A-Z of Entries

28.3.1794 at Newgate (with Gerrald) and 2.4.1794, 29.4.1794, 30.4.1794, 23.8.1794 there, 17.2.1796 at King's. In 1794 version of Godwin's 1796 list but left out of 1796 version 

Felix Macarthy (see L Werkmeister The London Daily Press p52-5 re journalist's quarrels in 1781; Patrick O'Leary, Sir James Mackintosh The Whig Cicero p30-1 where it says he worked with Mackintosh on Oracle and introduced him to Joseph Gerrald, and was a friend of Prince of Wales via Lord Moira, and p62 where it says he was a contributor to the Albion newspaper in 1801

Felix McCarthy Esq 1793 subscr…

30.9.1794 Macdonard adv. at Gerald's. Very likely the same person who first appeared as Macdonald adv. at Frost's Newgate on 7.8.1793 and was in Godwin's 1796 list immediately after C Pigot, (whom Godwin also first met that day), as Macdonald with the 'ald' crossed out and 'nel' inserted above and then crossed out and Macdonald also crossed right through. Macdonald appeared again at Tooke's acquittal 1.11.1794 and adv. at Gerald's 12.3.1795. In my view this was David Evans MacDonnel who was editor of the Gazetteer newspaper from June 1793 to Dec 1794 and then became editor of the Telegraph…

Massygar 25.5.1800

Nearest name I can find to this entry was the Swiss name Massuger (with umlaut on u). Jacob Massuger died 3.9.1821 at Antwerp Belgium was born 1787 Vallendas Suisse s of Benoit Massuger & Menga Pfester

Matthew 8.1.1797 at John King's and in 1796 list for 1797 / 21.2.1799 Matthew adv at theatre

One of the three Mathew brothers, immortalised by Cruikshank as the three Mr Wiggins's, probably the eldest Francis James 1768-1833 styled Viscount Mathew (as son of Earl of Landaff), MP for Tipperary, Whig sympathies, married 10.7.1797 Gertrude Cecilia daughter & coheiress of John Latouche, (her cousin Elizabeth (died 1788) had married Robert Butler 3rd Earl of Lanesborough, the eldest son of John King's wife Lady Lanesborough) See History of Parliament. Or his brother Hon Montague…

May 3.5.1789 at Brand Hollis' / Mays 4.2.1797 at John King's with Belfast. Both May & Belfast in Godwin's 1796 list for 1797 / 28.5.1798 mrs May at King's / 7.11.1798 May at King's / 4.1.1807 adv May at King's / 1.3.1807 Mays at King's / 3.3.1807 May at King's / 8.3.1807 again / 29.5.1813 Edgworths May & Trotman call

(James) Edward May 1751-1827 History of Irish Parliament and W.A.Maguire Living Like A Lord. He married 1.9.1773 Elizabeth Bragg of St George Holborn and (by 1809 but after their children were born) Elizabeth daughter of Francis Lumley. He was…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Robert Merry Esq of Osbourne's Hotel, Adelphi proposed member 3.6.1791 by John Horne Tooke 2nded Jeremiah Batley

GODWIN DIARY: 13.6.1796 call on Inchbald with My

Robert Merry DNB 1755-1798. Since he was named in full both before and after this on 13.6.1796, this My was certainly Robert Merry

LCS: attended its 3rd meeting at the Bell, 8.2.1792 (Thale p7note10)

miss Middleton 29.12.1799 at Lanesborough's / 4.4.1805 walk to Pepper Harrow, Lord Middleton / 26.9.1805 call on Raine & Middleton, Charterhouse / 10.10.1806 sir W Middleton at Fox's funeral / 6.1.1810 call on Middleton / 6.11.1810 Middleton at Ward's (with Coleridge) / 21.12.1810 Middleton at wardmote St Bride's / 26.1.1814 call on Middleton / 31.1.1814 again / 19.5.1814 adv at theatre / 1.4.1815 call on / 4.4.1816 again

29.12.1799 for miss Middleton see Atty for relationship by marriage at Whitby. Will of Martha Middleton spinster PCC 1812. Martha Middleton dau of Robert bapt…

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…

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.

21.10.1795 H Moore at John King's / 26.1.1800 Moore at John King's / 8.6.1800 again

The second and third entries above are coded on GD website to Dr John Moore but were perhaps more likely the same as the H Moore of 1795