Actor. The foremost American Shakespearean performer of the 19th century. First American to perform Shakespeare for the British Crown in a command performance of “Hamlet” for Queen Victoria. Founder of The Player’s Club, Gramercy Park, New York City, Hew York. He was the son of Junius Booth, the chief rival of Edmund Kean on the English stage, and the elder brother of John Wilkes Booth assassin of Abraham Lincoln. During the Civil War he saved the life of Robert Lincoln, President Lincoln’s son at a train station in Chicago. Edwin Booth pulled the young army officer back onto the train platform he had fallen off of just before an oncoming train rushed though. (Bio by W. Kowalczyk)  Family links:  Parents:  Junius Brutus Booth (1796 – 1852)  Mary Ann Holmes Booth (1802 – 1885)  Spouses:  Mary Frances McVicker (1848 – 1881)  Mary Devlin Booth (1840 – 1863)*  Children:  Edwina Booth Grossman (1861 – 1938)*  Edgar Booth (1870 – 1870)*  Siblings:  Richard Junius Booth (1819 – 1868)**  Junius Brutus Booth (1821 – 1883)*  Rosalie Ann Booth (1823 – 1888)*  Henry Byron Booth (1825 – 1836)*  Mary Ann Booth (1827 – 1833)*  Frederick Booth (1830 – 1833)*  Elizabeth Booth (1831 – 1833)*  Edwin Thomas Booth (1833 – 1893)  Asia Sydney Booth Clarke (1835 – 1888)*  John Wilkes Booth (1838 – 1865)*  Joseph Adrian Booth (1840 – 1902)* *Calculated relationship**Half-sibling