Family
He married Elizabeth Mansel on 16 March 1799, a young lady from Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, South Wales, who had taken to the stage and was then engaged at the Covent Garden Theatre. Elizabeth's brother was Robert Mansel, Manager of the Theatre Royal in York. Reynolds's eldest son, Frederic Mansel Reynolds, was a novelist and editor of The Keepsake.
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