A-Z of Entries

Wilson, Mrs

10.2.1795 mrs Wilson at King's / 22.3.1795 again / 1.6.1795 meet (after King's, with Mrs Morse)  / 3.12.1795 adv at King's / 26.1.1805 Barry & mrs Wilson adv at Carlisle's / 28.10.1806 adv at Carlisle's / 14.4.1813 Godwin calls on mrs Wilson

No reason to suppose the mrs W at King's to be the same as mrs W at Carlisle's 10 years later, but they could all be Bonne Wilson (nee Boileau) died Feb 1819 who married at Madras 1780 Lestock Wilson (died 1821) captain in East India Company's service, friend of Joseph Farington and appeared often in Farington diary. The Morses and the…


Wilton

Wilton 23.4.1797 at Holcroft's / 1.5.1797 at Wilton's with Holcrofts Grays & Barnes

Maybe Charles Henry Wilton (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans fl 1785-1805 violinist composer and singer). Holcroft and Gray were often in musical company

Maybe Joseph Wilton DNB 1722-1803 sculptor


Wiltshire, Richard

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Richard Wiltshire 26 Poland St ratebooks 1795-7 // (possibly the same as some of these) will PCC 19.4.1805 of Richard Wiltshire gent of 31 Hatton Garden dated 7.7.1803 mentioned his wife Susannah,  William, Elizabeth & Matilda his children by Mary Maitland dau of Charles & Ann Maitland of Newmarket, Cambs, and his natural sons Richard attorney & Francis, both of 31 Hatton Garden // Richard Wiltshire = St Luke Old St 20.12.1765 Susanna Kitchen / William son of Richard & Susanna of Gravile St bapt 27.5.1764 Holborn…


Winal

see Winnall


Winchester

14.12.1808 letter from Winchester / 15.12.1808 write to Winchester

Part of Godwin's requests for patronage but was this Charles Ingoldsby Paulet 1764-1843 13th Marquess of Winchester? Or even Brownlow North DNB 1741-1820 Bishop of Winchester?


Winckelmann, Frans Carel Philip

29.1.1789 Winckelmann at B Hollis' / 20.4.1789 there. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1789. and in 1794 version.

Subscribed to works of John Jebb 1787, mentioned in Brand Hollis' will (PCC 1804 dated 2.11.1792) as 'Mr de Winckelmann lately living at Ipswich'. Saur, Deutsche Biographiscche Enzyklopadie has Frans Carel Philip Baron von Winckelmann 1757-1820 friend of Schiller, visited South Africa 1788/9 and wrote report on police-free society of Xhosa, went to Ceylon (then a Dutch colony) in 1791 and was British prisoner of war there from 1796 for 10 years, then became director of the…


Wincup, mrs

25.6.1808 mrs Wincup calls

This name was almost always spelt Whincup. A Mrs Whincup was advertising Bayton Preparatory School in 11.7.1840 Norwich Mercury


Wingfield, William

8.12.1793 Wingfield at Tooke's.

William Wingfield of Lincolns Inn 1773-1858 (History of Parliament), Friend to the Liberty of the Press 1792/3, Friend of Freedom 1795, friend of John Bellenden Gawler he testified in Lord Valentia versus Gawler 1799 adultery trial. Had a brother who changed his name to George Wingfield Sparrow

 


Winnall

6.5.1795 miss Winal at Holcroft's (with Amelia Alderson) / 11.5.1795 adv at Foulkes's (with Donovan, Mrs Aris & miss Holcrofts) / 21.7.1795 calls (with Jennings's, Fergusson & Barry: altercation)

this surname can be spelt Winall, Winnal or Winnall. Only Godwin spells it Winal. See Aris, and notes below


Winsor, Frederick

30.7.1809 dine at Bonnycastle's; adv. miss Boyce & Fred. Winsor

Quite plausibly Frederick Albert Winsor 1797-1874 son of Frederick Albert Winsor DNB 1763-1830. It could also have been the father, but probably children visiting Bonnycastle's children. See Boyce, miss

 


Winter, George

George Winter of Chancery Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 15.11.1782 by William Falkener 2nded Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield

I found nothing to connect George Winter with Chancery Lane but there are good reasons to suppose he was the surgeon of Newgate St who was buried 8.5.1823 age 61 at Christ Church, London, chiefly because William Falkener who proposed him as a member was married to a De Rippe and so was he. Along with another later member of the SCI, Francis Weldon, at whose son's wedding a Sarah de Rippe was witness, they both had connections with Stamford…


Winter, John

John Winter of Swithins Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 28.6.1782 by Joseph Brown 2nded Edward Bridgen

John Winter born 26.11.1755 bapt 24.12.1755 Ealing son of John (died 1787) & Ann (nee Staine died 1782) from Ancestry user-submitted tree / I couldn't find a record of his articles but a John Winter was apprenticed 1776 to John Barnard of Drapers Company, and one of John Winter's sons was christened Barnard / SunFire 1778 John Winter attorney Staples Inn Holborn / SunFire 1779 John Winter gent Warwick Court Holborn / 1779 George son of Asher Foot apothecary…


Winter, John

15.9.1802 a(t Newbury) call on Winter

Rev John Winter died 25.1.1823 age 74 minister of Independent chapel at Newbury from 1784 his will PCC 1823


Wise, Henry

Wise, student 13.10.1794 on coach.

Henry Wise of the Priory, Warwick, son of Henry Christopher Wise of Westminster, matric Brasenose 1791 age 17, BA 1795. Vicar of Offchurch, Warwicks & rector of Charlwood, Surrey till his death 23.1.1850. A Henry Christian Wise attended the Warwick meeting against dissenters 1790
 


Wishart, Thomas

9.11.1791 Wishart at Bosse's.

Thomas Wishart tobacconist of 24 Coventry St (1783, 1798) signed Declaration of Friends to the Liberty of the Press 1792/3 and subscribed to expenses of Hardy's trial 1795. Active in Westminster politics in following years (J Ann Hone, For The Cause of Truth). Probably the Thomas Wishart tobacconist of Bath whose will is PCC 1823
 


Wishaw

see Whishaw, John


Wissett, Robert

Robert Wissett of Stepney proposed Society for Constitutional Information 14.3.1783 by John Satchell 2nded Edward Hall

His father Thomas Wissett = St Michael Cornhill 1.8.1748 Ann Wildman, their last child bapt at Bermondsey 1756 / Thomas Wissett smith of Bermondsey widower = Elizabeth Bradshawe widow marr lic 19.10.1757 / Thomas Wissett voted on his own freehold in Bermondsey for Mawbey 1775, Mawbey & Keppel 1780 / Thomas Wissett of Bethnal Green buried 6.1.1791 St Dunstan Stepney died of fever age 67 / Robert son of Thomas & Ann Wissart, smith of Stone Bridge born 13.11.…


Withers

7.7.1807 accompany T(homas) T(urner) to Withers / 14.7.1807 call on Withers (not seen) / 19.4.1810 Withers (Holt) calls / 20.4.1810 Withers calls / 5.5.1810 write to Withers, Holt / 6.5.1810 again / 9.5.1810 again / 14.5.1810 write to Mozley & Withers, w. administrations / 19.5.1810 write to Withers / 12.6.1810 again / 21.7.1810 again / 26.7.1810 Withers calls / 24.9.1810 again / 5.11.1810 write to Withers / 2.12.1810 again / 15.12.1810 Withers calls / 16.2.1811 write to Withers / 21.3.1811 again / 14.6.1811 Withers calls / 24.6.1811 write to Withers / 5.11.1811 again / 28.11.1811…


Witts, Broome

5.11.1789 B Wits at Rev Socy. Broome Philip Witts 1767-1845 of Champion Hill, Camberwell, is the most likely candidate, though there were two other cousins of his called Broome Witts living in Berkshire and Wiltshire at the time. Broome Philip Witts married Jane Lake, was partner in 1794 in Witts & Rowley, silk mercers & muslin warehouse, 21 Friday St, and moved to a large house in Brunswick Sq about 1800
 


Wodhul, Michael

In Godwin's 1796 list for 1788 and in 1794 version. Has person record in GD website but 1796 list entry not coded to it