Frank Westerton

Frank Westerton was born in Kensington in London in 1866, the eldest of five sons of Adelaide née Adkinson (1843–1915) and Samuel John Westerton (1840–1889), a Drysalters Agent. By the time of the 1881 Census the family were living in Liverpool where Westerton is recorded as a Junior Clerk. Frank Westerton commenced his successful stage career sometime in the late 1880s and in 1891 he was playing opposite Ellaline Terriss in a revival of Arrah-Na-Pogue at the Princess's Theatre in London. Also in 1891 he played Richard Hare in East Lynne at the Royalty Theatre. In 1892 he appeared as Red Mike in The Life We Live at the Princess's Theatre. For about a decade he was with the theatrical company of Ben Greet. In 1895 he appeared for Greet as Silvius in As You Like It, Ernest Vane in Masks and Faces, Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, George Hastings in She Stoops to Conquer and Antigonus in ''The Winter's Tale at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. In December 1896 he appeared for Greet as Antigonus in The Winter's Tale at the Theatre Royal in Aldershot in Hampshire. In 1897 during the Ben Greet Season at the Olympic Theatre in London Westerton played Sextus Pompey in Antony and Cleopatra, Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice and Banquo in Macbeth''. By 1901 he is listed on the Census as a Theatrical Actor. ==Move to America==