![]() ![]() (Remember the figurine of David Garrick as Richard III in Bundle 1, “Gallery of Readers”?)įigurine of David Garrick in his famous role as Richard III. His biographer claims he spent his last shilling so that he could watch a performance of Shakespeare’s Richard III, starring David Garrick. ![]() Sancho had a wild spell during his youth. When the Duchess of Montagu died, she bequeathed him a year’s salary and an annuity of about thirty pounds. ![]() He ran away from the sisters and joined the Montagu household, where he was a trusted valet. Sancho was purchased by three sisters living in Greenwich, who, as he wrote in a 1766 letter, “judged ignorance the best and only security for obedience” however, their neighbor, the Duke of Montagu, took a fancy to the boy and saw that he learned reading, writing, and music. His mother died of disease, and his father committed suicide so that he would not have to endure slavery. Ignatius Sancho, 1768 by Thomas GainsboroughĪccording to his contemporary biographer, Joseph Jekyll, Sancho was born circa 1729 aboard a slave ship crossing the Middle Passage. 9 Ignatius Sancho (1729-1780) Introducing Ignatius Sancho ![]()
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