GRUNDY, SYDNEY (1848-1914), English dramatist, was born at Manchester on March 23, 1848, son of Alderman Grundy. He was educated at Owens college, Manchester, and was called to the bar in 5869, practising in Manchester until 1876. He became well known as an adapter of plays, his early successes being The Snowball (Strand theatre, 1879) from Oscar, ou le marl qui trompe sa femme by MM. Scribe and Duvergne, and In Honour Bound (188o) from Scribe's Une Chaine. Among his most successful adaptations was the charming Pair of Spectacles (189o) from Les Petits Oiseaux of MM. Labiche and Delacour. Grundy died on July 4, 1914