Benjamin Nottingham Webster
Benjamin Nottingham Webster (3 September 1797 – 3 July 1882) was an English actor-manager and dramatist.
"Benjamin Webster" redirects here. For other people with similar names, see Ben Webster (disambiguation).
Benjamin Nottingham Webster
3 September 1797
3 July 1882 (aged 84)
Brompton Cemetery, London
Actor, dramatist
- Ben Webster (grandson)
- Margaret Webster (great-granddaughter)
Later life[edit]
Webster died in 1882, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[2] The grave lies 10m east of the main path, midway between the north entrance and the colonnades on an east–west path.
Personal life[edit]
His daughter, Harriette Georgiana (died 1897), was the first wife of Edward Levy-Lawson, 1st Baron Burnham.[3]
His son, W.S. Webster, had three children – Benjamin Webster (b. 1864; married to Miss (Dame) May Whitty), Annie (Mrs A.E. George)[4][5] and Lizzie (Mrs Sydney Brough)[6] – all well known on the London stage, and further connected with it in each case by marriage.[1]
