b. 4 October 1818. d. 1 May 1864. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, novelist, and editor. Cousin of Menella Bute Smedley and Elizabeth Anna Hart.
Born in Buckinghamshire. Editor of *Sharp’s Magazine* and *Cruikshank’s Magazine*.
Co-authored *Mirth and Metre* (1855) with Edmund Yates. Contributed to *The Train*.
Biographical information: *ODNB*. (CC)