# Samuel Linley

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{{Short description|2nd son of Thomas Linley the Elder (1760–1778)}}
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[[file:Gainsborough, Thomas - Samuel Linley - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|280px|''Samuel Linley'', in his midshipman's uniform, by [Thomas Gainsborough](/source/Thomas_Gainsborough), who painted this image, according to family tradition, in 48 minutes flat.{{sfnp|Waterfield|1988|p=88|ps=none}}]]
'''Samuel Linley''' (1760 – December 1778) was the second son of [Thomas Linley the elder](/source/Thomas_Linley_the_elder) and Mary Johnson, one of seven musical siblings born to that couple.

==Life==
Samuel Linley was born when the family were living in [Bath, Somerset](/source/Bath%2C_Somerset), during 1760;{{sfnp|Waterfield|1988|p=87|ps=none}} he was baptised on 23 June that year.{{sfnp|Black|1911|p=10|ps=none}} His first public performance was dancing the [hornpipe](/source/hornpipe) for a production of ''[King John](/source/King_John_(play))'' in Bristol when he was six years old.{{sfnp|Waterfield|1988|p=87|ps=none}} He sang in his father's concerts during 1774 and 1775, and played the [oboe](/source/oboe), an instrument he was probably taught to play by [William Herschel](/source/William_Herschel).{{sfnp|Waterfield|1988|p=87|ps=none}} In 1778 he became a [midshipman](/source/midshipman) on [HMS ''Thunderer''](/source/HMS_Thunderer_(1760)), aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died.{{r|Dulwich}} The register of his burial is dated 6 December 1778.{{sfnp|Black|1911|p=147|ps=none}}

[Emma Hart](/source/Emma%2C_Lady_Hamilton), who went on to be Lady Hamilton, was employed by the Linley family as a maidservant;{{r|ODNB}} she nursed Linley during his illness but was distraught when he died, immediately leaving the house.{{sfnp|Waterfield|1988|p=87|ps=none}} [Henry Angelo](/source/Henry_Angelo), one of the [pallbearer](/source/pallbearer)s, recalled in his memoirs that she said "no entreaties could prevail upon her to remain, not even a day."{{sfnp|Angelo|1830|pp=240–241|ps=none}}

==References==
'''Citations'''
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<ref name="Dulwich">
{{cite web |url=http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/301-350/samuel-linley/ |title=Samuel Linley |accessdate=26 July 2017 |publisher=Dulwich Picture Gallery |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124403/https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/301-350/samuel-linley/ |archivedate=9 February 2019 |url-status=live |mode=cs2}}
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<ref name="ODNB">
{{cite ODNB |last=Pocock |first=Tom |title=Hamilton , Emma, Lady Hamilton (bap. 1765, d. 1815) |year=2004 |edition=online, October 2007 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/12063 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12063 |accessdate=26 July 2017 |url-access=subscription }}
</ref>

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'''Bibliography'''
*{{citation |last=Angelo |first=Henry |title=Reminiscences of Henry Angelo: With Memoirs of His Late Father and Friends |year=1830 |volume=2 |publisher=Colburn and Bentley}}
*{{citation |last=Black |first=Clementina |title=The Linleys of Bath |year=1911 |publisher=Martin Secker}}
*{{citation |last=Waterfield |first=Giles |title=A Nest of Nightingales |year=1988 |publisher=Dulwich Picture Gallery}}
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Category:Male oboists
Category:1760 births
Category:1778 deaths
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Category:People from Bath, Somerset

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