A-Z of Entries

Olivier 30.1.1801 at maj. White's

25.6.1808 Omer calls

John Omer grocer Butt-la ran circulating library in Deptford 1805 / Omer printer 10 Crane-ct, Fleet-st, partner John Townsend 1808 / John Omer bookseller Chatham, Kent 1823 (bbti) / Jas Omer ornament glass cutter 13 Lower-st, Islington / James Omer glass cutter, 12 Pitfield-st, Hoxton / Wm. Omer umbrella maker, 5 Jerusalem-passage, Clerkenwell

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Arthur Onslow Esq of Middle Temple proposed member 7.5.1790 by John Lockhart 2nded Thomas Brand Hollis & Benjamin Cooper

General Advertiser 30.4.1785 Arthur Onslow Esq steward of Freemasons anniversary dinner. Morning Post 16.10.1794 list of witnesses for treason trials. Arthur Onslow 1759-1833 MP for Guildford 1812-1830 historyofparliamentonline (1790-1820 & 1820-1832)

21.11.1795 O at King's / 17,5.1800 dine at Milton Gallery with Opie; sup at Hoare's with O

John Opie DNB1761-1807 must surely have been the O at Hoare's in 1800 but GD website has it underlined. By the same token the Reynolds who supped at Hoare's was probably Samuel William the engraver rather than Frederick as the GD website has coded it. Read the whole entry for that day if you don't follow me. The O at King's 21.11.1795 was possibly also Opie who was there on 3.12.1795

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

Thomas Oriell 18 Poland St ratebooks 1790-1800 / SunFire 18 Poland St 1791 Thomas Oriell tailor, 1819, 1821 & 1825 Thomas Oriel(l) senior & junior tailors / Thomas Oriel tailor Poland St voted Fox & Tooke 1796, Hood & Paull 1806, Maxwell 1818 / Thomas Oriel = St James 1.8.1790 Mary Spencer botp by Archbishop's lic wit Abrm Walker, their children Catherine bapt 9.9.1794, Francis Henry bapt 7.3.1796, Mary Ann born 13.2.1797 bapt 30.9.1803 / Thomas Oriel taylor took appr John Hodges 1799 / Thomas…

10.6.1808 dine at Johnson's, w. Ormondys

Only instance in Godwin's diary. Ormondy or more commonly Ormandy mostly found in NW of England and in Dublin. John Ormandy stationer of Liverpool will PCC 1842 mentioned wife Cathetrine. As Johnson's family came from Liverpool area this was likely a relative by marriage or business associate

Orr 18.7.1800 at Drennan's

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Edward Osborne 34 Poland Street ratebooks 1788-1806 / SunFire 11.12.1787 Edward Osborne 34 Poland St dealer in coals, 1790 same & other property 38 Poland St / Old Bailey Sessions Papers 23.2.1789 Edward Osborne keeps a house in Poland St and deals in coals, robbed / coroners jury 1790 Edward Osborne Poland St cole marchant / Edward Osborne his mark = St James 23.6.1792 Sarah Thorp her mark botp banns wit E Harley / Edward Osborne adult from St James bur 11.4.1806 St Anne Soho / will PCC of Edward Osborne coal merchant of…

Otley 2.1.1790 at Holcroft's & 31.3.1790, 1.9.1790, 5.4.1791, 7.7.1791 there; 5.11.1791 at his; 6.7.1792 at Holcroft's; 11.11.1815 at Knowles'; 30.6.1834 Godwin calls on

Otley appeared 7 times between 1790 and 1792 always with Holcroft and mostly with known musicians (Clementi, Shield, Bosse). On 6.7.1792 Godwin listed 8 guests at Holcroft's and added 'quartets' - all the other 7 can be shown to be professional or amateur musicians which suggests Otley was a musician too

Henry Otley shoemaker of Cranbourn Alley will PCC 1771 widow Elizabeth; 1773 Henry Otley appr to…

Otridge's 18.3.1799 / 20.3.1799 again

William Otridge constable of St Mary le Strand 1770, bookseller Strand voted 1774 Pelham & Clinton, 1784 Hood & Wray, 1790 Fox, 1802 Fox & Gardner, took an appr 1786 134 Strand, died 9.11.1812 Turnham Green (Maxted) / John Otridge, 158 Strand from 1789 died 1824 aged 55 of Otridge & Rackham, booksellers Strand

breakfast at Otter's 19.6.1797 (near Cambridge)

Edward & William Otter (Alum Cant) both fellows of Jesus college Cambridge in 1797, Edward was vicar of All Saints Cambridge in 1797, William was nearer in age to Basil Montagu, who had been a student at Cambridge, and with whom Godwin was travelling round England in a chaise

see Churchill

10.12.1808 Ouisseau adv. at Phillips

No luck so far in identifying Ouisseau

meet Ouvry 4.2.1805 & Thos Campbell

Peter Aime Ouvry (see his son Frederic Ouvry DNB 1814-1881) was an under secretary at the Ordnance Office, and brother in law of John Payne Collier DNB 1789-1883. The will of his father PCC 1808 Peter Ouvry of Acton mentioned a daughter Francesca who had married 2.12.1797 at Acton John Henry Campbell, a Major in the Army 1794 who joined the Whig Club in 1798 and died at Ramsgate 9.3.1834 aged 72. Perhaps he was a relative of the poet Thomas Campbell DNB 177-1844 (who was very likely the person Godwin met with or on the same day as Ouvry) but I…

Owen 1.1.1803 at Philips / 8.4.1805 call on Owen / 12.4.1805 meet Owen / 13.4.1805 Owen calls / 14.4.1805 Davies, Owen &c: cala / 24.4.1805 Owen calls / 14.5.1805 again / 22.5.1805 again / 11.11.1805 meet Owen / 1.7.1808 again

Probably William Owen (Pughe) DNB 1759-1835. His Cambrian Biography was published London 1803 with no publisher named and the final instalment of his Welsh & English Dictionary was printed the same year for Evan Williams, Strand successor to the late Richmond Blamire (his will PCC 1799). So no clear link to Richard Phillips, but Godwin's reading of…

(P William & d. of Norfolk) 30.10.1800 at theatre

Prince William later William IV DNB 1765-1837 and Charles Howard DNB 1746-1815 11th Duke of Norfolk (no doubt in brackets because Godwin only saw them)

12.6.1806 Paddon at Wolcot's / 28.8.1806 call on Philips; adv. Wolcot, Paddon & Saxon

John Paddon was mentioned in the will PCC 11.5.1819 of John Wolcot as Mr Paddon the organist of Quebec Chapel. Not to be confused with James Paddon (died 1835 aged 67) subchanter & organist of Exeter Cathedral (Exeter Flying Post 18.6.1835), who was probably his older brother, or a cousin. Both studied under William Jackson (DNB 1730-1803)

A John Paddon married Elizabeth Stacie at Melcombe Regis Dorset 30.7.1794

(A John Paddon narried Elizabeth White at Dolton, Devon 27.11…

mrs Pagan 14.7.1802 adv at dinner (J Napier dining)

I've noticed that those who "adv" at dinners in Godwin's diary were often connections of the invited guests. I'd be interested to hear of any contemporary references to this phenomenon. In the above case that would suggest that mrs Pagan was a Yeovil connection of Mary Jane Godwin's, like the Napiers, but I found no-one called Pagan from that area, Scotland being the usual origin of the surname.

Amelia dau of Thomas Pagan gauze weaver & Jane was bapt at St Luke Old St 20.6.1784, and Thomas Pagan bachelor married Jane…

 2nd in list of "unnumbered division" (QV) joined 5.2.1794, address Steward St Bishopsgate. Curly brackets {} for records probably not closely related to the listed member

{City of London sessions 22.1.1783 statement of Rebekah wife of William Page of 118 Bishopsgate St as to how her husband apparently tried to poison her}
SunFire 1784 William Page wine merchant Devonshire St, Bishopsgate St, his will PCC 1785 dated 19.7.1785 mentioned wife Catherine, two daughters Catherine & Sarah, two sons Malachi and William, his wife's niece Jane Daily of Deal, Kent, his brother…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Paine elected Honorary member 7.12.1787

Thomas Paine DNB 1737-1809