Robert William Honner
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18 January 1809
Robert William Honner | |
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| Born | Robert William Honner 18 January 1809 London, England |
| Died | 31 December 1852 (aged 43) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre manager |
| Spouse | Maria Honner |
Robert William Honner (18 January 1809 – 31 December 1852) was an English actor and theatre manager.
Honner was the youngest son of John Honner, solicitor, of the firm of Fletcher & Honner, of the parish of St. Anne, Soho, who died in 1817. He was educated at a private school at Pentonville, where Joseph Samuel Grimaldi, the son of the Clown actor Joseph Grimaldi, and Thomas Hamblin were his schoolfellows.[1]
His father gave up his profession to become proprietor of the Heathcock Tavern, Heathcock Court, close to the Sans Pareil Theatre (now the Adelphi) in the Strand. There Honner found opportunities for indulging his taste for theatricals. His father soon died, leaving his mother unprovided for.
His wife was Maria Honner, whom he married 21 May 1836.
He died at Nichols Square, Hackney Road, London, on 31 December 1852. In the registration of his death he is called Robert Walter Honner. He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.
