MAYHEW

August us Septimus (youngest son of Joshua Dorset Joseph Mayhew of 26 Carey st. London, attorney who d. 1858). b. 1826; wrote for the Comic Almanac 1845–53, which he edited 1848–50; author of Paved with gold, or the romance and reality of the London streets 1857; The finest girl in Blooms bury 1861; Faces for fortunes 3 vols. 1865; author with his brother Henry Mayhew of The greatest plague of life, or the adventures of a lady in search of a good servant 1847 and other books; joint author with H. S. Edwards of six dramatic pieces The poor relation 1851, My wife’s future husband 1851, A squib for the fifth of November 1851; The goose with the golden eggs, a farce, Strand theatre 1 Sep. 1859; Christmas Boxes, a farce, Strand 1860; and The four cousins, a comic drama, Globe, May 1871; resided at 7 Montpelier row, Twickenham. d. Richmond infirmary 25 Dec. 1875. bur. Barnes cemet. 30 Dec. Hodder’s Memories of my time (1870) 62–5.