- Barnett's Official Streetplan of Huntingdon and Godmanchester;

• item 3 -- a brochure about Abbots Ripton Hall Gardens, listing the plants in the gardens;

• item 4 -- a leaflet about Ramsey Rural Museum, not far from Huntingdon;

• item 5 -- 1 letter from the Huntingdonshire County Librarian and 7 letters from the Huntingdonshire County Archivist responding to an enquiry by Christopher Calthrop about the Abbots Ripton disaster; these mention an Illustrated London News article, dated 29th January 1876, about the disaster; possible efforts by Dion Boucicault to commemorate the accident in Huntingdon (including restoration of the old Grammar School, a drinking fountain, and a cross at the site of the accident); and Dion William's grave;

• item 6 -- 1 letter from the editor and 2 letters from the librarian of the Peterborough Citizen and Advertiser in response to an enquiry by Christopher Calthrop about the Abbots Ripton accident; these mention photostats provided to Calthrop, but there are not as many among these documents as are mentioned in the letters;

• item 7 -- photostat of a newspaper article describing the Abbots Ripton rail accident; it is not clear from which paper, possibly the Peterborough Citizen and Advertiser; the article is incomplete and partly illegible;

• item 8 -- 1 letter from the headmaster of Huntingdon Grammar School in response to an enquiry about Boucicault's efforts to commemorate Dion William and the Abbots Ripton accident;

• item 9 -- 1 letter from the editor of the Huntingdon newspaper The Hunts Post, saying they are unable to assist in Calthrop's research;

• item 10 -- 1 letter from a Cambridgeshire County Museums Officer requesting a picture of Dion and Dion William Boucicault and information about the restoration of the old Grammar School in Huntingdon, now the Cromwell Museum, in which Boucicault was involved;

• item 11 -- 1 letter from the archivist of the British Transport Historical Records office, informing Calthrop that he can find no reference to the memorial to Dion William which Calthrop had enquired about;

• item 12 -- 1 letter from a resident of Huntingdon, possibly from a family of stonemasons, informs Calthrop that he has no information about the Boucicault memorials, as his company's records don't go sufficiently far back;

• item 13 -- 1 letter from the British Railways Eastern Region Public Relations Officer in response to an enquiry by Calthrop about a memorial etrected by Boucicault near the Abbots Ripton crash site;

• item 14 -- 2 letters from a temporary curator of a Huntingdonshire museum in response to enquiries by Calthrop about the drinking fountain and restoration of the old Grammar School;

• item 15 -- 1 newspaper cutting from The Hunts Post, 6th February, 1969, showing a photograph of a white stone cross next to a railway track, accompanied by a letter from Christopher Calthrop asking the public for information on the whereabouts of the memorial since its removal;

• item 16 -- letters from 3 correspondents in response to Calthrop's letter to The Hunts Post;

• item 17 -- 4 letters from John Hadley, a Godmanchester resident, in response to Calthrop's letter to The Hunts Post; the correspondent includes a 5-page account of the Boucicault family's involvement in the rail disaster and Dion Boucicault's subsequent efforts to commemorate the incident; Hadley has also included a phtocopy of Plate 34 of A History of London Transport by T. C. Barker and Michael Robbins, showing a large hoarding around the Kings Cross Station construction site in 1862, with a playbill for THE COLLEEN BAWN;

• item 18 -- a list by Christopher Calthrop of steps taken to gather information about the Abbots Ripton incident and subsequent events;

• item 19 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop about the Abbots Ripton disaster and subsequent events, including excerpts from various newspapers and the "Annual Register" for 1876.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

COLLEEN BAWN, THE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Boucicault, Dion William, Mr., 1855-1876
: Bourcicault, George Darley, Mr.
: Boucicault, Darley George, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Huntingdonshire County Library
: Huntingdonshire County Records Office (later County of Huntingdon and Peterborough County Records Office)
: Peterborough Citizen and Advertiser
: The Hunts Post
: Cambridgeshire Libraries and Information Service
: Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon
: British Transport Historical Records Office
: British Railway Eastern Region Regional Headquarters

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205502

6.1861 - 7.1861

Documents relating to Boucicault's appearance in the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in 1861, namely 2 release forms signed by two of Boucicault's creditors and witnessed by W.? Bourcicault (possibly his brother William). There is also a list of creditors, their professions, and how much they are owed.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Bourcicault, W.(?), Mr.
: Grosjean, Frederick, Mr. (tailor, Boucicault's creditor)
: Lacon(?), George, Mr.
: E. S. Ebers, Mr. (librarian, Boucicault's creditor)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Court of Relief for Insolvent Debtors

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205503

12.2.1864

Newspaper cutting of Boucicault's letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph, Friday, February 12, 1864, titled "Accidents in the Theatre"; this is principally concerned with issues of fire safety, with suggestions as to how accidents could be prevented, with especial emphasis on stage lighting and emergency exits.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205504

10.1.1862

Transcript of a letter from Frank Warden to the President of the Comission of French Dramatic Authors on behalf of Dion Boucicault, regarding the rights of French authors whose works were to be performed at the Adelphi Theatre, of which Boucicault was the manager.

Adelphi Theatre, Strand, Westminster, London, England

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Warden, Frank, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Comission des Auteurs Dramatiques de France

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205506

1861 - 1864
17.1.1863
19.11.1867
4.1863

Material relating to law suits for infringement of copyright in which Boucicault was involved, namely Boucicault v. Delafield (THE COLLEEN BAWN), Boucicault v. Egan (THE LONG STRIKE), Boucicault v. Warde (THE FLYING SCUD), and Seaman v. Boucicault (JESSIE BROWN), including

• item 1 -- 2 sheets of notes by Christopher Calthrop about the case Boucicault v. Delafield, including a timeline of the case and a list which refers to items in the Boucicault Deed Box; Boucicault was suing John Hopper Delafield, the manager of the Theatre Royal, Preston, for putting on an unauthorized production of THE COLLEEN BAWN; (there is some confusion about Delafield's first name, which is sometimes given as Charles, but according to the legal documents in the deed box it was John Hopper)

• item 2 -- 1 cutting from The Times, May 15th, 1864, about the case Boucicault v. Delafield;

• item 3 -- 1 cutting from The Times, June 22nd, 1864, about the case Boucicault v. Delafield;

• item 4 -- 1 cutting from The Times, January 17th, 1863, about the case Boucicault v. Warde; Boucicault was suing Mr. Warde, lessee of the Theatre Royal, Halifax, for putting on a pirated version of THE FLYING SCUD, under the title BLUE RIBAND OF THE TURF;

• item 5 -- 1 letter to the editor of The Times published on November 19th, 1867, headed "Authors v. Dramatic Authors" and signed "A Pirated Author and Composer"; the writer refers to the case Boucicault v. Egan, who was sued by Boucicault for putting on a pirated version of THE LONG STRIKE, itself an adaptation of Mrs. Gaskell's novel Mary Barton; he (or she) points out the unfairness of a system where dramatic authors can sue each other for piracy of plays adapted from novels, while the novelists whose works are adated into plays are not protected by law;

• item 6 -- 1 sheet of notes by Christopher Calthrop about the cases Seaman v. Boucicault and Boucicault v. Warde (apparently referring to items in the Boucicault Deed Box); in the case Seaman v. Boucicault, Boucicault was himself being sued for allegedly stealing the idea for JESSIE BROWN.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

COLLEEN BAWN, THE
FLYING SCUD, THE
BLUE RIBAND OF THE TURF; OR, WHO SHALL WIN?
LONG STRIKE, THE
JESSIE BROWN; OR, THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Delafield, John Hopper, Mr.
: Warde, Mr.
: Egan, Mr.
: Seaman, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Court of Chancery

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205507

1860 - 1864
21.6.1862
16.5.1864

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's relationship with Benjamin Webster, the proprietor of the Adelphi and manager of several other theatres; this includes

• item 1 -- 1 photocopy of an article by Christopher Calthrop in the theatre Notebook, titled "Dion Boucicault and Benjamin Webster", outlining the relationship between Boucicault and Webster between 1860 and 1864; the article is undated;

• item 2 -- a typed transcipt of a short notice in Punch, June 21st, 1862, titled "Extraordinary Benevolence"; this makes fun of the acrimonious relationship between Boucicault and Webster;

• item 3 -- 1 newspaper cutting from The Standard, May 16th, 1864; this is a letter to the editor from Dion Boucicault and accuses Webster of deliberately sabotaging his reputation in relation to his play FOX-CHASE.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

COLLEEN BAWN, THE
OCTOROON, THE
OLD HEADS AND YOUNG HEARTS
FOX-CHASE, THE
DAVID GARRICK

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Webster, Benjamin, Mr.
: Mathews, Charles James, Mr., 1803-1878 (sometimes credited as Charles Mathews)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205508

1885
10.9.1885

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1885, with some references to his wedding to Louise Thorndyke in Sydney on 9th September 1885; there is also some material relating to Dion's brother, Arthur Bou(r)cicault, and his family, who were resident in Australia

• item 1 -- 2 sheets of notes by Christopher Calthrop about Boucicault's tour of Australia and New Zealand;

• item 2 -- a photocopy of an article by Dion Boucicault, published in the Town and Country Journal, Sydney, December 26th, 1885, titled "A Star Actor in the Colonies / His Earnings and Expenses / Mr. Boucicault's Unvarnished Statement";

• item 3 -- 1 sheet of notes by Christopher Calthrop, headed "Boucicault Season in Australia 11 July - 8 October 1885" and giving dates, theatres, and titles of the plays performed;

• item 4 -- a photograph of a section of a page from the Sydney Morning Herold, Sept. 10th, 1885, which includes 2 Boucicault related paragraphs; the first reports on a meeting held by a number of men anxious to honour Dion Boucicault with a "complimentary picnic"; the second reports on the wedding of Boucicault and Louise Thorndyke;

• item 5 -- a photograph of a section of a shipping news page from an unknown newspaper (possibly the Sydney? Evening News) reporting members of the Boucicault family leaving for Brisbane on the ship Cintra; the date is probably October 8th, 1885; this is annotated "Arthur B[oucicault] and family, sent in error";

• item 6 -- 6 letters from the Deputy Librarian of the Mitchell Library, Sydney, in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop; they contain information about Dion Boucicault's tour of Australia and his travelling on to New Zealand, cite newspaper articles, and provide references; apparently a photocopy of a letter from Boucicault to Robert Sillard was provided; there is also a photograph of catalogue cards from the Mitchell Library listing Boucicault related books;

• item 7 -- 1 sheet of notes by Christopher Calthrop listing articles in The Era about the Boucicault's sojourn in Australia; there is also a note about an announcement by Agnes Boucicault in the Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand, that she and Dion were still married;

• item 8 -- 2 letters from a correspondent at the Wellington Evening Post providing information about the Boucicault's tour of New Zealand in 1885;

• item 9 -- 1 letter from the Dunedin City Librarian, informing Calthrop that she has found newspaper articles and adverts referring to Boucicault's tour of New Zealand in the Otago Daily Times and in the Otago Witness and copied them for him; this is accompanied by a receipt for the copies;

• item 10 -- 4 pages of photocopies from unidentified newspapers, namely 2 adverts for Dion Boucicault's appearance at the Theatre Royal, Wellington, 1 review of a performance of THE SHAUGHRAUN at the same theatre, and an article welcoming Boucicault to New Zealand;

• item 11 -- a bibliographical reference to "notes on Australian theatre" in The Theatre, November 1, 1885, pp. 275-;

• item 12 -- 1 letter from the Librarian of Oxley Memorial Library, Brisbane, in relation to enquiries about the activities of the Boucicault family in Australia; he has searched the Brisbane Courier newspaper, but has not found the name Boucicault on the passenger list od the Cintra and no reference to the Boucicault-Thorndyke wedding.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

SHAUGHRAUN, THE
JILT, THE
COLLEEN BAWN, THE
KERRY; OR, NIGHT AND MORNING
ARRAH-NA-POGUE

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Bourcicault, Arthur Smith, Mr. (brother of Dion Boucicault)
: Thorndyke, Louise, Miss, 1862-1956 (third wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Boucicault, Nina, Miss, 1867-1950 (Daughter of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson.)
: Boucicault, Pauline, Miss (daughter of Arthur Bourcicault)
: Boucicault, Mrs. (nee Clark or Clarke, wife of Arthur Bourcicault)
: Boucicault, Mary, Miss (daughter of Arthur Bourcicault)
: Sillard, Robert M., Mr.
: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

Theatre Royal, Melbourne, Australia
Theatre Royal, Sydney, Australia
The Mitchell Library (The Public Library of New South Wales), Sydney, Australia
Theatre Royal, Wellington, New Zealand
Oxley Memorial Library, Brisbane, Australia
Courier newspaper, Brisbane, Australia

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205509

9.9.1885
7.1894
10.12.1956

Material relating to Josephine Louise Thorndyke, in particular her marriage to Dion Boucicault and her death

• item 1 -- certified copy of the marriage certificate of Dion Boucicault and Josephine Louise Thorndyke, who were married on 9th September, 1885, in Sydney, in the presence of A(rthur) S(mith) Bourcicault, L. M. Boucicault, and M. W. Boucicault, members of Arthur Bourcicault's family;

• item 2 -- photocopies of 2 letters, dated July 1894, from "J. Thorndyke Boucicault" to William Seymour (the originals are part of the William Seymour Correspondence in the Princeton University Library Theatre Collection);

• item 3 -- photostat of the certificate of death of Josephine Cheney, i.e. Josephine Louise Thorndyke Boucicault, who had remarried a Mr. Cheney; she died in Manhattan on 10th December 1956;

• item 4 -- a letter, dated March 21, 1962, from Samuel French Inc., Publishers, to Christopher Calthrop, passing on a request for information from a descendent of Dion Boucicault for information about Josephine Cheney; here it is claimed that Renee Boucicault (Rene Boucicault, an actress), was the daughter of Dion and Josephine (Louise) Boucicault, but other information suggests that she was in fact the daughter of Aubrey Boucicault and thus Dion Boucicault's granddaughter and therefore no blood relation to Josephine Louise; the letter also mentions that Josephine Cheney had had dealings with Samuel French, Inc., "in connection with the Dion Boucicault plays".

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Thorndyke, Louise, Miss, 1862-1956 (third wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Bourcicault, Arthur Smith, Mr.
: Boucicault, L. M.
: Boucicault, M. W.
: Ward, Edward Grant, Mr. (Registrar General, Sydney, New South Wales)
: Seymour, William, Mr.
: Cheney, Mr.
: Boucicault, Rene, Miss, 1898?-1935 (daughter of Aubrey Boucicault)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Registrar General's Office, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
: Theatre Collection, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, United States of America
: Bureau of Records and Statistics, Department of Health, City of New York, United States of America
: Samuel French, Inc., Play Publishers and Authors' Representatives, New York

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205510

17.3.1887
18.9.1890
27.9.1890
19.9.1890
23.11.1844

Material relating to Dion Boucicault's death, burial, and last will, including

• item 1 -- photocopy of the page of the burial register on which Dion Boucicault's death is listed, giving his age, place of residence, date and cause of death, and place of burial; it is not indicated which parish of New York the register covers;

• item 2 -- transcript of Dion Boucicault's last will, dated 17th of March 1887;

• item 3 -- photocopy of an obituary of Dion Boucicault in Spirit of the Times, Sept. 27, 1890, which points out similarities between Boucicault and Shakespeare, possibly by Stephen Fiske;

• item 4 -- an obituary of Dion Boucicault in the Illustrated London News, Sept. 27, 1890, including two portraits, wood engravings based on a photograph of Boucicault by the London Stereoscopic Company and on the photograph of Boucicault as the Shaughraun by José Maria Mora;

• item 5 -- excerpts from 2 articles on Dion Boucicault, one an obituary from the Pall Mall Gazette, Sept. 19, 1890; the other from the Athenaeum, November 23, 1844; this is accompanied by transcipt of a letter to "Ted" (probably Theodore Cloak), in which the quote from the Pall Mall Gazette is included; the transcipts are on the back of a letter from a correspondent at Mount Holyoke College in response to an enquiry about sketches of Boucicault which Christopher Calthrop seems to believe are by (William Schwenck) Gilbert; the correspondent also mentions seeing an original prompt book of LONDON ASSURANCE in Boucicault's hand for sale, but does not know who bought the item;

• item 6 -- 2 letters from the life claims superintendents of two life insurance companies, apparently in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop as to whether Dion Boucicault had any insurance policies with them; neither company can find any records, but one says that Dion Boucicault Jr. had had policies with them;

• item 7 -- a "Partial Map of Mount Hope Cemetery, Westchester Co(unty), New York", where Boucicault's third wife, Josephine Louise, had his remains moved soon after his death and where they are both buried; accompanied by a note which indicates the location of the grave and by a ferry timetable.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Thorndyke, Louise, Miss, 1862-1956 (third wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Caddagan, John Peter, Mr. (executor of Dion Boucicault's will)
: Cauldwell, A. A. (witness of Dion Boucicault's will)
: Schwab, Herman A., Mr. (witness of Dion Boucicault's will)
: Shakespeare, William, Mr., 1564-1616
: Fiske, Stephen, Mr.
: Cloak, Theodore, Professor
: Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir, 1836-1911
: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Vanbrugh, Irene, Dame, 1872-1949

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Economic Life Assurance Society
: Alliance Insurance Company Limited, Bartholomew Lane, London
: Phoenix Assurance Company Limited, Phoenix House, King William Street, London
: National Provincial Bank Limited

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205511

21.12.1964
16.5.1956

Material relating to Dion's Boucicault's brother, Arthur Smith Bou(r)cicault, and his family, who were resident in Australia. (Arthur Smith Boucicault is sometimes referred to as Arthur Leslie Boucicault -- it is not clear which is correct.) There is also material relating to William Knox D'Arcy, who married Arthur Boucicault's daughter Nina (Ernestine?).

• item 1 -- 1 letter from the Librarian of Oxley Memorial Library, Brisbane, in relation to enquiries about the activities of the Boucicault family in Australia; the letter provides some information about Dion Boucicault's brother Arthur Smith Bourcicault and his journalistic activities, and about his daughter Nina's marriage to William Knox D'Arcy; it also mentions Dion Boucicault Jr.'s theatrical career in Australia and his partnership with Robert Brough, mostly with reference to John Kardoss's A Brief History of the Australian Theatre;

• item 2 -- 1 letter from Maud Glennie Boucicault, wife of Leslie Beaufort Boucicault, the eldest son of Arthur Boucicault, giving some details of Arthur Boucicault's children, their marriages, and whether they had children;

• item 3 -- 2 letters from the Honorary Secretary of the Society of Australian Genealogists in response to requests for information about Arthur Boucicault's family; she provides Calthrop with contact details for a Mr. Nutting, who she believes is a grandson of Arthur Boucicault (Nina Boucicault's first husband was a Mr. Nutting);

• item 4 -- 1 letter from Donald Nutting informing Christopher Calthrop that he is not the grandson of Arthur Boucicault, but providing Calthrop with the addresses of all the Nuttings in Brisbane;

• item 5 -- 1 letter from a grandson of William Knox D'Arcy from his first marriage providing a rough date of his grandfather's marriage to Arthur Boucicault's daughter Nina and promising more detailed information about the date and place of the wedding;

• item 6 -- photocopy of a newspaper article from the Sydney Daily Mirror, Monday, December 21, 1964, about the Mt. Morgan gold mine through which William Knox D'Arcy, who married Arthur Smith Bourcicault's daughter Nina, made his fortune;

• item 7 -- photocopy of a newspaper article from the Western Mail (a Welsh newspaper?), 16th May 1956 or 1958, titled "The man who made Llandarcy"; this is about William Knox D'Arcy and his involvement in the Middle Eastern oil industry (Llandarcy was a Welsh village built to accomodate BP workers);

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Bourcicault, Arthur Smith, Mr. (brother of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Charlotte, Mrs. (nee Clark or Clarke, wife of Arthur Bourcicault)
: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Brough, Robert, Mr.
: Boucicault, Leslie Beaufort, Mr. (son of Arthur Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Maud Glennie, Mrs. (wife of Leslie Beaufort Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Pauline, Miss (daughter of Arthur Bourcicault?)
: Boucicault, Mary, Miss (daughter of Arthur Bourcicault?)
: Boucicault, Cyril, Mr. (son of Arthur Boucicault)
: Bourcicault, Nina, Miss (daughter of Arthur Bourcicault and wife of William Knox D'Arcy)
: D'Arcy, William Knox, Mr., 1849-1917
: Norton, Charles, Brigadier-General (husband of Mary Boucicault)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

Oxley Memorial Library, Public Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Northern Argus (Newspaper), Rockhampton, Australia
Gympie Miner (Newspaper), Gympie, Australia
Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, Australia
Mount Morgan gold mine, Rockhampton, Australia
Anglo-Perisan Oil Company
British Petroleum (BP)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205512

1838 - 1892

Handwritten notes by Christopher Calthrop, 1 sheet for each year between 1838 and 1892, listing, for each of these years, plays written by Dion Boucicault, productions of his plays, and some dates and incidents from his life.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205513

9.1964 - 4.1965

6 letters, written between September 1964 and April 1965, from a representative of Guinness Mahon and Co. Limited in response to enquiries from Christopher Calthrop. The subject of the enquiries is never mentioned, but presumably they are connected to the question whether Dion Boucicault was ever a clerk at the Guinness Brewery in Dublin. (The Guinness Mahon bank was founded to deal with the money belonging to the Guinness brewery family.) Calthrop is referred to colleagues in Dublin and told that no information has been found.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Guinness Mahon and Co. Limited, London

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205514

4.1968

2 brief biographies of Dion Boucicault (1 typed, 1 handwritten), a typed chronology of Boucicault's life, and 2 drafts of family reminiscences, all written by Chistopher Calthrop. Accompanied by a sheet of notes on Dun Laoghaire, near Dublin.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Calthrop, Donald, Mr., 1888-1940 (grandson of Dion Boucicault)
: Clayton, John, Mr., (husband of Eve, daughter of Dion Boucicault)
: Calthrop, Dion Clayton, Mr.
: Calthrop, Hugh, Mr. (brother of Christopher Calthrop)
: Calthrop, John, Mr. (brother of Christopher Calthrop)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205515

Family trees and genealogical notes about Dion Boucicault's family and forebears

• item 1 -- 2 family trees in Christopher Calthrop's hand, starting with Aaron Boursiquot and Jeanne Guillot, Dion Boucicault's great great great grandparents;

• item 2 -- a family in Christopher Calthrop's hand, starting with Samuel Smith Boursiquot and Anna Maria Darley and ending with his own generation; it also lists the addresses of some Boucicaults in the Brooklyn Directory;

• item 3 -- photocopy of the family tree of the Boucicaults and Vanbrughs fom Who's Who in the Theatre;

• item 4 -- a family tree in an unknown hand starting with A(a)ron de Boursiquot and Jeanne Guillot and ending with Samuel Smith's generation and a list of some marriages of members of the Boursiquot family;

• item 5 -- photocopy of a manuscript family tree of Anna Maria Darley's family;

• item 6 -- "Notes on the Huguenot Family of Boursequot (Bourciquot, Bourcicot)" by Grace L. Gwynn of the Library Huguenot Society, University College London;

• item 7 -- fragment of a family tree?, listing marriages? of Emily Thom; it is not clear why this is in the collection;

• item 8 -- sketchy bibliographic references to material about the "Le Maingre (Boucicaut) family".

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Boursiquot, Samuel Smith, Mr.
: Boursiquot, Anna Maria, Mrs (nee Darley)
: de Boursiquot, Aaron, Monsieur
: Guillot, Jeanne, Mademoiselle

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205516

1899 - 1901

2 letters from Florence Boucicault to Dion Boucicault, Jr. (Dot), giving him information about the family of Samuel Smith Boursiquot, their emigration from France and settling in Ireland; she mentions that Arthur Smith Boursiquot had an interest in Guiness's bank and that William Smith Boursiquot was a clerk there. Accompanied by an explanatory note by Christopher Calthrop, who dates the letters ca. 1899 or 1900, due to the mention of the play WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS; but as Dot's new wife (Irene Vanbrugh) is mentioned, 1901, when WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS was also produced, is the more likely year.

Plays Mentioned in these Documents

WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Boucicault, Florence, Miss
: Boursiquot, Samuel Smith, Mr.
: Darley, Anna Maria, Miss
: Vanbrugh, Irene, Dame, 1872-1949
: Kirby, Gerald, Mr. (or Kirkby, husband of Florence Boucicault)
: Guinness, Richard, Mr.
: Boursiquot, William Smith, Mr. (brother of Dionysius Lardner Boucicault)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205517

2.7.1935 - 6.7.1935

Typed transcipts of newspaper cuttings from American newspapers relating to the final illness, death, and funeral of Renee Seelye Boucicault, daughter of Aubrey and granddaughter of Dion Boucicault, who died impoverished in a New York hospital. The articles provide some biographical information, including mentions of financial litigation in the family.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Rene, Miss, 1898?-1935 (daughter of Aubrey Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Aubrey, Mr., 1869-1913 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Seelye, Clarel R., Mr.
: Boucicault, Alexander (also known as Alexander Marks and Alexander Hill)
: Holbrook, Isaac E., Mr. (grandfather of Rene Boucicault)
: Holbrook, Elizabeth C., Mrs. (Rene Boucicault's grandmother)
: Lenbuscher, F. C. (guardian of Rene Boucicault)
: Marks, Arlene, Miss (also known as Arline, daughter of Rene Boucicault and Alexander Marks)
: Gray, Gabrielle, Mrs. (also known as Mrs. Gay Gray)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205518

4.1964 - 10.1965
1856 - 1935
1871
1885

Material relating to the military careers of George Pensam Bourcicault, George Darley Lardner, Colonel Charretie, Captain Chambers, and Captain Sowerby

• item 1 -- 5 letters from Alice Boucicault, daughter-in-law of George Pensam Bourcicault, giving information about her husband's branch of the family; she mentions that George Pensam Bourcicault is buried in Twyford, near Reading;

• item 2 -- 2 letters from the Librarian of the War Office in response to enquiries by Christopher Calthrop about the military careers of George Pensam Boucicault (promotions and staff service details are listed), George Darley Lardner (promotions and places where he served are listed), Colonel Charretie, Captain Chambers (no information), and Captain Sowerby (no information). The position of George Darley Lardner within the Lardner family is at present unclear, and it is unknown why Calthrop was interested in Charretie, Chambers, and Sowerby;

• item 3 -- 1 letter from the secretary at RASC Regimental Headquarters saying they are unable to supply any information about George Pensam Bourcicault and George Darley Lardner;

• item 4 -- 1 letter from the Librarian of Eton College giving information about Major George Darley Bourcicault from the Eton School Register about his attendance of Eton and his service in the Sudan in 1885. [This cannot be George Darley Bourcicault, Dion Boucicault's brother; can there be a mix-up with George Darley Lardner, who was in the military and about whom Christopher Calthrop was making enquiries at the time?]

• item 5 -- an "Application for Search" at the Principal Probate Registry, to find the will of George Pensam Bourcicault, with some notes by Christopher Calthrop about his death and burial on the back.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Bourcicault, George Pensam, Brigadier General (son of George Darley Boursiquot and nephew of Dion Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Paul, Mr. (son of George Pensam Boucicault)
: Boucicault, Alice, Mrs. (wife of Paul Boucicault)
: Boursiquot, Anna Maria, Mrs., nee Darley, d. 1879
: Charretie, Colonel
: Chambers, Captain
: Sowerby, Captain

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: The Library, The War Office, Whitehall, London
: Royal Army Service Corps Regimental Headquarters, Buller Barracks, Aldershot
: Library of Eton College, Windsor
: Principal Probate Registry

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205519

date unknown

A brief biography of Dion Boucicault (4pp.) by F. Theodore Cloak.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205520

1880

Letters from 2 correspondents about a hoax played on the poet William McGonagall by a man impersonating Dion Boucicault in 1880, and about Boucicault's reaction to the hoax and to McGonagall trying to visit him in London.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: McGonagall, William, Mr., ca. 1825-1902 (poet and actor)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205521

1874 - 1885 (circa)

A letter from the tailors Henry Poole and Co. (Savile Row) Ltd., confirming that both Dion Boucicault and Dion Boucicault Jr. had been customers of the firm.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Henry Poole and Co. (Savile Row) Ltd., Tailors, Cork Street, London

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205522

13.6.1871

Photocopy of an invitation to a meeting, to be held on 16th June 1871, "for the purpose of promoting some form of Complimentary Banquet for the COMEDIE FRANCAISE on its First Visit to England". Accompanied by a list of voluntary stewards at the event, which includes Dion Boucicault.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Library of the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205523

1865

A photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's A Magician among the Spirits describing a seance by the Davenport brothers at Dion Boucicault's house in 1865 and Boucicault's report on the event. Accompanied by a letter to Christopher Calthrop which gives a reference to an issue of Punch (3.6.1865) which presumably includes an account of the same event.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Davenport, Ira Erastus, Mr., 1839-1911 (spiritualist)
: Davenport, William Henry, Mr., 1841-1877 (spiritualist)
author : Houdini, Harry, Mr., 1874-1926 (magician, escapologist and author)

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205524

15.2.1865

Photocopy of a letter from J. Hilton, secretary and treasurer of the Public Music Hall and Garden Proprietors Protection Society, to Messrs. Strange, Boucicault, and Paul, forwarding to them the resolution to dissuade members of the society from joining Messrs. Strange, Boucicault, and Paul's proposed "Association for the Amendment of Theatrical Legislation". (Original in the Huntington Library)

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
: Paul, Mr.
: Strange, Mr.
: Hilton, J., Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Public Music Hall and Garden Proprietors Protection Society

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205525

10.1871
9.2.1881
1887 (circa)

Transcripts of three submissions to newspapers by Dion Boucicault, namely a letter to the editor of the Times, October 1871, titled "American and English Pirates"; a letter to the editor of the Times, 9th February 1881, titled "International Copyright"; a draft letter to an unknown addressee with enclosed article titled "The Newspaper Press, its Influence on Art and Literature", which ends in mid-sentence.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205526

1896 - 1902

Letters to Dion Boucicault Junr., Agnes Boucicault, and Mabel Wootton, in response to family history enquiries, dealing mostly with the Boucicault's Huguenot ancestry.

• item 1 -- 2 letters from Robert B. Douglas, providing information about Jean le Maingre dit Boucicault, including a drawing of his heraldic shield;

• item 2 -- a letter from the French Ministry for Post and Telegraphy informing Dion Boucicault Jr. that there is no place in France called Boucicaut;

• item 3 -- 2 letters from the Musee de Versailles, providing information about portraits of the Marechal de Boucicault held in their collections;

• item 4 -- a letter from Mabel Wootton to a Dublin vicar asking whether the marriage between Joseph Glenney and Mary Boucicault had taken place at his church, with a negative reply from the vicar;

• item 5 -- a letter asking the Chief Yeoman Warder of the tower of London about a possible stay of Jean le Maingre dit Boucicault at the Tower, with a response from the Warder that no records could be found;

• item 6 -- a letter from a London resident giving Mabel Wootton information about a Frenchman who might be able to help her with her genealogical enquiries;

• item 7 -- 3 letters from County Cork, Ireland, residents in response to enquiries about a marriage within the Boucicault ancestry;

• item 8 -- a letter from a Dublin resident offering Mabel Wootton help with tracing Boucicault burials in various Dublin cemeteries;

• item 9 -- a letter referring Dion Boucicault Jr. to the curator of the Versailles Museum for help with his genealogical enquiries;

• item 10 -- a letter to Agnes Boucicault from W. de la Fontaine, giving her information about her husband's Huguenot ancestry, and asking her to put him in touch with Dion Boucicault's brother in case the latter had information that would be useful to include in a new edition of Dr. Smiles' History of Huguenots in England and Ireland;

• item 11 -- a letter from Reginald Faber of the London Huguenot Society giving Mabel Wootton some genealogical information and referring her to another member of the society

• item 12 -- a letter from an Ashby-de-la-Zouch correspondent sharing genealogical information;

• item 13 -- a letter from theDeputy Keeper of the Irish Public Record Office with a reference to the marriage between Joseph Glenny and Mercy Boursiquot in 1793, referring Dion Boucicault to the parish churches of St. Thomas, St. Mary, and St. George, Dublin, for possible further information; letters from the rectors of St. Mary and St. George, saying they are unable to find further information;

• item 14 -- a letter from the Fontenay-aux-Roses town hall informaing Dion Boucicault that a Madame Boucicaut, widow of M. Aristide Boucicault, founded the Fontenay-aux-Roses hospice for the elderly

• item 15 -- self addressed postcard to Mabel Wootton giving the following information; "1879. 42 Warwick Road. Maida Vale. buried High Gate A. R. B.".

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Boucicault, Agnes, Mrs., 1833-1916 (born Agnes Kelly Robertson, wife of Dion Boucicault)
: Wootton, Mabel, Miss
: Smiles, Samuel, Dr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Ministere du Commerce de l'Industrie des Postes et des Telegraphes, Paris
: Ministere de L'Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts/Musee de Versailles, Versailles
: The Huguenot Society of London
: Public Record Office, Ireland
: Mairie de Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
: L'hospice de Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205527

1901

4 letters from Herbert B. Clayton to Dion Boucicault Jr., accompanied by extracts from French biographical dictionaries about Jean le Maingre dit Boucicaut, believed to be one of his French ancestors; also accompanied by notes.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
correspondent : Clayton, Herbert B., Mr.
: dit Boucicaut, Jean le Maingre, Marechal

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205528

1901 - 1902

8 letters from Alfred de Burgh, Assistant Librarian at Trinity College, Dublin, to Dion Boucicault Jr., providing information on Library holdings of material on Jean le Maingre dit Boucicaut, and other assistance with his genealogical research. Alfred de Burgh traces his own ancestry to a branch of the Boucicault family.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
correspondent : de Burgh, Alfred, Mr.
: dit Boucicaut, Jean le Maingre, Marechal

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205529

1901 - 1902

Genealogical notes and pedigrees of the Boucicaults' Huguenot ancestry, compiled by Mabel Wootton for Dion Boucicault Jr. Some of the notes are in an unknown hand. One document has been transcribed by Christopher Calthrop. Also includes envelopes marked with the names of family members, which have become separated from the information they contained.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)
: Wootton, Mabel, Miss

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205530

24.2.1686

Material related to the Reverend James Fontaine and his marriage to Anne Boursiquot, including

• item 1 -- copy from the marriage register of Barnstaple Parish Church, Devon, of the marriage between James Fontaine and Ann Bursicott (Boursiquot), on 24th February 1686;

• item 2 -- a letter from an assistant archivist at the County of Devon Record Office in response to enquiries about Huguenots in Exeter and about the marriage between James Fontaine and Anne Boursiquot;

• item 3 -- a letter from a resident of Cork, Ireland, providing information about James Fontaine's career in Ireland and about his and Anne's burial place;

• item 4 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop about the Fontaine family, the Fontaine-Boursiquot marriage, and their descendents, and the Maury and Torin families.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Fontaine, James, Reverend
: Boursiquot, Anne, Miss

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Barnstaple Parish Church, Devon
: Devon Record Office and Exeter Diocesan Record Office, County Hall, Exeter

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205531

1964 - 1966
1909

Material related to Christopher Calthrop's research into the Boucicault Huguenot ancestry in London, Dublin, and France, and his becoming a fellow of the Huguenot Society of London.

• item 1 -- 2 letters from a researcher from the Huguenot Society of London, which had genealogical notes about the Boucicault family attached, but these have become separated;

• item 2 -- a letter from the assistant secretary of the Huguenot Society of London, informaing Christopher Calthrop that he has been elected a fellow, accompanied by a leaflet about the society;

• item 3 -- 4 letters from a London correspondent with an interest in the Fontaine family, who promises to act as his proposer for membership of the Huguenot society;

• item 4 -- 2 library call slips for books related to Huguenots;

• item 5 -- printed matter, apparently cut out from a publication, listing marriages and burials at the Nouvelle Eglise de Ste. Marie, a Dublin church;

• item 6 -- a letter from a member of staff at the Mairie de Tours, providing information about the Boucicaut [sic] family in Tours;

• item 7 -- 1 letter from staff at the Mairie de Taillebourg to Christopher Calthrop in 1964, and a letter from staff at the mairie de Taillebourg from 1909, probably to Dion Boucicault, Jr., in response to family history enquiries; accompanied by a leaflet about Taillebourg;

• item 8 -- 2 letters from the Directeur des Services d'Archives de la Charente Maritime, providing information about the Boursiquot family;

• item 9 -- a folder with contents notes in Christopher Calthrop's hand, which previously held some of the items in envelopes F205526, F205529, and F205530.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Fontaine, James, Reverend
: Boursiquot, Mary, Miss
: Maury, Matthew, Mr.
: Boursiquot, Susanne (d. 1714)
: Boursiquot, Jacques, Mr. (married 1694)
: Baume, Jeanne, Miss (wife of Jacques Boursiquot, d. 1714)
: d'Arquier, Guillaume, Mr. (married 1725)
: Boursiquot, Jeanne, Miss (married 1725)
: dit Bouciquaut, Jean Le Maingre, Marechal
: Boucicaut, Louis de, Colonel
recipient : Calthrop, Chrisopher, Mr.
recipient : Boucicault, Dion, Jr., Mr., 1859-1929 (Son of playwright Dion Boucicault and stage actress Agnes Robertson)

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Huguenot Society of London
: Nouvelle Eglise de Ste. Marie, Dublin, Ireland
: Mairie de Tours, France
: Mairie de Taillebourg, France
: Services d'Archives de la Charente Maritime, La Rochelle, France

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205532

1981 - 1983
1862 - 1872

4 letters from the Town Clerk and Chief Executive of the Town Hall of the Borough of Brighton to Christopher Calthrop regarding the installation of a blue plaque to commemorate Dion Boucicault's residence in Brighton, accompanied by notes by Chrisopher Calthrop and three photographs of the plaque and its location in 6 Cavendish Place.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890
correspondent : Morgan, R. G., Mr.
recipient : Calthrop, Christopher, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: Town Hall, Brighton, England

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205534

18.9.1890 - 20.9.1890
18.9.1968
20.9.1993

3 cuttings from The Times; two are from the "In Memoriam" section of the Deaths page and commemorate Dion Boucicault (18 September 1965 and 1968); the third (1993) is headed "On This Day / September 20 1890" and reprints an original obituary.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890

UKC/CALB/BIO : F205533

1952 - 1954

• item 1 -- the folder in which this material was contained with the following note by Christopher Calthrop; "N.B. Russell E. Smith planned to write a biography of Boucicault while he was on the staff of the San Diego Union and later. He claimed to have discovered the Ms. biography of Robert Gaul (or Paul) B's valet, a confidant. These are his letters to Barry Duncan, theatre historian and book seller, and carbons of Barry's replies. None of the information has been checked and should be 'taken' with caution.";

• item 2 -- letters from Russell E. Smith to Barry Duncan, many undated (22 letters);

• item 3 -- carbons of letters from Russell E. Smith to Barry Duncan, faint and difficult to decipher (27 sheets), with occasional annotations by Christopher Calthrop;

• item 4 -- letters from Barry Duncan to Russell E. Smith (17 letters);

• item 5 -- typed and handwritten notes, probably by both R. E. Smith and Barry Duncan (23 items);

• item 6 -- notes by Christopher Calthrop, a transcript of a letter from Smith to Duncan, a money order counterfoil showing that Calthrop paid Barry Duncan £21, and a letter from a Mrs. Gaul informing Christopher Calthrop that she is not a relative of the Robert Gaul he is interested in.

Names Mentioned in these Documents

: Gaul, Robert, Mr. (or Paul, Robert, Mr.; Dion Boucicault's valet?)
correspondent : Smith, Russell E., Mr.
recipient : Duncan, Barry, Mr.
correspondent : Duncan, Barry, Mr.
recipient : Smith, Russell, E., Mr.
correspondent : Gaul, D., Mrs.
recipient : Calthrop, Christopher, Mr.

Organisations Mentioned in these Documents

: San Diego Union-Tribune (newspaper), San Diego, California, United States of America

Enquiries should be made to: Mrs. S. Crabtree, Special Collections Librarian (S.A.Crabtree@kent.ac.uk)
(Last updated 20th September, 2007)

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