*p1767 05 23 cg Love in a Village. ^As17670211^, but Eustace-Dyer.*a1767 05 23 cg Perseus and Andromeda. ^As17670129^, but Mercury-Dibdin; Hussar-Weller; Petit Maitre-Baker; Magician-_.*c1767 05 23 cg Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid $Mr Vincent= for 3 sets of <i>Abels Symphonies</i> #2 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #116 11s. (Account Book). This was the last time Mr Beard appeared on the stage. $John Beard Esq= Buried in the vault (at <i>Hampton</i>) 12 Feb. 1791. This celebrated actor was bred up at the <i>King's Chapel</i>, and was afterwards one of the singers at the $Duke of Chandos='s Chapel at <i>Canons</i>, where he took a part in $Handel='s Oratorio of <i>Hester</i>. His first appearance on the stage was 30 August 1737, in the character of <i>Sir John Loverule</i>r [<i>Devil to Pay</i>], at <i>Drury Lane</i>. In 1739 he married $Lady Henrietta Herbert=, daughter of $James, Earl of Waldegrave=, and Widow of $Lord Edward Herbert=. Upon this event he quitted the Stage. After a few years he returned to it again, and continued to be a great favourite with the public both as an actor and a vocal performer till 1767, when he finally retired from the theatre. Lady Henrietta Beard died in 1753; and in 1759 Mr Beard married a Daughter of $John Rich Esq= Patentee of <i>Covent Garden Theatre</i>. On this occasion he removed a second time to that theatre, where he had acted from 1744 to 1748; and on the death of his father-in-law in 1761, was appointed Manager. Mr Beard, who was as much esteem'd in private life as he was admired on the stage, was for many years an Inhabitant of Hampton. See $Lysons='s <i>Middlesex Parishes</i>, p. 89 and 80. Mr Beard died 4 Feb. 1791, aged 74 years. See his Epitaph, ibidem. See $Lady Beard='s Epitaph in <i>St Pancreas Churchyard</i> (<i>Hopkins MS Notes</i>).