| Ref No | CALB/BIO/F205510 |
| AltRefNo | F205510 |
| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Title | Material relating to Dion Boucicault's death, burial, and last will, including |
| Date | 17.3.1887-27.9.1890 |
| Extent | 7 items |
| Description | 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. |
| The letters are from the following correspondents -- James Ellis, Department of English, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts. |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205510 |
| Subject | Death |
| Burial |
| Parish Register |
| Last Will |
| Life insurance |
| Related Person | 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 |
| Related Organisation | 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 |
| Category | Correspondence |
| Press cuttings |
| transcripts |
| photocopies |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | SubSeries |