See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

ELIZABETH See also:

• ELIZABETH BILLINGTON (1768?–1818)

BILLINGTON (1768?–1818)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera-See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London, her See also:

• FATHER

father being a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German musician named Weichsel, and her See also:

• MOTHER

mother a popular vocalist . She was trained in See also:

• MUSIC

music, and at fourteen sang at a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert in See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . In 1783 'she married See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• BILLINGTON, ELIZABETH (1768?–1818)

Billington, a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double-See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass player . She had a See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of unusual See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass, and as See also:

• ROSETTA (Coptic Rashit, Arabic Rashid)

Rosetta in Love in a See also:

• VILLAGE

Village she had a See also:

• GREAT

great success at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden in 1786, being engaged for the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season at a See also:

• SALARY

salary of £1000, a large sum for those days . Her position as a singer in London was now assured . In 1794 she and her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband went to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, and Mrs Billington appeared at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples (where she was the heroine of a new opera, Inez di See also:

• CASTRO, INEZ DE (d. 1355)
• CASTRO, JOAO DE (1500-1548)

Castro, written for her by F . Bianchi), at See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice and at See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan . Her husband died suddenly during the tour, and in 1799 she married a Frenchman named Felissent, whom, how-ever, she See also:

• LEFT

left in 18o1 . Returning to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England she appeared alternately at Covent Garden and See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, her professional income during 18o1 amounting to between £1o,000 and £15,000 . Henceforward she sang in See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian opera till the end of 18io, when See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health forced her to abandon her profession . In 1817 she was reconciled to her husband, and went with him to live near Venice, where she died on the 25th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1818 .