ALEXANDER

See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• ALEXANDER POPE (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

POPE (1763-1835)  , Irish actor and painter, was born in Cork, and was educated to follow his father's profession of miniature painting . He continued to paint miniatures and exhibit them at the Royal Academy as late as 1821; but at an early date he took the stage, first appearing in London as Oroonoko in 1785 at Covent Garden . He remained at this theatre almost continuously for nearly twenty years, then at the Haymarket until his retirement, playing leading parts, chiefly tragic . He was particularly esteemed as Othello and Henry VIII . He died on the 22nd of March 1835 . Pope was thrice married . His first wife, Elizabeth Pope (c . 1744-1797), a favourite English actress of great versatility, was billed before her marriage as Miss Younge . His second wife, Maria Ann Pope (1775-1803), also a popular actress, was a member of an Irish family named Campion . His third wife, Clara Maria Pope (d . 1838), was the widow of the artist Francis Wheatley, and herself a skilful painter of figures and of flowers .