A-Z of Entries

1.6.1796 Whitefield adv at Inchbald's

Quite likely the actor John Whitefield 1782-1814 (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans)

Whiteford 29.4.1799 at Royal Academy exhibition / 9.3.1827 C Whitefoord

Caleb Whitefoord DNB 1735-1810 may well have been at the RA exhibition in 1799. His son Charles was born 1797 before his marriage, after which he had a son Caleb born 1805 who became rector of Dunford, and twins Charles & Harriet born 1807

Whitehead 4.8.1794 at Jennings'
 

19.11.1810 tea Newton's, w. Whitelocke

Possible this could have been John Whitelocke DNB 1757-1833, a general who had been court martialled in 1808. Benjamin Whitelock was a merchant of 26 Gt Charlotte-st Blackfriars-rd (Holdens directory 1811). Miles Whitelock was a merchant of Doctors Commons will PCC 1817

9.6.1807 Whiteside at Johnson's

No good identification but some possibles. George Whiteside linendraper of 170 Fleet-st in partnership with John & Michael Turner, later merchant of Guilford-pl St Pancras, will PCC 18.11.1812 wife Elizabeth daughter of William Owen of Fleet-st bookseller (his will PCC 17.12.1793). He was a governor of Royal Bridewell hospital. Edward & Henry Whiteside cabinetmakers 176 Oxford-st in partnership with William Ferguson & Leonard Redmayne (SunFire 1813 to 1828). Edward Whiteside of Hampstead will PCC 9.12.1833 wife Maria sister Ellen son henry…

Whitfield 1.2.1795 at Foulkes'

31.10.1808 call on Whitford / 5.11.1808 again

Whitfords in Holdens 1811 Trades Directory: Helena Whitford, establishment for young ladies' private education, 6, South Ville, nr. Clapham (DNB 1761?-1824) / John Whitford haberdasher 95 Charlotte-st, Oxford-rd / Jno Whitford surgeon's instrument maker, cutler &c, Bartholomew's Hospital & 27 Lombard-st (ad in London Courier 20.11.1809 J Whitford Truss Maker to the City Truss Society for thr Relief of the Ruptured Poor for his new invented Serpentine Curved Elastic Steel Trusses at his manufactory under the central hospital gate…

2.11.1807 call on Nicholson & Whitworth, draper / 3.11.1807 call on Whitworth, & Nicholson / 22.12.1807 call on Nicholson, & Rodwell

SunFire 1797 James Whitworth & Godfrey Bower Rodwell linen draoers 6 James-st Covent-garden. Whitworth voted 1796 Fox & Tooke 1802 Fox & Gardner. Godfrey Bower Rodwell bapt 29.12.1768 Rearsby, Leics of William & Ann, voted 1796 Fox, 1818 Burdett & Romilly, SunFire 1823 6 James-st (without Whitworth), bankrupt 1831, SunFire 1839 6 James-st, died 1844

They may have been creditors or friends of William Nicholson (…

12.9.1796 call on Wignell with Cooper

Thomas Wignell d.1803 manager of Chestnut Street theatre, Philadelphia (see American National Biography Anne Merry, or Highfill Burnim and Langhans Anne Wignell). He came to England to recruit actors and sailed back to America with Thomas Abthorpe Cooper and the Merrys, became Anne Merry's second husband in 1803 and died seven weeks later having fathered a child.

call on Wilbraham 21.4.1802. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1802 / 10.10.1806 at Fox's funeral / 1.5.1815 call on / 13.7.1824 again / 14.7.1824 call on Wilbraham, Crown Office / 15.7.1824 Crown Office, adv Wilbraham

Roger Wilbraham Hist of Parl 1743-1829 was a great admirer of Fox. He had been an MP until 1796. He was later known as a patron of literature and science but I didn't yet discover any connection with the Crown Office

10.10.1806 Wilbraham at Fox's funeral

Roger Wilbraham 1743-1829 historyofparliamentonline

sup at Cooper's w. Wilcocke's 19.10.1795 / Wilcocke at theatre 3.9.1796 / call w. Cooper on Wilcocke 12.9.1796 / E P Cooper's funeral, Wilcocke jr 24.2.1803 / Cooper & Wilcocke call 2.4.1803 / Cooper & Wilcocke dine 5.4.1803 / dine at H(annah) G(odwin)'s w. G M C(ooper), mrs & Geo. Wilcocke / 22.1.1804 Dr Wilcocke dies / 2.2.1804 Wilcocke calls / dine at L Knapp's w. Wilcocke, G M C(ooper) 17.2.1804 / Wilcocke dines 18.2.1804 / mrs Wilcocke dies 27.2.1805 / Wilcocke at tea 25.3.1805 / G Wilcocke invité 1.1.1807 / G Wilcocke adv. at G M C(ooper)'s 13.3.1807 / G Wilcocke invité…

Fell at Wild's 19.4.1804 / 26.10.1820 seek Wild drawing master / 28.10.1820 call on Wild

Godwin had earlier visited Ralph Fell at Laver's (qv) a safe house of the Giltspur St Compter (prison) so this was probably the house of John Wild junior of Wood St Cheapside, serjeant at mace to Giltspur St Compter. William Wild also of Wood St Cheapside was serjeant at mace to the Poultry St Compter (Law List 1800) Also there was Thomas Wild attorney of 1 Warwick Sq Newgate St. For the 1820 entries perhaps Charles Wild DNB 1781-1836 watercolour painter.

see Autobiography of Francis Place, ed. Mary Thale pages x, 142 n1, 175,176, 188-193, 207, 210 n*, 224

Possibly born 4.4.1765 bapt 14.4.1765 son of Joseph & Ann  Wild at St Mary Ealing. No records of his brother Gregory found.

Richard Wild otp = St Geo Han Sq 29.9.1799 Sarah Atkins otp banns sigs wits Robt Atkins, Eleanor Swannick

Old Bailey 17.2.1802 Richard Wild tailor 29 Charing Cross, his errand boy Charles Hurd

Holdens 1811 Richard Wild tailor & draper 8 Craven St, Strand
2.4.1814 Richard Wild Craven St Strand tailor bankrupt
Richard…

8.6.1794 Wild 'see' after 'nah' call on Mackintosh / meets Godwin 13.7.1794. In Godwin's 1796 list (crossed out) for 1794; also in 1794 version.

John Wilde early friend of James Mackintosh in Speculative Society in Edinburgh, son of Edinburgh tobacconist, became Professor of Civil Law at Edinburgh, died 6.2.1840 (Patrick O'Leary, Sir James Mackintosh The Whig Cicero). Perhaps also 19.4.1804 call on R Taylor and Fell at Wild's

Parr's Works vol 8 p146 letter from Wilde to Parr 1.10.1793
 

dine with mrs Cotton at mrs Wilford's, (mr Mangles) Hurley Bottom 29.11.1799 / 4.12.1801 Wilford at Northmore's

Public Advertiser 4.10.1787 reported on the private theatricals at his house in Faringdon, Berks of Henry James Pye DNB 1745-1813 then MP for Berkshire and later poet laureate. The play The Padlock was performed by Pye, his two daughters, and Mrs & Miss Wilford. Mrs Wilford's performance as Mungo was praised, her accent being "quite in the Negro style". There was a family of Wilfords who were theatre servants but came up in the world when Priscilla Wilford married the…

7.3.1789 H Wilkes at B Hollis'. Heaton Wilkes brother of the more famous John, malt distiller went bankrupt 1779 from financing his brother then inherited from their mother 1781; coal merchant 1783-91, died 19.12.1803 age 76 (newspapers & directories). In PCC wills there is also a Hope Wilkes 1803 and a Henry Wilkes 1805

10.6.1798 Tho Wilkes on coach from Bath

Wilkie 23.3.1805 at Philips'

Later Wilkies have been coded on GD website to David Wilkie DNB 1785-1841 but since his Life by Alan Cunningham makes it clear from Wilkie's own records that he arrived in London for the first time on 20.5.1805 this must be another Wilkie. David had a brother Robert in London but this was more likely to have been George Wilkie bookseller of 57 Paternoster Row, with his brother Thomas Wilkie to 1797 and with John Robinson from 1806. Thomas Wilkie published the London Chronicle 1790-1807

16.11.1809 call on Wilkie / 22.12.1809 call on Wilkie & R

Both of the above entries have been coded in GD website to David Wilkie painter DNB 1785-1841 but as they both come in strings of booksellers Godwin was calling on they should clearly belong to George Wilkie bookseller, partner with John Robinson at 57 Paternoster-row (Holdens directory 1811)