Talk:Thomas Haynes Bayly

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Thomas Haynes Bayly [1797-1839),song-writer,novelist,and dramatist, was born at Bath on 13,Oct.1797. He was the only child of Mr. Nathaniel Bayly.  At a very early age Bayly displayed a talent for verse.  On his 17th birthday he entered his father's office for the purpose of studying law,but soon devoted himself to writing humorous articles for the public journals.  Bayly visited Dublin and had his earliest success by writing ballads.  Bayly moved to London in January 1824.He gave up the whole idea of church,and wanted to win fame as a lyric poet.  In 1826 he was married to the daughter of Mr. Benjamin Hayes.  The profits he made were considerable ,and his income was increased by his wife's dowry.  Bayly then wrote the song ' I'd be a butterfly' which quickly secured universal popularity.  Breaking up his establishment at Bath, Bayly now moved to London where he applied himself to writing ballads and pieces for the stage which immediately became popular. On the trip to London,Bayly scrawled comedy into his notebook. It was declined by many many theatrical managers,but ultamitely Madame Vestris ,to whom it was submitted,discovered it merits and produced it. Lord Chesterfield who was present on the first night, declared that he never saw a better farce. The piece became a great favorite at private theatres. In 1831,Bayly realized he was in financial trouble when his marriage portion he invested coal mines that proved unproductive. He also suffered in health. A poem he wrote at this time calles' The Bridesmaid' drew a flattering letter from Sir Robert Peel,and formed the subject of a remarkable picture by one of the leading artists of the day. After his loss of fortune,Bayly wrote diligently for the stage,and in a short time he had produced no fewer than 36 dramatic pieces.An attack of the brain-fever prevented him from writing a work of fiction for which he had enterd the arrangement Mesuers Bently; but from his illness he only recovered ,only,however, to suffer from other and more painful diseases. He still hoped to recover,but dropsy succeeded to confirmed jaundice,and on 22 April 1839,he expired. He was buried at Cheltenham,his epitaph being written by his friend Theodore Hook.

Info provided by Dictionary of national biography from earliest times to 1900 vol.1 Oxford U. press 1963-64 Jerry Frazier

Viriditas (talk) 09:08, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

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"and formed the subject of a remarkable picture by one of the leading artists of the day." - Which one? And could this be foggier? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.253.64.112 (talk) 08:51, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed - it's so vague as to be completely meaningless. I've removed it as part of a copyedit, along with a lot of other peacockery. Per the above comment by @Viriditas, a lot of content was copied from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, but Wikipedia has different stylistic requirements. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 15:43, 28 February 2022 (UTC)