Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815

English politician.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southill, to Mr. Earnshaw in London, 1800 Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588310

From the description of Autograph letter signed : "D. L.T." [Drury Lane Theatre], to an unidentified recipient, 1813 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587417

Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815) was a British politician. He was the only son and third child of Samuel Whitbread (1720-1796), brewer and politician, and his first wife, Harriet, daughter of William Hayton, attorney, of Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. When the Drury Lane Theatre burned down in 1809, theater owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan was financially ruined. Sheridan turned to his old friend Samuel Whitbread to head a committee that would manage the company, deal with the theater's complex debts, and oversee the rebuilding. Whitbread asked Sheridan to withdraw from management himself, which he did entirely by 1811. Thomas Shaw (ca. 1760-ca. 1830) was one of the many claimants against the management of the Drury Lane Theatre.

From the description of Samuel Whitbread correspondence concerning the Drury Lane Theatre, 1811-1815. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 779706094

Samuel Whitbread (1764–1815) was a British politician. He was the only son and third child of Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796), brewer and politician, and his first wife, Harriet, daughter of William Hayton, attorney, of Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire. When the Drury Lane Theatre burned down in 1809, theater owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan was financially ruined. Sheridan turned to his old friend Samuel Whitbread to head a committee that would manage the company, deal with the theater's complex debts, and oversee the rebuilding. Whitbread asked Sheridan to withdraw from management himself, which he did entirely by 1811. Thomas Shaw (ca. 1760-ca. 1830) was one of the many claimants against the management of the Drury Lane Theatre.

From the guide to the Samuel Whitbread correspondence concerning the Drury Lane Theatre, 1811-1815., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)