Frederic Ouvry

Frederic Ouvry (1814–1881) was an English lawyer and antiquary.

Life Born on 20 October 1814, he was the third son of Peter Aimé Ouvry, and nephew-in-law of John Payne Collier. Admitted a solicitor in 1837, he became a partner in the firm of Robinson, King, & Ouvry, in Tokenhouse Yard; later he joined the firm of his brothers-in-law, the Messrs. Farrers, at 66 Lincoln's Inn Fields. Among his clients was Charles Dickens, and Ouvry acted for him in his separation from Catherine Dickens. Dickens, also a friend, depicted him in Household Words as "Mr. Undery". 1862. Til Eulenspiegel's Howleglas, (the translation printed by William Copland), 1867. Gervase Markham, The Famous Whore, 1868. Thomas Cranley, Amanda, 1869. Petitions and Answers, (pieces printed in 1668), 1870. Letters addressed to T. Hearne, 1874. John Singer (attributed), Quips upon Questions, 1875. Nicholas Breton, The Passionate Shepherd, 1877.

Ouvry contributed two papers to Archæologia (xxxv. 379–82 and xxxvi. 219–41).