A-Z of Entries

miss Stephens 24.6.1799 adv at Chandler's (& Calcot)

see Calcot

call on mrs Stephenson with M(ary) J(ane) 16.9.1805 / 22.9.1805 Tho Stephenson at tea / 14.1.1806 Stephenson, Beresford & 2 Rowans dine / 28.3.1806 G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) and F Rowan dine; adv Stephenson  / 15.12.1806 call on Thos Stephenson / 4.6.1807 G(race) M(ary) C(ooper) & 3 Stephensons & Jno Turner dine / 25.9.1835 Sir B Stephenson calls, invisible

See also my entry for Stevenson, though one place where the two were possibly confused was meet Stevenson on 14.9.1805 two days before the call on mrs Stephenson above (Godwin had noted no Stevenson since 1802 and no…

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London addresses dataset

William Sterck 16 Poland St ratebooks 1786-1792 / will London Consistory Court 1791 William Sterck watchmaker & dentist died 8.10.1791 widow Mary under £800

2.7.1789 Stirling at Billingsgate with Robinson &c. / Sterling at Holcroft's 13.7.1794. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1789 and in 1794 version. 

Joseph Sterling DNB fl 1765-1794. Sterling's poems were published in Dublin in 1781 by Luke White, in London in 1794 by T Payne, and in London in 1789 by Robinson, so three of his publishers were present at this dinner. He lived chiefly in Ireland but his presence in London in 1794 coincided with the publication of his Odes there. George Cecil of Dublin was his uncle, published his first work and left him a legacy.

Steven 1.1.1803 at Philips

Possibly James Stephen DNB 1758-1832 but as a Clapham Sect slavery abolitionist would perhaps not have been at Richard Phillips more radical gathering. His War in Disguise was published in 1805 and sold by Hatchard and by Butterworth, more establishment booksellers. The name Steven so spelt was not entirely uncommon in London, though much commoner in Scotland, in PCC wills there were John Steven Lt RN 1803 (proved 22.3), William Steven tailor of Charing Cross 1808 (voted Fox & Tooke 1796, Fox & Gardner 1802, Hood 1806), Margaret Steven widow of…

Stevens 2.3.1792

see Stephens, Alexander

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Sarah Stevens spinster SunFire 1781 37 Poland St / presumably a subtenant of George Gundry (QV*) or James Bine (QV*) / SunFire 1779 Sarah Stevens spinster 23 Union St / SunFire 1778 Sarah Stephens spinster Mill St Hanover Sq / Sarah Stevens ratebooks 1782 Orange St North, St James / SunFire 1786 Sarah Stephens victualler The Sugar Loaf, Bell Yard, Temple Bar / William Weekley of Barnwell, Northants = Marylebone 10.12.1787 Sarah Stevens otp by Archbishop's lic wits Fredk & Cath Phelan / Sarah Stevens a common name so all…

1.4.1794 at Jennings' / 2.4.1794 in Newgate with Gerrald & many / 18.6.1795 at Parkinson's with Thelwall & Beaumont / 11.3.1800 theatre adv Stevenson & sharer / 19.8.1801 Despard & Stevenson call / 10.7.1802 theatre adv Stevenson / 14.9.1805 meet / 23.7.1806 at Joseph Johnson's / 28.1.1807 at Lauderdale's with Maitland / 8.5.1810 Godwin calls on / 10.5.1810, 17.5.1810, 31.5.1810, 17.6.1810, 15.7.1810, 20.9.1810, 24.9.1810 & 26.9.1810 Stevenson calls / 31.7.1811 call on Stevenson (King St) / 27.8.1814 Stevenson beggar calls / 1.10.1814 C(harles) C(lairmont) from…

5.2.1795 dr Stevenson adv at King's / Stevenson 18.3.1795 adv at King's /  4.4.1796 Stevenson at King's / 26.4.1798 again / 7.11.1798 again / 16.1.1799 again

James Stevenson son of Hugh Stevenson surgeon of Egham, Surrey (will PCC 1792). Morning Chronicle 17.11.1788 a dispute concerning Sir Joseph Mawbey and a game of whist at Staines. Sun 20.2.1795 defendant in case brought by Ross, wine merchant. From 1802-7 involved in Chancery disputes with John King's stepson Augustus Butler Danvers. The Morning Chronicle 2.2.1811 described him as surgeon to John King. The Hampshire Telegraph…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Dr William Stevenson of Newark, Notts proposed member 3.1.1783 by John Cartwright 2nded Richard Brocklesby

William Stevenson DNB c1719-1783 which talks about him as a physician but not as a poet. See his Poems 1765 dedicated to his father William Stevenson, with poems addressed to Rev Edward Young DNB 1683-1765, John Home DNB 1722-1808 author of Douglas and Agis, William Woty DNB 1732-1791, and Mark Akenside DNB 1721-1770. also a poet and physician. He also published An Ode to Peace 1776

walking Stuart 12.2.1792 at Holcroft's / 28.5.1793 Stuart calls / 12.2.1798 Stewart at Fordyce's / 31.1.1800 Stewart calls / 19.2.1800 meet Stewart / 26.3.1800 Stewart col at King's / 5.6.1800 meet Stewart / 9.9.1800 Stewart at Taggart's / 16.10.1800 meet W Stewart / 21.1.1802 W Stewart calls / 8.8.1805 W Stuart calls / 2.1.1806 W Stewart calls / 2.12.1806 W Stewart calls / 6.5.1807 W Stewart calls (not seen) / 18.5.1807 Stewart calls / 26.6.1807 W Stuart calls / 4.7.1807 W Stuart calls / 12.3.1808 J Stewart calls / 30.12.1808 Stewart calls

John "Walking" Stewart DNB 1747-1822.…

col Stewart 26.3.1800 at John King's

Lots of Colonel Stewarts in Army Lists. Col James Stewart of Cooks Town Ireland subscr 1798 to D R O'Conor pro-Catholic work

26.9.1809 call on Stewart, C House

Coded in GD website to John 'Walking' Stewart DNB 1747-1822, but should be Rev John Stewart of Charterhouse. Wife Eliza, dau Louisa married Francis Eccles Barker of Admiralty Office (Cornish Archives TF/2649)

HCR diary 8.7.1834 "I went to the National Gallery, where I met by appointment Miss Mackenzie. Mr Stewart Mackenzie and Lady Charlotte Proby were there and we together admired the Corregios - I afterwards accompanied the ladies to Aders' Gallery"

Stewart Mackenzie, James Alexander (1784-1843) in History of Parliament (1820-1832) who added the name Mackenzie to that of Stewart when he became the second husband of Mary Elizabeth Frederica Stewart-Mackenzie (DNB 1783-1862) whose mother Mary née Proby was first cousin to John Joshua Proby (DNB 1751-1828) whose eldest daughter by his…

see Autobiography of Francis Place ed. Mary Thale pages 121, 123-5

Matthew Stimson bach = St Giles Cripplegate 9.11.1763 martha Amery sp botp
Martha Ann Stimson born 29.7.1767 bapt 6.8.1767 Endell St Lying-in Hospital dau of Matthew age 27 swordcutter & Martha discharged 13.8.1767 recommender Catherine Macaulay
Martha bapt 20.2.1774 St Sepulchre dau of Matthew Stimson & Martha
Mary Ann Stimson born 22.12.1775 bapt 14.1.1776 St Sepulchre dau of Matthew Stimson & Martha

Matthew Stimson broker Fleet Lane SunFire 1780
City of London…

Stirley calls 26.10.1797

20.11.1809 call on Stockdales

John Stockdale 1749-1814 bookseller 180 (or 108?) Piccadilly, or his son John Joseph Stockdale bookseller at 41 Pall Mall

Stodart, G S at H(olcrof)ts 13.5.1798 / 19.7.1802 miss Stodart at Nicholson's

William Stodart of Golden Square. member Socy for Encouragement of Arts Manuf Commerce 1798-1800 / Mrs & Wm Stodart Land Tax 1798 Golden Square East / Holdens 1811 M & W Stodart grand piano manufacturers 1 Golden Sq / will PCC 1841 William Stodart 3 Avenue Rd Regents Park piano manufacturer mentioned son Matthew dau Marian wife of Charles Gurneys, exec Geo Stodart of 11 Russell Sq Bloomsbury / Robert Stodart pianoforte maker 99 Wardour st Soho 1789 / Mathew Stodart bapt 5.11.1783 St Ann Manchester…

6.4.1796 breakfast at Sts / 21.4.1796 J St at Tobin's / 24.7.1796 call on S (adv Tobin)

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1796 (crossed out) but this is not coded to his person record on GD website. The three entries above should also be added to John Stoddart on GD website

theatre, Stoke; School for Scandal & Catharine 8.8.1797

On GD website this entry is event tagged but the link is empty. This visit is covered in Godwin's letter to Mary Wollstonecraft (Abinger c40 f74-5). The "company of strollers" was based at Newcastle-under-Lyme. Catharine was David Garrick's adaptation of William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew