Bishop's Quarters. It was here, at Mr. Walmesley's palace, where Garrick first met Samuel Johnson (Lenanton 9).
             As the years passed at Lichfield, Garrick and Walmesley grew closer. Mr. Walmesley often referred to David Garrick as Captain Garrick, for Garrick was his chief focus in the later years of their meetings. "Walmesley and Captain Garrick were good friends; his kindness to David were like to a member of a respected family" (Stone and Kahrl 9). The time came for Garrick to move on to a better education; the place he dreamed of studying was London. Mr. Walmesley referred Garrick to Reverend Colson for further teaching in London. Even though Garrick was moving on in hopes of greater levels of studying, Mr. Walmesley discovered the true talents of Garrick (Davies 11-12). It is said that, "If Mr. Walmesley had continued a single man, young Garrick would have gained, by his means, a settlement for life; but his marrying in an advanced age put an end to these expectations" (Davies 12).
             Samuel Johnson was educated at Lichfield Grammar School, as well as, Pembroke and Oxford (Harvey 433). Johnson, however, being seven years older than Garrick, was gone by the time Garrick began his ed
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