Hezekiah Linthicum Bateman (December 6, 1812 â€" March 22, 1875), was
an American actor and manager.Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1812, the
fourth child and second son of Amzi Bateman (c.1777â€"1816), a
fisherman, and his wife, Catherine Bateman (née Schaeffer)
(c.1784â€"1870). Amzi Bateman had served with the 6th Regiment of the
Maryland Militia and took part in the defence of Baltimore against the
invasion by the British troops during the Anglo-American War of 1812.
After his death in 1816 his widow tutored students to support herself
and her children.Hezekiah Bateman was reluctantly apprenticed to an
engineer but in 1832 left that position to become an actor, playing
with Ellen Tree (afterwards Mrs Charles Kean) in juvenile leads. In
1855 he was manager of the St Louis theatre for a few years and in
1859 moved to New York. In 1866 he was manager for his daughter Kate,
and in 1871 returned to London, where he managed the Lyceum Theatre.
Here he engaged Henry Irving, presenting him first in The Bells, with
great success.His wife Sidney Frances Cowell was an actress. His
daughter the actress Virginia Frances Bateman (1853â€"1940) married
the British actor-manager Edward Compton. Another daughter was the
actress Kate Josephine Bateman. His grandchildren included the British
novelist Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (1883â€"1972) and the
actress Fay Compton (1894â€"1978).
an American actor and manager.Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1812, the
fourth child and second son of Amzi Bateman (c.1777â€"1816), a
fisherman, and his wife, Catherine Bateman (née Schaeffer)
(c.1784â€"1870). Amzi Bateman had served with the 6th Regiment of the
Maryland Militia and took part in the defence of Baltimore against the
invasion by the British troops during the Anglo-American War of 1812.
After his death in 1816 his widow tutored students to support herself
and her children.Hezekiah Bateman was reluctantly apprenticed to an
engineer but in 1832 left that position to become an actor, playing
with Ellen Tree (afterwards Mrs Charles Kean) in juvenile leads. In
1855 he was manager of the St Louis theatre for a few years and in
1859 moved to New York. In 1866 he was manager for his daughter Kate,
and in 1871 returned to London, where he managed the Lyceum Theatre.
Here he engaged Henry Irving, presenting him first in The Bells, with
great success.His wife Sidney Frances Cowell was an actress. His
daughter the actress Virginia Frances Bateman (1853â€"1940) married
the British actor-manager Edward Compton. Another daughter was the
actress Kate Josephine Bateman. His grandchildren included the British
novelist Sir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie (1883â€"1972) and the
actress Fay Compton (1894â€"1978).
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