A-Z of Entries

HCR diary 29.1.1845 called on "Miss Denman but I did not go in. Her sister Marian was buried that morning from the house - a happy release for the survivors at all events"

                      1.2.1845 "I found Miss Denman in trouble - She has been ill-treated by Miss Bourgoin with whom her late sister Marian lived but she ought to feel the death of her sister a great comfort"

Mary Ann Denman buried 29.1.1845 from Upper Norton St age 64. She was an unmarried sister of Maria Denman, perhaps the Mary Ann Denman bapt 3.1776 at Whitechapel, though her age at death suggests she…

HCR diary 22.5.1823 at Bischoff's "Mr Briggs from Constantinople"

                      8.4.1826 "Aders spoke of Thomas Stansfeld's bankruptcy and blamed it on his father-in-law Briggs"

                    11.7.1836 at Mrs Aders blue stocking party "Briggs"

These are possibly three different Briggs. Samuel Briggs, British pro-consul at Alexandria 1805 (British Library IOR/H/479 p 537). From 1810 he was a merchant in London and Alexandria. Morning Post 17.1.1823 he spoke at meeting in London about the distress after earthquakes in Syria. In 1837 he spoke to the Select…

HCR diary 12.1.1828 at Flaxman's "The Aders were there and a Mr Briscoe a very agreeable man" (Saint- Surrey magistarte - beautiful wife etc)

John Ivatt Briscoe (History of Parliament 1791-1870) married 25.9.1819 at St James Piccadilly to Anne Maria dau of Sir Joseph Mawbey, 2nd baronet

HCR diary 14.4.1820 Mrs Brown wife of Ipswich architect "very agreeable young woman - sensible without pretension, frank and easy without obtrusive egotism, respectful without obsequiousness. She brought her two little girls with her and was no restraint on our conversation"

William Brown architect of Ipswich 1778-1851 (Colvin). His father was Crispin Brown shoemaker of Mendham, Suffolk. He married Harriet Jermyn at Ipswich in 1810, they baptised children there (Harriet Jermyn 1813, Marianne Layton 1815, Isabella 1816, Ellen 1818, William 1820, Margaret Latitia 1823, Rose Emma 1826…

HCR diary 9.7.1823 Miss Hays living at Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich where a Mrs Browne keeps a school

               21.12.1823 in Greenwich "at Mr Brown's where I dined by invitation with Miss Hays - rather a dull but not an unpleasant afternoon. Mrs B: is apparently an amiable woman - both Mrs Hays and Mrs Aders think highly of her as a schoolmistress. The husband seems a mighty insignificant man - his occupation is keeping his wife's accounts - but they are attached like lovers to each other - Miss Tuck, Mrs B's sister is a worthy woman too...there are two sons....the elder...a…

HCR diary 6.3.1839 re: sale of Aders' pictures "to have some catalogues sent to Germany and hope that Bunsen may assist in this"

Christian Karl Josias Freiherr von Bunsen (1791-1860) met Robinson in Rome in 1829, married about 1816 an Englishwoman Frances Waddington, his stepsister Christiane Bunsen born 1806 (Marquardt II p240 n)

GODWIN DIARY: R & Sophia Burdet 27.8.1804 at Tooke's

Robert son of Francis Burdett DNB 1770-1844 born 16.4.1796 died 1880 and his sister Sophia who married 23.10.1833 Robert Otway Cave and died 1849

B Jones 9.3.1806 at Tooke's

This may have referred to Sir Francis Burdett, who after the death of his aunt Lady Jones, "took the name of Jones by royal licence 5.4.1800 but only briefly affected it" (historyofparliamentonline) or possibly to his younger brother William Jones Burdett 1774-1840. Both have person records in the GD website, and Godwin had several times…

GODWIN DIARY: 6.4.1796 at Stoddart's / 25.6.1796 meet Carr & Burrel, call on Stoddart / 29.7.1796 Montagu's adv Tobin, Matthews & Burrel / 10.1.1797 sup at Carr's with Turner, Burrel, Bell & Littledale / 6.2.1797 Tobin's, with Holcroft. White & Burrel adv Matthews / 12.4.1797 meet Burrel / 21.4.1797 Tobin & Burrel call / 15.6.1797 Burrel adv at Holcroft's / 1.7.1797 Burrel dines with Godwin / 8.11.1797 adv at Holcroft's / 18.3.1798 again / 19.5.1798 adv at theatre / 17.6.1798 meet / 8.7.1798 at Holcrofts with Foulkes 9.12.1798 at Holcrofts with Foulkes & Spurling /…

GODWIN DIARY: 8.11.1817 call on / 13.7.1821 call on

The GD website has coded these to be Longdill's partner, though the context is minimal this is probably correct, for his details see below

CRABB ROBINSON DIARY: 25.4.1818 at Aders with Longdill "Butterfield, L's partner"

                                                  26.1.1823 Longdill "partnership is dissolved between him and his partner Butterfield"

London Gazette 25.1.1823 partnership dissolved between Pynson Wilmot Longdill & Walter Butterfield from 31.12.1822. Walter Butterfield son of Thomas B. of…