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English: Miss Elizabeth Walker Blanchard. She was the daughter of William Blanchard, the famous London comedian. She made her London debut at the Haymarket Theatre, July 15, 1818. After her marriage to Thomas S. Hamblin she came to America with her husband, making her first appearance in New York, at the Park Theatre, as Mrs. Haller, Nov. 4, 1825, and was a favorite at the Bowery Theatre. In 1831, she returned to Europe, and soon after her return commenced a suit of divorce against her husband, which resulted in her favor. Shortly afterwards, she married a young man named Charles, whom she introduced to the New York stage, at the Richmond Hill Theatre, in 1836. She was a woman of high spirit, and her domestic griefs were sometimes brought before the public with more temper than judgment. Her last appearance in New York, was at the Astor Place Opera House, in 1848. Her first appearance in Boston was in October, 1826, at the Federal Street Theatre. She died of cholera in the city of New Orieans, May 8th, 1849.