Samuel Favell (1775-1812): Son of John Favell (dates unknown), a house-painter in Cambridge. Favell attended Christ’s Hospital School 1786-1795, where he encountered both Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Charles Lamb. He entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1795, but did not graduate and joined the 61st Regiment of Foot, becoming a Captain in 1809. He was killed at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812

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