Samuel Linley

Samuel Linley was born when the family were living in Bath, Somerset, during 1760;[2] he was baptised on 23 June that year.

[3] His first public performance was dancing the hornpipe for a production of King John in Bristol when he was six years old.

[2] In 1778 he became a midshipman on HMS Thunderer, aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died.

[2] Henry Angelo, one of the pallbearers, recalled in his memoirs that she said "no entreaties could prevail upon her to remain, not even a day.

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Samuel Linley , in his midshipman's uniform, by Thomas Gainsborough , who painted this image, according to family tradition, in 48 minutes flat. [ 1 ]