A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Boaden, James
BOADEN, JAMES.
Writer.
1762—1839.
Admitted 12 June, 1793.
Only son of William Boaden, of Penrhyn, Cornwall. He was born at Whitehaven 23 May, 1762. His first employment was journalism, and though he entered himself of the Middle Temple, he continued that employment, combining it with play-writing. He edited a newspaper called The Oracle. His first dramatic piece was entitled Osmyn and Daraxa, a Musical Romance (1793), which was followed by Fontainville Forest, The Secret Tribunal, The Italian Monk, The Maid of Bristol, and others. In later life he employed himself in biography, writing the lives of Mrs. Siddons, Kemble, and Mrs. Jordan. He also attempted novel- writing, but with less success, and he was a keen Shakespearian critic. He died 16 Feb. 1839.