Bancroft, Squire (1841–1926)

English actor and theatre manager. In 1865 he became leading man at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, under the management of Marie Wilton (1839–1921), whom he married in 1867. Under the Bancrofts, the plays of Thomas Robertson were introduced to the public, Bancroft securing a personal triumph as Capt Hawtree in Caste in 1867. The couple moved to the Haymarket in 1880 and retired from management in 1885.