Wm. Horace Lingard (1838-1927)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, William Horace Lingard was English comic vocalist, actor manager and dramatic author
He first came to notice in the mid 1860s as a talented comic singer and female impersonator on on the English music hall stage. He and his wife, Alice Dunning Lingard, a former music hall dancer, first visited the United States in 1868 where a great deal of their material was published. They remained there for some time until they and their company travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.
The couple returned to England, where Alice died in 1897, to become firm favourites on tour. W.H. Lingard continued to work into his old age. It is not yet established whether they were related to the music hall singer, Nellie Lingard, possibly a daughter or niece.
. Of music hall interest is Sal and Methuselam (1866) music F.C. Sansom and published by British and American Pub. Co., London, England the front cover of which depicts Lingard.

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	William Horace Lingard (1838-1927)	Biography by Foot Light Notes

Music Halls

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 13 works performed by Wm Horace Lingard who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Upper Ten (1868), The	George Bicknell	W W Thornton (words) H C Maguire (words) W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Fifth Avenue (1868)	William Horace Lingard	Charles E Pratt (words) W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Widow Brown (1868?)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Young Widow (1869), The	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Colonel Plantagenet N.G.S.N.Y (1874)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Drive to Gerome (1874), A	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Happy Daddy (1874)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I Should'nt Like to Say (1874)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Not a Gossip (1874)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Sailing in the Moonlight (1874)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Five Times a Wife (?)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
How to Cure a Drunkard (?)	William Horace Lingard	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Sal and Methuselam (1866)	F.C. Sansom	W.H. Lingard (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 29 works by William Horace Lingard (1838-1927). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Italian Guinea Pig Boy	1866	H C Maguire (words)
As Through the Park I Go	1868
Bitter Beer	1868	Charles E Pratt (words)	Pub.
Bosom Friend, The	1868		Pub.
Captain Jinks	1868		Pub.
Everybody's Friend	1868		Pub.
Fifth Avenue	1868	Charles E Pratt (words) W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Grecian Bend, The	1868		Pub.
My Bosom Friend (w&m)	1868		Pub.
On the Beach	1868	Alice Dunning Lingard (words)
On the Beach at Long Branch	1868	Charles E Pratt (words)	Pub.
⇑ Sergeant Cop	1868		Pub.
Widow Brown	1868?	W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Dutch Onion Vender	1869
Funny Fellow, The	1869
Lady Killer, The	1869		Pub.
Par Excellence	1869		Pub.
Pluto Quadrille	1869
Pretty Alice schottische	1869	John Braham (words) Alfred Lee (words)	Pub.
Young Widow, The	1869	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Gay Masque Ball, The	1870	Charles E Pratt (words)
Colonel Plantagenet N.G.S.N.Y	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)
Drive to Gerome, A	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Happy Daddy	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I Should'nt Like to Say	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
I'm Not a Gossip	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Sailing in the Moonlight	1874	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
Five Times a Wife	?	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.
How to Cure a Drunkard	?	W.H. Lingard (perf.)	Pub.