author
Robert Sulivan
1797–1875
A barrister and Middlesex magistrate, Robert Sulivan also wrote plays and three novels, including Raff Hall and The Agent of Broome Warren. His work offers a glimpse into the literary world of early Victorian Britain.
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The king's friend : a play, in five acts
by Robert Sulivan
About the author
Robert Sulivan was born in Madras in 1797, the son of judge Sir Benjamin Sulivan. He was called to the bar and later served as a magistrate for Middlesex.
Sulivan married Margaret Filmer in 1819, and the couple had at least one daughter. Alongside his legal career, he wrote numerous plays and three novels: Flittings of Fancy (1837), Raff Hall (1838), and The Agent of Broome Warren (1871).
He died in 1875.