Alice Marriott was born on 17 December 1824 in London, and baptised on 13 February 1825 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London.
Her parents were James Henry Marriott (c. 1800 – 25 August 1886), a London, England-born New Zealand theatre manager, actor, entertainer, dramatist, songwriter, engraver, optician and bookseller and his wife Sarah.

In 1856, Alice married Robert Edgar in the St George's Square area of London.
Robert Edgar was the "last lessee of the old Liver Theatre in Church Street, Liverpool, and the first lessee of the Royal Park Theatre, Liverpool."
He was living in Wigan at the time.

During the 1860s, after living for ten years in New Zealand, James Henry Marriott returned to visit his daughter Alice while she was co-manager of Sadler's Wells.
Robert Edgar died a few years after the visit.
Edgar was allegedly a "useless creature whom Alice dignified with the title of manager.
In fact she did everything about the theatre, even to counting out the salaries on Saturdays ... She made a great deal of money and would have been wealthy had she not married Robert Edgar, who was convinced that he knew the best way to invest it.
He had a mania for buying up shop property at high prices and selling, generally, at a loss."
In 1869 the Islington Gazette added further information, that Edgar was summonsed for non-payment of a year's worth of beer money.
He pleaded that "business was not now very flourishing," but had to pay.

The 1881 Census finds Alice Edgar in Southport, a widow aged 55 years and an actress.
With her are her son Richard H.M. Edgar, a comedian with his wife, three of his children, a housekeeper and a governess.
Alice Marriott died suddenly on Christmas night, 1900, at 8 Bryanston Street, Portman Square, London.
Alice Marriott was born on 17 December 1824 in London, and baptised on 13 February 1825 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London. Her parents were James Henry Marriott (c. 1800 – 25 August 1886), a London, England-born New Zealand theatre manager, actor, entertainer, dramatist, songwriter, engraver, optician and bookseller and his wife Sarah.
In 1856, Alice married Robert Edgar in the St George's Square area of London. Robert Edgar was the "last lessee of the old Liver Theatre in Church Street, Liverpool, and the first lessee of the Royal Park Theatre, Liverpool." He was living in Wigan at the time.
During the 1860s, after living for ten years in New Zealand, James Henry Marriott returned to visit his daughter Alice while she was co-manager of Sadler's Wells. Robert Edgar died a few years after the visit. Edgar was allegedly a "useless creature whom Alice dignified with the title of manager. In fact she did everything about the theatre, even to counting out the salaries on Saturdays ... She made a great deal of money and would have been wealthy had she not married Robert Edgar, who was convinced that he knew the best way to invest it. He had a mania for buying up shop property at high prices and selling, generally, at a loss." In 1869 the Islington Gazette added further information, that Edgar was summonsed for non-payment of a year's worth of beer money. He pleaded that "business was not now very flourishing," but had to pay.
The 1881 Census finds Alice Edgar in Southport, a widow aged 55 years and an actress. With her are her son Richard H.M. Edgar, a comedian with his wife, three of his children, a housekeeper and a governess. Alice Marriott died suddenly on Christmas night, 1900, at 8 Bryanston Street, Portman Square, London.
Alice Marriott (actress)