John Pritt Harley [SEP] date of death
John Pritt Harley
John Pritt Harley (February 1786 – 22 August 1858) was an English actor known for his comic acting and singing.
Early years.
Harley was the son of John Harley, a draper and silk mercer, and his wife Elizabeth. 
He was baptised in the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 5 March 1786. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a linendraper in Ludgate Hill. While there, he befriended William Oxberry,
he had lessons in dancing from the best teachers. 
His natural bent was, however, towards the stage, and on 28 September 1818, his first publicly performed dramatic work, "Ah! what a Pity, or the Dark Knight and the Fair Lady," was given at the English Opera House (for the benefit of John Pritt Harley); from this date almost every year witnessed the production of some piece or other from his pen. 
In February 1831, he took over the management of the theatre