George Bland (actor)

He was the son of the actor Francis Bland and the actress Grace Phillips and the brother of Dorothea Jordan.

He continued to act at in the North of England at Leeds and Liverpool while his sister lobbied the Drury Lane management to give him permanent employment.

He then accepted an offer to go to America to act, making his debut at the Park Theatre in New York City in 1802.

Although he now acted under the name Wilson this attempt to conceal his identity failed and a lengthy article in the New York Evening Post identified him as the brother of Dorothea Jordan.

[4] He received much better reviews in America than he had in London and also appeared at the Federal Street Theatre in Boston where he died in 1807.