The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . It was built by the late Philip Astley, Esq. an uneducatedbut enterprizing man, with a strong mind and acute understand-ing, remarkable for eccentric habits, and peculiarity of manners,who built at different periods of his life, at his own cost, and forhis own purposes, nineteen theatres. As the history of theAmphitheatre is almost identified with that of his life, a short. PHILIP ASTLE Y. Bom Jan? 8^1742 0 Twos Tiere the Fainters Task to traceBut the mere Semblance of his Face,The Portrait of whose Mmdjno
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . It was built by the late Philip Astley, Esq. an uneducatedbut enterprizing man, with a strong mind and acute understand-ing, remarkable for eccentric habits, and peculiarity of manners,who built at different periods of his life, at his own cost, and forhis own purposes, nineteen theatres. As the history of theAmphitheatre is almost identified with that of his life, a short. PHILIP ASTLE Y. Bom Jan? 8^1742 0 Twos Tiere the Fainters Task to traceBut the mere Semblance of his Face,The Portrait of whose Mmdjnore true,L of his own Work presents to vietv. st. marys district. 327 memoir of him will not be inapplicable* He was a man ofstrong muscular powers, above six feef in height, of an imposingappearance; but in the latter part of his life extremely corpu-lent. His voice was perfectly stentorian. He was born atNewcastle-under-Line in 1742, and came to London with hisfather, who was a cabinet-maker, in 1753 or 4, and worked athis fathers business till 1759, when he enlisted in the 15th orElliotts own light horse. By his scrupulous attention to dis-cipline, and his undaunted bravery, he became a great favoritein the regiment, and was particularly noticed by General Elliott(afterwardsLord Heathfield). He served seven years during theGerman war with high military reputation, and obtained therank of serjeant-major ; but on the return of the army from thecontinent
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