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 BURNAND, Sir Francis quley, Kt;
«71'. 1902: barrister, Lim'oln’s inn; editor of
l’unch, lNl‘J-ltilio ; rlramal'" author, ight litera-
ture: I). 20 Nov. 1.53:3. l)(,.cemled on father‘s
side, from old Saroyard family; great-great-
gramlfallnér was partner in Minot and 00., silk
merchants; motlner, Emma Cowley, (I. of Chris-
tian Cowley, din-ct dosm‘rndant of Hannah
Cowley, authoress: HI. 'lst’, Isno, (.‘oviliaVictoria
((l. 1571)), 11. ofJann-s llanmz; 2nd, JNT l, Ilosina,
widow of J}. .lom-s ; six 5. live «I. Educ. .- Eion,
(whore at liflwn ho wrolv a farm- plan-d at
(,‘i’iokvslv-y's house and at iln- 'l'la-alro lloyal, ,
Worlhing); ’I‘rin. 0011. Canal). (fmmrlvd lln-
Amalour Dramatic (,‘luln, whori- his earliest
pieces worn- modum'd); studied for English
(Jhureh at Cnddusdon under L‘anoli Liddon;
became a Catholic; read for liar at llourdillon's
Uhainhers; oallod ; pravtisod our: sionall)‘; com-
menced writing,r ; introdimod by George Meredith
to Once a Week; liai‘y, thralrii'al bookseller,
introduced him to Charles Young, aotor, who
successfully produced Dido al b‘t. James s
'l‘heatro under management of (Jhatterton and
Willert; with Montagu Williams, wrote for
Robson; then alone for Robson, liuckstoim,
and sm'oral theatres; court-dies, burlosinu-s, for
Strand. llis l)llI‘ll‘S([ll15 lllat-k-lflyt‘d husan ran
Silt) nights at lloyalty '1‘ln“atrv. Soho, was played
for years pi'ovinoially and in Anwrira, twice
revived in London. When about 2:3, wrote
for Fun, hot on its proprietor refusingr his
burlesque novelette, he brought it lo Mark
Lemon, who accepted Mok -anna for l’unch;
on its staff from that date, summoding Mark
Lemon, Shirley Brooks, 'l‘oin Taylor, as editor,
1880. 1"ablicrrlrious: nappy ll‘houghts, ol
which first numher appeared in Punch, '23
June 1800; there wcri also the Happy Thought
Series, and a variety of light woi 2', such as
Modern Sandford and Merton, Now Light on
Darkost Afric:, Stralnnoro, Ride to lihiva;
eccentric Guide to lsle of’l‘hanot, illusiratod by
Phil May. Written over a hundred and twenty
plays, ohielly hurlosques and light comedies;
amongr the latter The Colonel, which satirised
the aesthetic craze of a poriod; adaptod several
farcical comedies for Augustine llaly, New
York; written two light operas (Contralian'lista
and The Chieftain) with Sir Arthur Sullivan,
with whom he wrote musical version of Morton’s
old farce, “ Jlox and Cox," untitled, porvr‘rsoly,
“Cox and Box"; also “His Majesty,” an opera,
with R. C. Lehlnann; Ileininisocin'os, 1901.
Berrmiious.- roading, riding, s ia-hoating, music.
Add: - 18 Royal Crescent, Rains-gate. ('Iahs:
Garr ; Royal ’J‘hamL-s Yacht, llamsgate.