A-Z of Entries

HCR diary 14.2.1819 dined at Aders Mr Perret there

                 24.10.1821 dined with Aders Perret there

                      6.7.1822 at Aders "the afternoon was pleasant enough - the Sievekings, Souchays and Perret were sufficient for entertainment"

see Marquardt I p 24 n14 and II p 421 n 295 and p 462 n 356.  Apprenticed to the merchant Jonas Darfeld along with Isaac Aldebert and Carl Cornelius Souchay, Robinson saw him again in 1851 in Germany. Born 16.7.1770 son of Johann Jakob Perret from Neuchatel and his wife Anna Esther Johanndt he founded the firm…

HCR diary 25.1.1832 Aders' thé dansant at Willis' Rooms, fancy dresses "the best sight by far was Pfeffel as Bunaparte - Tho' I never saw the original but in prints and pictures, yet it seemed to me a miniature to the life"

                     6.6.1832 "went to Aders - I had a disagreeable task imposed on me which put me out of humour - to show Pfeffel snr. the Courts - an ignorant and insignificant man whose conversation affordd no return for the trouble"

                  15.2.1833 call on Aders in Norfolk St "Pfeffel is returned - in the house is now Mrs Aders' niece whom…

HCR diary 11.5.1825 dinner at Green, Lincolns Inn Fields "a large party. Mrs Aders, Phillips RA and wife - a sensible woman"

                 15.12.1826 after Flaxman's funeral "being near Euston Place I accompanied Phillips to Aders - we saw Mrs Aders, & Mr Phillips examined the pictures with great minuteness and apparently great interest - I left him there"

Thomas Phillips (DNB 1760-1845). He married in 1809 Elizabeth Fraser (1782-1856) of Fairfield, near Inverness

HCR diary 2.3.1821 Robinson (by letter?) desired Pickford "to tell Thibaut that Aders will procure his musick for him"

John Middleton Pickford married 22.6.1802 Sara Friedericke Schunk, sister of Martin Schunk 1789-1873, Robinson attended the wedding (Marquardt I p36 n52). Pickford moved to Heidelberg before 1819. See Thibaut (QV*). John Middleton Pickford bapt 29.11.1779 Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire son of Cornelius Pickford linen draper & mercer of Chapel-en-le-Frith who had married Isabella Sedgwick at Manchester Cathedral 16.2.1779, his will 1803. Cornelius Pickford was…

HCR diary 11.11.1819 Mrs Aders first husband Kelly "was a most detestable fellow, attempted her life in Trinidad, Governor Picton was her friend"

Thomas Picton (DNB 1758-1815)

HCR diary 20.6.1818 musical party at Aders 11 Euston Square "The Schuncks, Platts, Mrs Fazy, Miss Lewis were my acquaintances"

                 26.11.1820 at Aders "Platt was there"

Probably Thomas Joshua Platt (DNB 1788x90-1862) married as bach at St George Bloomsbury by lic 4.4.1814 Augusta Cuming sp minor with consent of guardians George Cuming & Thomas Platt, wits Thos Platt, E Gascoyne, J Platt. Thomas Joshua Platt born 22.8 1788 bapt 1.10.1788 Percy Chapel of Thomas & Amelia. His younger brothers Samuel, George & William were all bapt sons of Thomas &…

HCR diary 19.6.1824 at Aders "Sir Charles and Lady Pocock - she an horrible person"

                     2.5.1832 at the Aders "from whom I heard that the last letter of Mrs Leigh had put an end to all endeavours of Sir G: Pocock to reconcile them"

                     4.4.1839 at Mrs Robson's "Lady Pocock I had seen at the Aders"

On 5.9.1820 Susan Barbara kelly (sister of Mrs Aders first husband) married George Bartholomew Pocock of York Street, Marylebone at All Hallows, Barking, and her husband was knighted (as Captain of Gentleman Pensioners) on 8.8.1821. See…

HCR diary 10.4.1822 at Aders met son of Poel whom Robinson had known in Altona in 1807. His mother had dies a few weeks before

Poel senior was Piter Poel (1760-1837) diplomat and newspaper publisher, see Marquardt I p 328 n 38. He married 6.1.1787 in Hamburg Friederike Elisabeth daughter of Professor Johann Georg Büsch (1728-1800), they had eleven children (de.wikipedia). Marquardt II p75 sayd 7 children and mentioned a daughter Emma but did not identify which son Robinson met in 1822

see Forster, Mrs in Crabb Robinson Diary dataset

HCR diary 8.7.1834 see Stewart-Mackenzie, James Alexander in Crabb Robinson Diary dataset

HCR diary 14.5.1820 "called on Mrs Montagu, Barry Cornwall there"

                  10.12.1820 "Hazlitt, Mrs Horace Twiss and Barry Cornwall were at Montagu's and I had a very pleasant lounge there till past 12 o'clock"

                    30.6.1826 Procter "his brother Robert is to take the Dairy - I think it a hazardous speculation"

                    13.1.1829 "Geo: Procter "candidate for presidency of Guernsey College"

                    29.4.1829 shorthand passage re|: Procter's dairy

                      3.7.1835 chat at Procter's on family…

HCR diary 13.12.1820 "went to Flazman's with Aders &c. A Mr Owen Pugh was there"

William Owen Pughe (DNB 1759-1835). See Blake Records

HCR diary 26.4.1839 at final sale of Aders' pictures "Most of the pictures went for little or nothing. Green and Pugin the catholic architect were real bidders" "Hall introduced me to Pugin the very able architect and sarcastic author of the Contrasts. I enjoyed a short conversation with him in the Sale Room"

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (DNB 1812-1852). Chambers Hall (QV*) (DNB 1786-1855)

HCR diary 21.5.1824 at French theatre "I introduced Quayle to Mrs Aders and Long and Tiarks to Qu: so that I had a variety of conversation"

                  17.11.1826 "Quayle, Wood & Pryme breakfasted with me - The Suffolk Magistrate, the Preston member, the Cambridge candidate agree admirably in their politics"

                    20.5.1833 "went early with Quayle to look at Aders prints & books which spoiled the day and without profit"

Thomas Quayle born 1758 son of John Quayle 1725-1797, from an influential family in the Isle of Man, and Margaret (Peggy)…

HCR diary 9.11.1825 Mrs Tom Gilbert died - Robinson not told - married dau of a first cousin

                   15.8.1827 saw Mrs Rankin who spoke with feeling about loss of her daughter Mrs Gilbert

                   18.3.1828 young Rolfe son of Mrs Rolfe my cousin formerly Lucy Crabb

Thomas Gilbert = St Mary Bocking Essex 14.9.1820 Elizabeth Rankin. Elizabeth Gilbert bur 14.9.1825 St Pancras age 25 from 12 Tottenham Place. Elizabeth Rankin born 14.10.1796 bapt 18.7.1700 at her father's house dau of William Rankin, farmer of Bocking, Essex and Elizabeth (Crabb) his…

HCR diary 1.8.1824 of barristers on Norfolk circuit with Robinson "Raymond has the manners of a gay coxcomb with a touch of affected humour - he is said to be a damned dramatist - he is a punster and versifier - he will be an amusing companion at all events and may be a pleasant value. Rough says he has dress and effeminate manner of a man addicted to bad practices"

                   9.9.1827 dined with Raymond and parents at Brighton "His mother a steady respectable old lady - the father not at the table - laid up by gout. He is also a quiet old citizen with the manners of a…

HCR diary 15.5.1839 "call from Miss Aldebert with her brother in law Reeve"

Richard Gilson Reeve bach otp = St Mary Islington 11.7.1829 Maria Elizabeth Aldebert otp sp by banns wits Charles Cooper, Frances Aldebert, Mary Ann Keane. See Isaac Aldebert senior and Isaac Aldebert junior in Crabb Robinson Diary dataset. Richard Gilson Reeve born 7.3.1803 bapt 18.3.1803 St Marylebone of Richard & Ann. See Mallalieu British Watercolour Artists under his brother Alfred William Reeve. Their father Richard was an aquatinter and draughtsman, R G Reeve was an aquatinter and watercolourist…

HCR diary 29.5.1842 re: Mrs Aders "I then called on Mrs Reid and began a narrative of Mrs A's history and I have no doubt shall interest her in Mrs A's behalf"

                    31.5.1842 "I wrote today a long letter to Mrs Reid giving her an acct of Mrs Aders' life and situation, from which I expect something"

                      2.6.1842 wrote "to Mrs Reid about Mrs Aders"

                      3.4.1843 "I called in the forenoon on Mrs Reid with whom was Mrs Jameson who now pleases to be very gracious to me after having in a marked way declined my overtures. I…

HCR diary 22.3.1838 "I had this morning a letter from Spring Rice directing me to make a formal offer of Aders' pictures to the National Gallery thro' Mr Sequier"

Thomas Spring Rice (DNB 1790-1866) was Chancellor of the Exchequer at the time

HCR diary 10.4.1822 at Aders "a large mixed party. Some strangers - a Mr Richards who married a sister of Mr Pouncefort pleased me. A well informed clear headed sensible young man"

John Richards = Swansea 25.4.1816 Frances Smith, who was baptised 20.4.1782 at St Nicholas Nottingham, daughter of Thomas Smith (will PCC 1817 Swansea) and his wife Mary dau of James Bigsby. Her brother Robert Smith changed his name to Pauncefote on inheriting an estate (see my Background Article, "3 Wives, 3 Husbands Living"). Their father Thomas Smith 1744-1817 was the nephew of Abel Smith (DNB 1717?-…