Born in Keinton-Mandeville, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Brodribb
and Mary (Behenna) Brodribb
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Florence (O'Callahan) Irving
— married
15 Jul 1869 in St. Marylebone, London, England
Descendants 
Father of
Harry Brodribb Irving and Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving
Died
at age 67
in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
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Biography
Sir Henry Irving, born John Brodribb, was an famous English theater manager. In 1895 he received the honour of knighthood. No English actor had ever been knighted before. He had two sons: Harry Brodribb Irving, b. 1870 and Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, b. 1872.
He was a cousin of poet W.H. Davies. As a child, he lived with his aunt, Mrs Penberthy, at Halsetown in Cornwall.
A license was issued for the marriage of John Henry Brodribb, a bachelor of the Parish of St. Mary Marylebone, Middlesex, and Florence Fanny O'Callaghan, a spinster of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, Middlesex, was issued on July 6, 1869.[1] The marriage ceremony took place at St. Mary Marylebone on July 15, 1869, and the officiant was F. Braithwaite. John is shown as "comedian." His father was Samuel Brodribb, Gentleman. Florence's father was David James O'Callaghan, Surgeon. The witnesses were E. C. Morgan, Wm. Montague, J. I. Toole, and Eliza Cross.[2]
Henry Irving died at Bradford, West Yorkshire, on October 13, 1905, and is buried in "Poets' Corner," in the South Transept at Westminster Abbey.[3]
Sources
- ↑ London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Marriage Bonds and Allegations. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Surrey Marriage Bonds and Allegations records held by the London Metropolitan Archives, London, England.Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1754-1921. London Metropolitan Archives, London.Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery Department. London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Marylebone, Register of marriages, P89/MRY1, Item 242
- ↑ Westminster burial
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