Columbine

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10.2.1796 Columbine at mrs Robinson's / 29.9.1796 at theatre / 27.10.1796 again / 27.1.1797 at mrs Robinson's / 19.2.1797 there / 12.3.1797 there / 18.6.1799 at Reynolds'  talk of Merry, Colombine etc / 11.2.1801 Columbine at theatre / 10.7.1801 Colombine at theatre

Perhaps Edward Henry Columbine DNB 1763-1811 naval officer (Captain Nov 1802) will PCC 1811 son of Edward Columbine RN, his will PCC 1788?. There were also Columbines in Norwich (Rev Paul, F, F jr, David jr, Peter jr & Thos all subscr to Norwich Public Library 1796). In 1798 Peter Columbine married Elizabeth (1771-99) dau of John Brunton, the Norwich theatre manager, and Robert Merry who was talked about (or was it the sisters Mrs Merry and Mrs Columbine who were talked about?) in 1799 along with Colombine, married another daughter of John Brunton. Merry wasalready dead by 18.6.1799, and Mrs Columbine died 10.11.1799, probably in childbirth