A-Z of Entries

30.9.1809 call on Wheble

John Wheble bookseller 18 Warwick-sq Newgate-st. 1745-1820, had been a newspaper printer and owner. Not far from Skinner-st. Only mention in Godwin's diary

16.1.1821 tea Aldis's, w. mesds Wheeler (&c) / 7.3.1826 La C Lamb's, w. Bulwer, Wheeler (&c) / 12.9.1829 tea mrs Wheeler / 26.9.1829 call on mrs Wheeler (not seen) / 18.11.1829 tea sir John Doyle & mrs Wheeler

Anna Doyle Wheeler DNB 1785?-1848. The dates fit with her times in London from the DNB article. The Wheeler at Lady Caroline Lamb's does not have a feminine title, but Godwin often dropped it especially for independent-minded women. It could also have been Mrs Wheeler's daughter Rosina, as Edward Bulwer Lytton was present and would propose to her the next month,…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

see Wilmot, Edward, 21 Poland St / Old Bailey 15.7.1778 Mr Wilmot witness "my house is in Poland St almost opposite Marlborough St" Jane Wheeler witness "I am the wife ofJohn Wheeler, we rent a room of Mr Wilmot but I had let this room to one John Davidson, it is a front room up two pair of stairs". John Wheeler was a common name but he may have been the same as John Wheeler carpenter Carnaby St SunFire 1778 whose son John was taken apprentice 1779 / John Wheeler carpenter of North Row, St George Han Sq voted Fox 1784 / SunFire…

John Wheeler of Fleet Street proposed Society for Constitutional Information 23.3.1792 by Michael Bush 2nded Doctor Edwards

John Wheeler hosier 150 Fleet Street directories 1790, 1791 Land Tax 1790-1798. I couldn't identify his family or his career before or after those years, his name was a common one. The premises at 150 Fleet St were occupied until 1790 by John Baguley hatter & hosier and from 1798 by Robert Pettit and by 1807 by Sarah & Elizabeth Pettit hosiers & glovers. The adjacent premises at 151 Fleet St were occupied from 1783 to 1793 by Richard Wheeler…

15.2.1808 call on Wheeler (B Hosp)

Thomas Wheeler buried 11.8.1847 Norwood Cemetery aged 93 from Newcastle Court, College Hill. 1775 freedom of Apothecaries Co. Probably the TW who married Ann Blatch sp 24.6.1789 St Pancras. 1801 candidate for apothecary to St Barts in place of Mr Roberts, had been assistant apothecary there for 17 years, address Bolt Court, Fleet St. Retired as apothecary to St Barts 1822. 1841 census Gracechurch St. Will PCC 1847 of St Bartholomews Hospital mentions six sons Thomas Lowe, Charles West, William Lowe, James Lowe, Lowe & Joseph.

miss Wheler 3.11.1805 at Rowan's

Perhaps Charlotte or Penelope daughters of Edward Wheler will PCC 1785 brother of Rev Charles Wheler 7th bart. 1730-1821. Charlotte died unmarried in 1861 and Penelope married Charles John Craven in 1817. Their cousin the 8th bart Trevor Wheler 1763-1830 married Harriet dau of Richard Beresford of Ashbourne, Derbys in 1792 but I couldn't find any connection between the Beresfords of Ashbourne and Benjamin Beresford from Bewdley, Worcs who married Hamilton Rowan's sister (see my entry for Beresford). Trevor Wheler 8th bart had 5 sisters including…

28.12.1796 Wishaw at Tooke's / 17.11.1814 at Lady Mackintosh's / 7.1.1815 invited C M's with R Sharp & Wishaw / 11.1.1815 at Mackintosh's

Probably the barrister and equity draftsman John Whishaw 1765-1840 , later known as "the Pope of Holland House", a Whig fixer and executor of Samuel Romilly's will in 1818. His letters are much quoted in History of Parliament but there seems to be no biographical notice of him in any reference works but I found something on the net at www.turtlebunbury.com and a book "The Pope of Holland House" by…

HCR diary 14.2.1819 at Aders "Mr Longdale and I talked about Whitbred and on professional subjects"

Samuel Whitbread (DNB 1764-1815) had two sons in politics William Henry Whitbread 1795 - 1867 MP for Bedford 1818 - 1834, and Samuel Charles Whitbread 1796 - 1879 MP for Middlesex 1820 - 1830. See History of Parliament

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1780 and also in the 1794 version, between Munnings and Harmer. There is a person record in GD website for 'generic' White but the entry in the 1796 list has not been coded to it. 22.1.1789 White (after Warton and before Kippis) at Robinson's / 24.1.1789 White (after Warton and before Kippis) at Hamilton's / no more for 3 years

I have done some research on the White entries in Godwin's diary but I'm still some way from identifying them all, I will probably add to this entry later but for now I'll discuss who the White in 1780 and the White in 1789 might…

11.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, White &c / 20.8.1810 Examination of sir R(ichard) P(hillips); White &c / 21.8.1810 Guildhall; Tabart, White &c

These entries are coded on GD website to a generic White person record. While the other White entries in 1810 and adjacent years may all belong to James White DNB 1775-1820, these three entries were likely a creditor or friend of Benjamin Tabart whose bankruptcy proceedings they were part of. This could have been James White in his business as newspaper agent or perhaps a friend of Tabart's, but some other possibles were John White (…

Ant. White 25.6.1833 calls

Seems very likely to be the surgeon (DNB 1781-1849). For example on 18.3.1835 Godwin calls on him ", confined one week". Though the DNB doesnt mention his wife, his will (Nat Arch PROB11/2090) mentions the portrait "of my late dear wife". (This portrait was said to have won George Dawe his election to the Royal Academy). Though Godwin dined or supped 4 times at Ant White's where Geo White was present each time, they were not brothers. James White of Isleworth was born at Richmond in 1771 and his brother George at Richmond in 1785, children of James and…

10.5.1793 &c. Has now been given person record on GD website since I researched him but 5.11.1798 missed

A soldier serving in India who called on Godwin perhaps paying him to write for him. Godwin wrote to Maj White on 10.5.1793, which may not have been him as his promotion to Major was in 1798, though officers on half pay were often given the honour of one extra rank. Then Maj White called on 20.7.1798, 25.10.1798, 29.10.1798, 9.11.1798, 11.11.1798 and 13.11.1798. On 23.1.1799 Godwin called on him, then he called on 28.1.1799, 9.2.1799, 21.2.1799, 25.4.1799, 9.7.1799, 18.10.…

miss White 18.1.1801 at Charles Lamb's / 18.2.1801 White at Lamb's / 4.3.1801 again / 18.5.1801 at his with Lamb

Miss White was perhaps a sister of Lamb's friend James White DNB 1775-1820 who was probably the White of the next entries above, and many later ones. (The GD website has different Whites coded to one generic person record White). He was born in Bewdley, Worcs and his siblings may have been Joseph b1772, Sarah b1777 & Polly b1779. Polly may have been a Margaret White who died 1864. Lamb also mentioned the Whites of Bishopsgate St in a letter to Barron Field of 1820.…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

John White ratebooks 9 Poland St 1797 / SunFire John White cabinet maker 9 Poland St 1798 / John White cabinet maker Poland St voted Paull 1806 / Sun Fire John White cabinet maker and Elizabeth White his wife 12 Poland St 1821 / John White = St James 16.1.1813 Elizabeth Croft (QV*)  (3 Poland St  1788) this may be just a coincidence of name

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

Dr White of Nottingham proposed Society for Constitutional Information 28.7.1780 by George Walker 2nded John Jebb

His father Snowden White married Sarah Latham on 21.8.1728 at Hartshorne, Derby / will PCC 1754 of Ebenezer Latham Doctor of Physic of Derby mentioned son-in-law Snowden White / London Evening Post 28.2.1775 Snowden White Doctor of Physic at Derby died 19.2.1775, his will PCC 1775 mentioned son Snowden / Derby Mercury 14.7.1824 Snowden White in list of pupils at Derby Free School between 1760 and 1770 / MD 1769 Edinburgh On Venereal Ulcers / SunFire 1778 Snowden White MD…

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…

William White of George St, Manchester Sq proposed Society for Constitutional Information 9.11.1792 by Joseph Gerrald 2nded Charles Sinclair

Perhaps William White of King St, Portman Sq who joined Whig Club 5.4.1791, and perhaps the author of A Dissertation on Government by William White Esq printed for J Ridgway, York St, St James 1792 / World 11.1.1793 Old Bailey 10.1.1793 William White Esq gave evidence as a victim of theft against his former servant George Plater. White stated that he lived with his mother, a widow of fortune, at George St, Manchester Sq /  Mary White Land Tax…

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