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| Donne, William Bodham. Adm. pens. (age 16) at CAIUS, May 6, 1824. [Only] s. of Edward Charles (1794), medical practitioner, of Mattishall Hall, Norfolk. B. there [July 29, 1809]. School, Bury St Edmunds. Matric. Michs. 1825; Scholar, 1825-8. Did not graduate owing to scruples as to the religious tests. A well-known writer and dramatic critic. Deputy and Examiner of Stage Plays, 1849. Secretary and Librarian of the London Library, 1852-7. Declined editorship of Edinburgh Review, 1852. Licenser of Plays, 1857-74. Lived at Mattishall, until 1846, and at Bury St Edmunds, 1846-52. J.P. and D.L. for Norfolk. Married, Nov. 15, 1830, Catherine, dau. of Charles Hewitt, Esq., attorney, of Norwich. Author, History of Rome; Old Roads and New, 1852; Essays on the Drama, 1858, etc. Died June 20, 1882, aged 75, at Portland Place, London. Buried at Shooter's Hill. Father of the next. (Venn, II. 193; Boase, I. 896; D.N.B.; C. B. Johnson, W. B. Donne and his Friends; Misc. Gen. et Her., 3rd S., 1. 91.) | William Bodham DONNE Approx. lifespan: 1809–1907 pens. aged 16 Gonville & Caius College adm1824:05:06 Only s. of Edward Charles DONNE (1794), medical practitioner, of Mattishall Hall, Mattishall, Norfolk , b. there 1809:07:29 Sch: Bury St Edmunds School Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], Matric 1825:10MT: Scholar 1825-28 Did not graduate owing to scruples as to the religious tests. A well-known writer and dramatic critic. Deputy and Examiner of: : Stage Plays 1849 Sec.: and Librarian of the London Library, [London], 1852-57 Declined editorship of Edinburgh Rev.iew 1852 Licenser of Plays 1857-74 At Mattishall, [Norfolk], until1846, and Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], 1846-52 J.P. and D.L. for: : Norfolk , m. 1830:11:15 Catherine HEWITT dau. of Charles HEWITT, Esq. Attorney of: Norwich, [Norfolk], Publ.: History of Rome; Old Roads and New 1852; Essays on the Drama 1858 etc. d. aged 75 Portland Place, Portland, London , bur. Shooter's Hill, [London], 1882:06:20 father of William Mowbray DONNE (1853) Venn, II. 193; Boase, I. 896; D.N.B. ; C. b. Johnson, W. B. Donne and his Friends; Misc. General et Her., 3rd S., 1. 91) |