Thomas Rackett.[378]

December 4th, 1827.

THE GARRICKS

“The fops that join to cry you down

Would give their ears to get her.”

Edward Moore on Garrick’s Marriage

As Mr. Garrick was married by his friend, the celebrated Dr. Francklin,[379] who at that time had a chapel in Great Queen Street, I was anxious to ascertain whether the ceremony took place there or at the parish church. I therefore applied to my friend, the Rev. Charles M’Carthy, who favoured me with the following certificate:—

June 22, 1749. David Garrick, of St. Paul, Covent Garden; and Eva Maria Violetti, of St. James’s, Westminster.