Thomas BILLINGTON
(1803-1836)
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Estimated Year of Birth: 1803
Date of Death: 28th December 1836
Age: 33 years
Grave No: 142
Latitude: 53.72075
Longitude: -0.85085
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Condition: Sound, but lid slightly displaced. Inscription illegible.
Length (mm): 2140 mm
Width (mm): 1070 mm
Thickness (mm): 110 mm
Mason: William Thorpe, Goole
Sacred /
to the memory of /
Thomas BILLINGTON of Goole /
BUILDER /
who departed life /
December the 28th 1826 /
aged 33 years
(Inscription mainly from 1986 survey)
Thomas Billington - Father of Victorian Actor
Thomas Billington - Father of Victorian Actor
Thomas Billington was born in Wakefield, the son of John and Ann Billington.
He married Ann Duckles in Snaith on 21st August 1826 and the family moved to live in South Street, Goole.
The couple's first-born son, born in Goole in 1828, went on to become actor, John Billington.
John Billington (1828-1904)
John Billington was for many years a member of the company of the Adelphi Theatre in London, first appearing there in April 1857 in the play, Like and Unlike. He remained a member of the theatre company until 1868.
After leaving the Adelphi he played leading roles in London and elsewhere. In October 1871 at the Olympic Theatre he appeared as Sir Percival Clyde in the first performance of a stage version of Wilkie Collins's novel The Woman in White. At the Adelphi he appeared in Rough and Ready by Paul Meritt. In July 1875 he became manager of the Globe Theatre for a season, and produced Rough and Ready and Benjamin Webster's comedy The Hen and Chickens.
A scene from No Thoroughfare (1868); Billington, as Walter Wilding, is second from right.
Billington married Adeline Mortimer; they often appeared together at the Adelphi Theatre, where she was a member of the company from 1858 to 1868.
John Billington died in London on 8th September 1904 and was buried at Highgate Cemetery. The grave, which is unmarked, is immediately behind the grave of the comedian George Honey.
(Information from Wikipedia, discovered during research by J.I.)
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