A-Z of Entries

Damiani has a person record on GD website but it knows very little about him. F Damiani was a composer and music seller, in 1803 at Golden-sq. His residence in Holdens directory 1811 was 2 Upper John-st. The main source on the life of Joseph Robertson DNB 1726-1802 was an article in the Monthly Magazine (1802) 133-7 by Damiani

HCR diary 8.6.1826 at Aders "Beuthe, a finance minister, who has the air of a superior man - Schenkel the architect to the King of Prussia - also apparently a very superior man and a Col. Dunkelman -insignificant"

In Schinkel's English Journey ed. Bindman and Riemann, Schinkel referred often to Count Dancklemann, who was travelling with him and Beuth. In Glasgow they also met a Herr Dancklemann. Strangely Bindman and Riemann seem to have omitted any identifying note on Dancklemann in their copious and useful notes. It was probably Heinrich Wilhelm August Alexander, Graf von…

7.11.1796 Dangerfield calls / 8.11.1796 Dangerfd calls / 14.11.1796 Dangerfield calls / 3.1.1797 again / 23.1.1797 again / 6.5.1797 again / 11.11.1797 again / 6.2.1798 again / 9.6.1798 D calls, in Bath (not in) / 22.6.1798 at House of Commons

Thomas Dangerfield will PCC 1819 bookseller, stationer and circulating library of Berkeley Sq from 1785 

call on Daniel 13.3.1798 in Bath

Possibly one of the Daniel brothers, miniature painters of Bath, Abraham d1806 and Joseph d1803 aged 43 (Daphne Foskett, British Miniaturists), Joseph the one who seemed to have spent more time in Bath. Mark Noble Daniell of Orchard St Bath, second son of George Daniell attorney of the King's Bench of Bath, was articled to his father 7.1.1786 but by 1798 was in the Law List as an attorney at 28 Bucklersbury, London and in 1800 at 5 Lawrence Pountney Lane, London. John Daniel wine merchant of Bath was made trustee to the will of Joseph Penny…

HCR diary 10.8.1839 lottery at Colnaghi's "I got for my sovereign an engraving of Linnell's Christ Going to Emmaus - much praised by Daniel, Mrs Aders etc"

Probably Edward Thomas Daniell (DNB 1804-1842) where his "continued encouragement of Linnell" is mentioned

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Danks 15 Poland St ratebooks 1774-7 / Gazetteer 4.4.1778 lease of house in Poland St belonging to Mrs Danks, going abroad, facing the end of Gt Marlborough St and her furniture, almost new in an elegant stile / Thomas son of Thomas Danks & Mary bapt 4.3.1765 St Geo Han Sq / Thomas Danks = St Bartholomew, Wednesbury, Staffs 9.9.1754 Mary Brittell / Brettal or Brittle 16 Poland St ratebooks 1773-77 / will of Thomas Danks, coal master of Wednesbury, Staffordshire proved Lichfield 5.11.1807 mentioned wife…

SWEDENBORGIANS: Baptised at New Jerusalem Chapel 23.10.1791 William Moord Dann born 21.5.1757 of Thomas & Dorcas

The only clues I have found so far to this person were that a Dorcas Dan was buried 1783 at Hurstmonceux, Sussex and a Thomas Dann was buried there 1790. Another Dorcas Dann was born there in 1851 and died in America in 1945

2.12.1807 call on Daponte, Oriel / 3.12.1807 call on Daponte

The will PCC 19.5.1809 of Paolo da Ponte, printer of Poland-st mentioned a child Henry da Ponte at a school in Somers Town and his guardian Miss Caroline Hughes spinster. Paolo was the brother of the more famous Lorenzo da Ponte who had gone to America by 1807. Thomas Oriel was a tailor in Poland-st

23.3.1789 Darby at Miss Williams'.

1786 subscribers to HMWilliams poems Harry Darby Esq Grange Hill Essex; Mr John Darby Hatfield Herts; Mr Edmund Darby. See PCC wills of Mary Darby 1815, John Darby surgeon of Hatfield 1823, and Edmund Darby of Aston House, Herts 1831. Not at all clear which of these (or one of several other possible) Darbys
 

SWEDENBORGIANS:  Baptisms at New Jerusalem Chapel: Mary Darby born 16.3.1767 of Israel & Mary bapt 23.10.1791 same day as her future husband William Butter (QV*) / Elizabeth Darby of Thomas & Mary of Norwich bapt 17.7.1796 / Margaret Darby born Dec 1777 of Israel & Mary bapt 28.5.1797

Mary Darby bapt 5.4.1767 St Botolph w/out Aldgate of Israel & Mary / Mary Darby = St Geo Bloomsbury 16.2.1794 William Butter / Mary Butter buried Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, Spa Fields 12.12.1838 age 71 of St James Clerkenwell / Margaret Darby = Soho 19.2.1804 John Grayson (…

Darcy 5.8.1800 at Wallace's trial, Carlow

13.7.1800 dine at la. Mountcashel's with C(urran) (Dargle & Scalp) / 14.7.1800 Dargle & Water-fall

Dargle is the river that flows to the sea at Bray south of Dublin, and Scalp the name of a hill near that river and the village of Enniskerry, or that is as much sense as I could get out of Google maps

Darnal 17.11.1799 at John King's, hard to read but possibly Darval see my entry for Derville

Darnel calls 11.2.1805 (& Annis) / 7.8.1809 call on Darnel with M(ary) J(ane)

James Darnell was a schoolmaster of White Lion St, Clerkenwell five of whose children with his wife Sarah were baptised on the same day in 1814 at Clerkenwell St John, and three more in 1815, 1816 and 1819. According to an advert in the Morning Post of 21.11.1821 his school was called Prospect House Academy and he followed the educational system of a Mr Perry whose address was 3 Adam St Adelphi and whose Academy was in Manchester. Darnell may have been a relation of George Darnell DNB 1799-1857 who…

write to Darton 5.7.1805 / 22.8.1807 Darton calls / 29.3.1809 W Darton calls / 27.9.1809 call on Darton / 16.11.1809 call on D & H / 24.2.1810 T Darton calls / 21.3.1810 Requests v Darton / 24.8.1824 call on (Darton &) Harvey / 7.6.1825 seek (Darton &) Harvey

Must be William Darton DNB 1755-1819 publisher and/or his son William DNB 1781-1854. William senior had a son Thomas born 1783. Joseph Harvey 1764-1841 was a partner (see DNB for Darton). Like Godwin they specialised in children's books. The 1810 entry suggests that Godwin had a case against Darton in the Court of…

SWEDENBORGIANS:  Baptisms at New Jerusalem chapel bapt 7.2.1796 John s of Benjamin & Jane Darwin born 24.5.1760 Linton Craven, Yorks / Jane Frances of John & Ann Darwin born 21.1.1796 "dead" bapt 22.4.1796 / Ann of John & Ann Darwin born 4.5.1794 bapt 21.7.1797 / Ann Darwin dau of William & Ann Stockdale born 15.9.1766 bapt 4.2.1798 / John of John & Ann Darwin born 22.10.1799 bapt 17.11.1799 / Intellectual Repository New Series vol 1 p169 Mr John Darwin of Newington Butts died 7.11.1823 in 64th year particularly attached to Rev M Sibly

John Darwin bach = St…

call on mrs Darwin 13.6.1797 at Derby

Erasmus Darwin DNB 1731-1802 married 2ndly Mrs Elizabeth Pole 1747-1832 illegitimate daughter to the Earl of Portmore

dine at Darwin's 17.8.1800

Robert Waring Darwin 1766-1848 in his son Charles Darwin DNB 1809-1882 lived at Shrewsbury where Godwin had slept the night before. The GD website has coded this entry to Erasmus Darwin, his father, who lived in Derby

Davenport at Timothy Hollis' 13.1.1789 / 9.10.1803 Davenport at Lofft's, Troston Hall / 12.11.1815 Davenport &c. (GD website has te 2361 unable to identify)

Selina Davenport 1779-1859 in her husband Richard Alfred Davenport DNB 1776/7-1852. They separated about 1809 and she ran a school and wrote novels, one of the first three of which Godwin could have been reading in 1815. Presumably the first entry above was not him as he was only twelve. The DNB says nothing is known of his parentage but since he appeared in the 1851 census with a place of birth Lambeth, he was likely the…

E Davenport, printer, 6 George Court, Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell on list of LCS contacts, 2nd edition of report of the LCS general meeting at St George's Fields 29.6.1795, At General Committee 2.6.1795 a Davenport was deputed to absent Div 22 and was nearly voted onto the Exec Cttee. On 6.8.1795 a Davenport elected to Exec Cttee. At General Cttee 13.8.1795 Bustle in place of Davenport became delegate of Div 3. Exec Cttee 27.8.1795 Davidson printer sent letter complaining at Davenport using position on Exec Cttee to underquote him. General Cttee 3.9.1795 Davenport ballotted off Exec Cttee…