William Elton

[1] He spent some of his school years at Scotch College, Melbourne,[3] By 1867, he was playing comic roles at the Queen's Theatre, Manchester.

[1] Here he made the acquaintance of scenic artist Phil Goatcher; their paths would cross many times subsequently.

[4] Though a relative unknown in Britain, he became a great favorite in Australia, and attracted good houses wherever he appeared.

[5] Elton was known for playing Lurcher opposite Alice Barnett's Mrs Privett[b] in Dorothy,[6] Jack Point in The Yeomen of the Guard, Old Macclesfield in E. G. Lankester's The Guv'nor, Bob Acres in The Rivals, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, and Ulysses Tinkler in Arthur Shirley's As Large as Life.

Another authority, which otherwise largely echoes the D'Oyly Carte history, has him dying at his home on Manor Road, Brockley.