Mr Hanson

(17**-18*) British officer and amateur actor.

He was the father of Mr H. Hanson (also known as Mr Hanson Junior).

A valued member of the Garrison Amateur Players, he appeared as "Dr Ollapod" in in The Poor Gentleman (4 and 12 October 1822); as "Gabriel Lackbrain" in Life (Reynolds) and "The Drunkard" in The Irish Tutor (4 and 22 September 1824); "Sir Christopher Cranberry" in Exchange No Robbery (8 October, 1825), "Doctor Pangloss" in The Heir at Law (16 August 1826);