Benjamin Husband


Benjamin Husband was a British stage actor of the eighteenth century. His surname is sometimes written as Husbands.
Reportedly born in Pembrokeshire in 1672, he was a member of the Lincoln's Inn [Fields Theatre|Lincolns Inn Fields] and Theatre [Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane] companies during the 1700s. He was later in Dublin as part of the Smock Alley Theatre organisation. When he had a benefit there in 1746, he was described as the oldest living actor.

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