Surname: Danby Forename(s): William b. 1752. d. 4 December 1833. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet. Educated at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Worked in the office of high sheriff
of Yorkshire (1784). Married twice, Caroline Seymour in 1775 and Anne Holwell on 5
January 1822. Author of Thoughts, Chiefly on Serious Subjects (1821), Poems (1831), and Thoughts on Various Subjects (1831). Biographical information: ODNB. (CC)