A-Z of Entries

mrs Mills 16.3.1793 at Hannah Godwin's / Mrs Milne 22.5.1793 at James Marshall's with Hannah Godwin.

Maybe same person in which case Milne is more likely correct (see Milne Mrs)

16.1.1801 mrs Mills at Sarah Elwes' / 19.1.1801S E & m Mills call / 5.2.1801 mrs Mills adv at S Elwes' / 13.2.1801 call on mrs Mills / 20.2.1801 meet mrs Mills / 25.2.1801(mesd) Mills adv at S Elwes

Mrs Mills Great Titchfield St subscr to Bell's Shakspere 1788 / Mrs Elizabeth Mills lived at 28 Charlton St near to Godwin in the Polygon in 1799 but since she only appeared at Sarah Elwes that…

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

Sir Thomas Mills witness at the Old Bailey 28.6.1780 said he had a house in Poland St and implied he had lived there six or seven years / Dictionary of Canadian Biography Sir Thomas Mills d.1793 London insolvent / Sir Thomas Mills 1739-1793 = 1.11.1774 at Cranbrook House Essex, seat of Andrew Moffat, Esq  to Elizabeth Moffat 1756-1816, their dau Eliza Finch Mills 1776-1826 / Sir Thomas Mills of Adelphi voted 1780 Rodney & Lincoln / Morning Chronicle 29.3.1774 Sir Thomas Mills appointed governor of New Jersey in place…

dr Milne 5.12.1797 at Joseph Johnson's / 1.11.1827 Milne at Fra. Wright's

Rev Dr Colin Milne will PCC 1815 DNB 1743-1815 lecturer of St Paul Deptford, preacher at City oif London Lying In hospital, his works published by several of Johnson's rivals (Geo Robinson, Lowndes, Cadell). Dr John Milne will PCC 1842 of Bombay

Mrs Milne 22.5.1793 at James Marshall's with Hannah Godwin & Mrs Mills 16.3.1793 at Hannah Godwin's (see Mills, Mrs). May have been same person in which case Milne is more likely correct

Mr Milne surveyor Upper Marybone St subscr to Cox's Voyage 1791

Andrew Milne of Gt Russell St Bloomsbury Esq shopman to Mr Jordan bookseller Fleet St (witness in treason trials 1794) (see Jordan, Jeremiah Samuel)

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Milner Esq of Aldermanbury proposed member 4.5.1792 by John Wheeler 2nded Bush (Michael or Atkinson?)

SunFire 1785 John Allcock & Joseph Milner warehousemen 11 King St Cheapside / World 8.3.1790 Joseph Milner, grocer, of Oxford St, bankrupt, certificate 1.5.1790 / Public Advertiser 27.1.1794 Joseph Milner and Edward Davies, of Noble Lane, Cheapside, haberdashers, bankrupt / Times 25.2.1794 furniture for sale of Joseph Milner of 37 City Rd warehouseman a bankrupt /. List of witnesses for treason trials Morning Post 16.10.1794 Joseph…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Richard Slater Milnes of Newland Park nr Wakefield proposed member 18.4.1783 by John Cartwright (by letter) 2nded Jeremiah Batley. / James Milnes of Wakefield proposed member 30.1.1784 by George Lloyd (by letter?) 2nded Edward Bridgen / John Milnes of Wakefield proposed member 13.2.1784 by William Smith 2nded Thomas Brand Hollis

For the common ancestry of these cousins see Betham's Baronetage 1805 vol 5 no 468.

Richard Milnes d 1706 married Elizabeth Wilson. Their son John d 1742 married Elizabeth Lapidge and their son James 1721-1792…

Milton 24.12.1799 at Lanesborough's / 19.1.1800 again

If Godwin deferentially placed the aristocrats first (Milton is followed by Landaff (qv) & Laval (qv)) this may have been a Lord Milton. But the only possibles I could find were Charles Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton DNB 1786-1857 who was probably too young to be at this dinner, and George Damer, d.1808 who had earlier been styled Lord Milton but in 1798 had succeeded to the Earldom of Dorchester. He had no sons and his heir would have been his brother Lionel but I'm not sure if a brother would use such a courtesy title. In…

20.11.1789 Mirabeau talk of with Robinson / 22.12.1789 Ml Mu talk of at B Hollis.

Surely Marechal Comte Honore de Mirabeau 1749-91
 

Mitchel 11.7.1797 at Joseph Johnson's / 1.12.1800 miss Mitchel at Sarah Elwes / 25.2.1801 again / 26.5.1801 Mitchel at Nicholson's / 21.6.1808 calls / 20.5.1831 Mitchel (Tyne Mercury) calls / 20.6.1833 seek Haughton & Mitchel / 21.6.1833 call on Haughton (Asiatic Society) / 22.6.1833 call with Rowbothom on Mitchel, A S

1801 at Nicholson's may have been John Mitchell DNB 1785-1859 army officer and writer, as the DNB states "In 1801 he was sent to a mathematical school in London taught by a Mr Nicholson".

1831 was probably Henry Armstrong Mitchell 1799-1854 publisher of the…

HCR diary 15.2.1822 Mitchells at Masqueriers

                    28.3.1829 Mrs Mitchell at Masqueriers in Brighton

John James Masquerier (DNB 1778-1855) married in 1812 Rachel widow of Rober Eden Scott and daughter of Duncan Forbes-Mitchell. The Mitchells could well have been the family of one of her married brothers then living, either John Forbes-Mitchell born 1784, married Ann Powell in 1809, had 6 children and died  9.7.1822, or Henry David Forbes-Mitchell born 1790, married Margaret Fraser in 1816 and had several children by her by 1822. He died in 1869

Mitford 12.8.1801 at Reynolds', North Cray

Outside possibility George Mitford 1760-1842 of Bertram House, Reading in his daughter's DNB article Mary Russell Mitford 1787-1855.

30.12.1811 Godwin sees Mocatta at theatre with E Fenwick and her son Orlando.

Eliza Fenwick was then working as a governess for the Mocattas (I. Grundy, intro. to Secresy). See DNB for Mocatta family.

Moffat 31.12.1793 at Thelwals / 28.1.1794 at Muir's / 26.1.1801 at Charles Lamb's (probably a different Moffat).

William Moffat, Edinburgh solicitor (Nat Arch TS11/956/3501). A letter from Maurice Margarot in Edinburgh to the London Corresponding Society received 26.12.1793 introduced the bearer William Moffatt (Thale) so he had only been in London a week when Godwin met him. Private agent for Muir and Palmer (Barrell & Mee, Treason Trials vol 5). William Moffatt of Charles St, Edinburgh was the Edinburgh office of the Courier newspaper 1799-1800
 

In 1794 version of Godwin's 1796 list for 1784, left out of 1796 list / 14.12.1796 Moir at House of Commons (Austrian Subsidy)

Probably the Rev John Moir (see D Rivers, Literary memoirs of Living Authors p 51 (1798) who said he was "supposed to have been concerned in some of the newspapers") curate and rector of St Dionis Backchurch, supposed to have written a life of C J Fox in 1783 (also ascribed to a Mr Laurence) but his work "Preventive Policy" was said to be of quite conservative views. Morning Chronicle 22.11.1823 said Thomas Erskine when briefly Lord Chancellor presented Moir…

9.7.1800 dine at la. Moira's / 11.7.1800 call on Moira / 24.7.1800 again / 1.8.1800 call on la. Moira / 9.8.1800 dine at la. Moira's / 13.4.1808 Countess of Moira dies / 28.11.1826 Hastings dies

The two calls on Moira in Dublin were between two dinners at La. Moira's. Otherwise Godwin only recorded their deaths, using the name Hastings for Lord Moira. It is possible that Moira in 1800 referred to Lady Moira and that Godwin never met Lord Moira. See Francis Hastings DNB 1754-1826 and Elizabeth Rawdon DNB 1731-1808.

Molets & c in Putney coach 29.7.1798

Molini calls 20.4.1802 / 18.6.1802 adv at Nicholson's

Peter Molini 1730-1806 (British Book Trades Index) bookseller in London from 1765-1798, trading in 1795 as P & G Molini and as Molini, Polidori, Molini & Co. He voted Fox & Hood in 1790 from Shepherd St, Hanover Sq. James John Molini had an Italian perfumery warehouse in Haymarket. According to Highfill Burnim & Langhans Signor Molini singer, manager & composer was living at 14 Hanover Sq in 1797 (letter from Mme Mara to Jane Pope), and miss Molini performed at Drury Lane Theatre in 1798-99. Newspapers of 28.6…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Molini 26 Poland St ratebooks 1777 // see Highfill, Burnim & Langhans for Signor Molini (fl. 1785-97?) singer, acting manager, composer? and Miss Molini (fl. 1797-1800) actress

5.2.1806 write to Molony

<S Abinger c.39 f.15 copy in Godwin's hand of letter from D P Molony Kingston Jamaica dated 14.1.1806 to Marsh & Creed 26 Norfolk St London concerning the death of Lt Wollstonecraft, Godwin's brother in law. Probably the David Patrick Molony merchant of Falmouth, Cornwall will PCC 4.5.1813

5.2.1798 at (John) King's. In Godwin's 1796 list 

Prince Joseph of Monaco 1763-1816 see Wikipedia.  His first wife was guillotined in July 1794 and he then married Frances Margaret dau of Mark Rainsford of Saleen co Kildare and widow of Major General Welbore Ellis Doyle DNB 1758 -1798 will PCC 1798, she died 1.12.1806.