A-Z of Entries

John Boyes merchant of Hull proposed 3.8.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Edward Bridgen. SunFire 1777 JB master mariner Whitby, Yorks 1780 merchants Kingston-upon-Hull & merchants for acc of the concerned 1781, 1783 merchants Hull 1785 grocers, tea dealers Hull, merchant Hull. Subscr to Hinderwell's Scarborough 1798, JB jr sub to Darling's Four Gospels 1800.

Benjamin Bradley Esq of Little St Helens proposed 8,6,1787 by Thomas Brand Hollis 2nded Batley. The notes below are on more than one Benjamin Bradley, each para perhaps a different one

17.4.1784 BB merchant of Clements Lane = at St Mary Lambeth Sarah Aldridge of Bisley, Glos (Gloucester Journal 26.4) their son James Daniel born 17.6.1787 bapt 21.6.1787 St Helens Bishopsgate, his mother died 18.6.1787 and was buried at Bisley Glos / directories 1786, 1787 BB merchant of 2 Little St Helens, Bishopsgate Within / BB steward of Revolution Socy 4.11.1786 / 1.1.1789 BB Esq Deputy Master of…

Edward Bridgen of Lovel's Court, Paternoster Row Society of Constitutional Information original member 1780, elected Treasurer 8.12.1780.

Probably son of Edward Bridgen wine merchant of Philpot Lane and of Bridgnorth, Shropshire (carried there to be buried from St Dionis Backchurch London 13.1.1730/1) / 1756 EB steward of Socy of Ancient Britons /.1756 Bridgen & Waller lace merchants, Lovell Court /  London City alderman 1757, 1761 / Inherited estate at Hackney under will of Rev John Bridgen DD of Gresham College PCC 1760 / Married 26.9.1750 Esther Dudley at Allhallows London…

Joseph Brockbank of Nicholas Lane proposed 1.6.1792 by John Augustus Bonney 2nded John Frost

BONNEY DIARY 25.11.1794  GODWIN DIARY 31.1.1796 Brockbank at Tooke's

son of Myles Brockbank of Whitehaven, Cumberland attorney of Kings Bench, articled to his father 18.1.1781 transferred to John Winter 7.4.1785 / 1791 Joseph Brockbank attorney of 24 Nicholas Lane, Lombard St / 1792 member of Socy for Improvement in Naval Architecture 1796 secretary / JB vs Earl of Thanet Chancery cases1811 & 1812 (Nat Arch C13/126/1, 1455/8, 138/20) / solicitor Lyons Inn 1818 voted Romilly &…

Richard Brocklesby of Norfolk St, Strand original member Socy for Const Info, elected vice-president 8.12.1780. DNB 1722-1797

Brogden 22.6.1798 at House of Commons / 11.1.1802 adv at theatre (& Jervis)

James Brogden c.1765-1842 (Hist of Parl) MP for Launceston 1796-1832 on Duke of Northumberland's interest.  Joined Whig Club 12.1.1796 will PCC 1842 of Clapham Common. Proposed Socy for Const Info of Size Lane 7.12.1792 by William Maltby 2nded John Horne Tooke. Russia merchant. Perhaps the Mr Brogden who toured northern Europe in 1791 with William Joseph Denison, late MP for Camelford and also a Whig Club member

Rev Robert Anthony Bromley of Upper Charlotte St behind Fitzroy Chapel original member of Socy for Const Info. First attended 8.12.1780 after unquorate general meeting, secondly on 9.3.1781

GODWIN DIARY  20.11.1795 Bromley at Carr's

I have no clear evidence that this Bromley was the Rev Robert Anthony but it certainly could have been. He was the son of John Bromley attorney of Wigan, born about 1731 admitted Grays Inn 1759, married 1764 Mary dau of Stretch Cowley, (mariner of Liverpool and Stepney who died 1770 at Bonny in Africa), variously morning preacher at Foundling…

Capt Broome of Hampstead proposed Socy for Const Info 11.5.1792 by John Farnell Tuffin 2nded William Sharpe. Capt Broome on committee of Revolution Society 4.11.1791. Probably son of Ralph Broom and Mary bapt 28.2.1743 at Clyffe Pypard, Wilts. Ralph Broome captain in the service of the East India Company in Bengal, Judge Advocate in India, and Persian translator to the army, author of poetical satires, the Letters of Simkin the Second, (published 1788-1796) primarily on the trial of Warren Hastings DNB 1732-1818 (on Hastings' side), as well as prose works including observations on Paine…

Anthony Brough of White Hart Court, Bishopsgate St proposed Socy for Const Info 5.11.1782 by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield 2nded Joseph Brown. India, Russia & China merchant, managing shipowner and shipbuilder, address sometimes Salvador House, Bishopsgate St without. Prosecuted in 1789 for procuring sailors to serve in Russian ships without royal licence. His book on Necessity of Lowering Freight on East India Ships published 1786 and his View of the Trade between Great Britain & Russia published 1789 both by George Robinson (New Catalogue of Living English Authors 1799 called him…

John Brown of Golston proposed Socy for Const Info 8.6.1784 by William Middleton 2nded John Redman.

Identification only from the place name Golston, probably Galston in Ayrshire where John Brown (1729-1802) had Llanfine House built in 1769. He was a successful textile manufacturer and banker of Glasgow, son of Nicol Brown (d.1739) and Marion Campbell. He married Margaret Brown and Raeburn's portrait of her 1798/9 is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. His will PCC 1803 of Waterhaughs. Univ of Glasgow have some relevant manuscripts

Joseph Brown of Gracechurch Street proposed Socy for Const Info 5.4.1782 by John Horne Tooke 2nded Edward Hall.

Listed in directories 1778-1783 as a wholesale mercer of Gracechurch St, declared bankrupt 6.1.1783 as merchant of Gracechurch St, certificate 22.3.1783 final dividend 1791. Hard to track because there were so many Joseph Browns but he might have been the JB mercer at 370 Oxford St SunFire 1794, 1800 and/or JB silk mercer, partner George Hubbard, 14 Henrietta St Covt Gdn SunFire 1814 to 1823 and 234 Regent St from 1825

9.2.1794 at Tooke's.

Likely William Bryant of 20 Gt George St Westminster who was proposed Socy for Const Info 19.10.1792 by John Horne Tooke 2nded John Frost.

A William Bryant of Bermondsey voted for Mawbey 1775. WB probably son of WB of Reigate (will PCC 1788) and his first wife Charlotte (nee Cooke), was born abot 1760, apprenticed to Francis Vincent attorney of Southwark 1778, WB attorney 11 Staples Inn 1784, became clerk of papers and day rules in Kings Bench prison but was removed from this post in Jan 1794 for non-residence. WB bach of St Andrew Holborn married by…

John Smith Budgen of Dorking proposed Socy for Const Info 25.8.1780 by John Cartwright 2nded John Jebb, resigned 16.4.1784.

Bapt 3.7.1741 St Andrew Holborn son of Thomas Budgen (MP for Surrey 1751-1761, died 1772, History of Parliament) and his wife Penelope (d.1773) dau of Daniel Smith, Governor of Nevis. Westminster School.  Admitted Middle Temple 1756. Trinity College Oxford MA 1761.  Married 9.8.1764 St Anne Soho to Lucretia Mills (who died 8.11.1798) youngest dau of Matthew Mills of St Kitts and a granddaughter of Peter Soulegre, she had a son 26.10.1765 at their house in…

Frederick Bull of Leadenhall Street original member Socy for Const Info.

History of Parliament 1714-1784. Alderman Salter's Company, Baptist. Treasurer of Supporters of Bill of Rights. Supported John Wilkes and Lord George Gordon. His will PCC 1784

GODWIN DIARY; Buller 1.1.1795 at Sutton's / 10.4.1795 Buller contr at King's / 6.5.1795 again.

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Buller of Wilton proposed member 7.8.1782 by John Jebb 2nded Edward Bridgen.

SunFire 1788 William Buller carpet maker, Wilton1793 William Buller & Thomas Mease, Wilton, Wilts & Daniel Sutton, London, carpet manufacturers. (Sutton was also SCI member from 1792). Subscr to Sermons 1786 of John Baxter Pike (QV*). Subscr to Works of John Jebb 1787. Subscr 2gns annually to Hackney College. Haven't been able to trace him further, the…

BONNEY DIARY Bush 10.11.1794 / 14.11.1794

GODWIN DIARY Bush 22.11.1794 at Tooke's trial / 8.3.1804 call on Bush, Doctors' Commons / 22.3.1804 letter from Bush

The Bush visiting Bonney in the Tower of London and at Tooke's trial could have been Atkinson Bush will PCC 1811 spirit merchant or his son Michael Bush will PCC 1820 attorney who both joined the Society for Constitutional Information in 1791. Another son of Atkinson Bush, James Bush 1764-1830 will PCC 1830 was a proctor at Doctors Commons (one of the Procurators General of the Arches Court of Canterbury) and he was…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION Mr Thomas Campbell of Princes St, Leicester Sq proposed  27.4.1792 by Walsh 2nded Tooke & Mr Hector Campbell at the Neckinger, Bermondsey proposed SCI 9.11.1792 by Watts 2nded Rae. Both these Campbells in SCI were chemists (as were Walsh & Watts who proposed them). Thomas' will PCC 1810 surgeon & apothecary, Hector's will PCC 1831, Doctor of Medicine. Hector C & Co 27 Horslydown La 1789, active in Div 4 of London Corresponding Society (Thale), ,took out patent for bleaching rags 1794, guilty of libel on Royal College of Physicians 1807…

Stratford Canning of Clements Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 11.8.1780 by John Jebb 2nded Edward Bridgen

Merchant of 10 Clements Lane, London from at least 1776. His father Stratford  (1703-75) was son & heir of George Canning of Coleraine co Derry, was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1722 and called to the Irish bar in 1730. See DNB George Canning 1770-1827. Stratford was born 1744 (see his memorial in Putney cemetery). He married before 1774 Mehitabel (d.1831) eldest dau of Robert Patrick of St Mary Dublin and his wife Elizabeth. He was a director of The…

GODWIN DIARY: Canton 17.7.1805 at Joseph Johnson's

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Canton of the Academy, Spital Square proposed member 14.3.1783 by Jebb 2nded Satchell

2nd son of John Canton DNB 1718-1772 natural philosopher &c, and Penelope née Colebrooke. He carried on the Academy founded by his father, married 30.1.1784 St Marylebone Jane Dupere, his will PCC 1831 of Liberty of Norton Folgate

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION Edward Carter of Portsmouth proposed 3.11.1780 by John Cartwright 2nded John Jebb /  Sir John Carter of Portsmouth proposed 26.6.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Samuel Vaughan / John Carter of Portsmouth proposed 26.6.1781 by John Cartwright 2nded Edward Bridgen / William Carter of Portsmouth proposed 13.12.1782 by Joseph Towers 2nded James Martin

I think these four were John Carter 1715-1794, seven times mayor of Portsmouth whose first wife was Susannah Pike, and their three sons,  Sir John Carter 1741-1808 (nine times mayor of Portsmouth,…