CIBBER, THEOPHILUS, the son of the laureat, was born on tho 26th of November 1703. At the ago of thirteen he was sent to Winchester school. In 1721 we find him on the stage performing in the Conscious Lovers.' He acquired considerable reputation in characters similar to those supported by his father. Ho married early an actress of the name of Johnson, who died iu 1733, and in 1734 he formed a second union with Miss Arne. His extravagant habits forced him to retire to France in 1738, and on his return he separated from his wife under very discreditable circumstances. After twenty years snore, passed some in prison and the rest in alternate prodigality and penury, he engaged with Mr. Sheridan of the Dublin theatre, and sailed for Ireland hi company with Mr. Maddox, a dancer on the wire, in the month of October 1758. The vessel was however driven by a Mona en the coast of Scotland, and going immediately to pietas" Ohba, his companion, and the grater number of the paisenger, perished.
Libber wrote and altered a few unimportant dramas, and was con• comes! in a work entitled • An Account of the Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland,' 6 sole 12mo, which was published under his name only.
Sruses Maur Clues was the sister of Dr. Thomas Arne the composer, and made her first appearance before the public as a singer. In 1734 she married Theophilus Cibber, son of the 'sunset, and in 1736 attempted the part of Zara in Hill's tragedy of that name. Her mensal was roost decided, and she rapidly became a great and deserved favourite : at her death she was by many regarded as the best tragic actress on the state. She died January 30, 1766, and was buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey.