Johnston

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28.9.1795 sup at mrs Johnston's with miss Godwin; Young & Campbell / 28.3.1796 Johnston adv at C Moore's / 16.4.1796 again / 7.5.1796 at opera / 23.10.1797 Douglas, Johnston at theatre /2.11.1797 Johnston calls / 6.1.1800 mrs Johnston adv at O Fancourt's / 1.12.1800 Johnston's sup at S Elwes / 10.5.1811 seek Martineau & E Johnston / 27.6.1834 Johnston at Gaskel's / 30.6.1834 Gaskels & Johnston sup

The entry of 23.10.1797 very likely referred to Henry Erskine Johnston who made his London debut in the play Douglas at the theatre that night. Godwin wrote him a letter of congratulation (see my entry for Douglas), so he may have been the caller of 2.11.1797, though he never appeared in Godwin's 1796 list. He had married Nanette Parker in June 1796 (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans) so she could have been the mrs Johnston at Fancourt's in 1800 and the couple may have supped at Sarah Elwes' in 1800 but neither seems particularly likely