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call on dr White 13.10.1794

Joseph White (DNB 1746-1814) was called Dr White in the diary. He appeared in Godwin's 1796 list as Dr White in 1787, the year he received his doctorate (also in 1794 version as White). Godwin called on him at Oxford 13.10.1794 but he was 'nah' (not at home), and finally got to meet him again at Oxford on 9.10.1801, by which time they would have had very different political views but Godwin was probably attracted by his scholarship and his humble origins. The 'talk of White' with Dr Parr on 3.7.1795 most likely refers to him as he was a protege of Parr's…

mrs White 29.4.1800 at Foulkes's / 30.4.1800 at mrs Foulkes'

Dorothea Susanna White widow of Laugharne age 50 plus in 1802 witness in divorce case of John and Philippa Foulkes London Metropolitan Archives DL/C/288 f239). John White = Dorothea Susanna Tago 11.10.1770 Snitterfield Warwicks

H White at Debrett's 1.4.1797

Nephew of Gilbert White of Selborne, he had a twin brother Henry Holt White who moved in similar circles but was less prominent as a radical. Thomas's letters to Major John Cartwright are at Hampshire Archives 16M97. On 7.6.1801 and 27.4.1824 Godwin called him Holt White, but he was probably also the H White of 1.4.1797 at Debrett's, of 29.11.1801 and 28.2.1802 at Tooke's and of 10.9.1802 'meet H White'. On 21.6.1802 there was a curious entry "call on White, FTC incog". Though it seems strange that Godwin should have called incognito on someone he had…

write to Poole & W L White 5.6.1802 / 5.3.1803 call on Gascoyne, & Northcote, with W L White / 7.3.1803 W L White adv at theatre / 10.3.1803 W L White & E Napier dine / 3.3.1805 W L White calls / 15.12.1805 again / 9.2.1806 again / 15.3.1807 again / 22.3.1807 again / 30.1.1810 again

William Lambert White of Yeovil will PCC 1845. Master Extraordinary in High Cort of Chancery 6.12.1791 London Gazette. Captain Yeovil Gentlemen & Yeomanry 21.7.1798 London Gazette. Died 17.4.1845 at New Hummums Hotel Covent Garden aged 78. See Burt, Miss

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.

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