A-Z of Entries

HCR diary 8.12.1824 at Aders "Jameson, Salomon and a Mr Faber there"

HCR diary 22.4.1828 at Mrs Thornton's "Elias & Sophia Fordham were there - also Scargil and Jno:"

                    24.4.1828 "Scargil, Dr Heusler and Beldam breakfasted with me"

                    29.5.1828 Robinson read Scargil's "Penelope"

William Pitt Scargill (DNB 1787-1836) dissenting minister at Bury St Edmunds 1812-1832, wrote novels

HCR diary 8.6.1826 at Aders "A Prussian, 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 - and German (Meyer) from Frankfurt"

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (DNB 1781-1841). See Schinkel's English Journey ed. Bindman & Riemann 1993. 8.6.1826 "Drive to Herr Aders's party, very good supper, in the evening excellent music, the little Schulz brothers from Vienna, virtuosi on the piano, guitar and harmonium, with their father. - A French lady sang Rossini…

HCR diary 20.6.1818 musical party at Aders "The Schunks, Platts, Mrs Fazy, Miss Lewis were my acquaintances"

                    14.2.1819 at Aders "Mr        Schunk of Manchester"

                    3.11.1819 at Aders "Mr Martin Schunk and his wife formerly Nanny Aldebert"

                    13.2.1827 "At Schunk's I offered to pay some advancements made by Schunk to Mrs Brown in consequence of my having improperly invested all the dividends of Ald's property in the purchase of stock"

                  10.10.1831 "I met in the road Mrs Schunk and accompanied…

HCR diary 22.2.1829 at Athenaeum, Sir John Seebright "said to be a very worthy man but the most dangerous talker of the club"

John Saunders Sebright (DNB 1767-1846)

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" "I have some hope of obtaining through L'Evesque an introduction to Seguire but I have a difficulty in negotiating with him - he is accused but perhaps wrongfully of having a personal feeling in all negotiations about the purchase of pictures by the government - nous verrons"

                      4.4.1838 Aders "suggested my putting these pictures into the hands of Sequier to dispose of for me"

William Seguier (DNB…

HCR diary 18.2.1823 "at Flaxman's - no one there but the Aders and some of the Denmans and Miss Sharp and it was rather a dull evening"

                    19.6.1824 "I took Sutton Sharpe to Aders whom I introduced there"

                    12.5.1826 Robinson's supper guests Flaxmans, Masqueriers, a Miss Forbes, Blake, Sutton Sharpe

                    20.5.1826 "at Miss Sharpe's - a small but agreeable party - the Flaxmans, Aikins, Benjers &c &c "

                      5.6.1826 literary party at Miss Benjer's (Miss Sharpe there)

HCR diary 5.7.1823 "a Mr Southern whom B: Montague introduced to me and his friend Captain Siborn breakfasted with me" "Southern is a learned - Sib: apparently a very pleasant man"

Marquardt II p 92 26.8.1823 Crabb Robinson met Captain Syborn at Augsburg, Germany

William Siborne (DNB 1797-1849). Not mentioned in DNB article was his part in the Milan Commission, he went to Karlsruhe in connection with Barbara Kress, a witness in the trial of Queen Caroline (Nat Arch TS 11/98, TS 11/113)

HCR diary 18.2.1821 "called on the Sievekings - the commencement of an acquaintance which I promise myself pleasure from. They are sensible people - he a quicker man than Aders tho' without so much attention to the arts & literature of germany - she certainly not to be compared with mrs Aders but both full of love of German literature and therefore objects of interest to me"

                      1.7.1821 "dined at Sieveking's met Dr jenckel physician"

                  22.11.1821 "went to Sievekibg - an ageeable chat with them - they want an introduction to Aders for…

HCR diary 29.9.1827 at the Flaxmans' "Mrs Sinclair (?) a queer sort of person - a familiar old lady who did not much please me"

                   16.4.1834 "called late on Miss Denman where were the Aders, the Sinclairs etc"

not yet identified. possibly found in Flaxman papers at British Library?

HCR diary 24.10.1821 at Aders "a younger son of Souchay a sensible countenance which I was much pleased with"

6.7.1822 at Aders "the Sievekings, Souchays and Perret were sufficient for entertainment"

7.11.1836 at Benecke's re Aders "I found that A: had obtained from Souchay a promise of £100 but he had represented to S: that he wanted £2000!!!"

17.4.1838 "called next on W Benecke and from him learned that Mr Ch: Souchay is alarmingly ill so that CharS is gone to Frankfurt"

23.12.1838 at Benecke's at Denmark Hill "found the Souchays from Manchester there"

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AMENDMENTS TO OXFORD DNB

Henry Southern (1799-1853)
CURRENT TEXT "the son of Richard Southern, a barber."
SUGGESTED CHANGE <the son of Richard Southern (1750/1-1811), a barber, and his wife Ann.>
NOTES York St Mary Cripplegate Richard Southern hairdresser of New St died 24.9.1811 aged 61 of Apoplexy. York directory 1799 Richard Southeran, hairdresser, Blake Street. York St Martin Coney Street Richard son of William Suthran bapt 20.1.1751, Ann dau of Mr Richard Southern perfumer by Ann his wife bapt 1.9.1800, Richard Cornwell son of the same bapt 26.6.1803…

HCR diary 2.7.1813 Stansfeld 29 Lambeth Marsh

                    8.4.1826 Aders "spoke of Thomas Stansfeld's bankruptcy and blamed it on his father-in-law Briggs. Hatton S> had acted nobly" but HCR heard later at John Collier's a less favourable opinion of H S

                  11.5.1826 call on " Bischoff who acquits Hatton Stansfeld of dishonesty but attributes to him monstrous fatuity"

                  23.4.1828 "wrote to Thomas Stansfeld today about his late differences with his family"

                  19.6.1828 dined with Jameson at Hackney. Kent…

HCR diary 8.7.1834 "I went to the National Gallery, where I met by appointment Miss Mackenzie. Mr Stewart Mackenzie and Lady Charlotte Proby were there and we together admired the Corregios - I afterwards accompanied the ladies to Aders' Gallery"

Stewart Mackenzie, James Alexander (1784-1843) in History of Parliament (1820-1832) who added the name Mackenzie to that of Stewart when he became the second husband of Mary Elizabeth Frederica Stewart-Mackenzie (DNB 1783-1862) whose mother Mary née Proby was first cousin to John Joshua Proby (DNB 1751-1828) whose eldest daughter by his…

HCR diary 11.5.1825 at Green's Lincoln's Inn Fields, a large party "and a Mr Stokes a disputer and so far an unpleasant companion but said to be an able man and a man of science - the afternoon passed off very agreeably - we debated on ethnology etc etc"

Charles Stokes 1784-1853., stockbroker, collector and natural historian. His letters to Charles Babbage (DNB 1791-1871) are at British Library Add MS 37182-93. The National Portrait Gallery has an etching of him by Mary wife of Dawson Thurner (DNB 1775-1858) after Francis Chantrey (DNB 1781-1841). See Boase. Linnaean Socy 1808,…

HCR diary 3.5.1823 to the park with Storks

                    7.7.1825 "returned to Storks with whom I had a late tete-a-tete. We have it seems a formidable new man in Mr Kelley"

(Fitzroy Kelly DNB 1796-1880). Henry Storks 1788-1866 in Henry Knight Storks (DNB 1811-1874).. Born 7.8.1778 bapt 23.8.1778 All Halllows died 4.11.1866 Paris. Henry Storks bach of St Dunstan i t West = St Helens Bishopsgate 14.6.1810 Ann Trundle otp sp by lic wits Ann Janes, Tho Trundle, Robt Storks, Sophia Ince(?), Elizth & Josh Chaplin, J C Reeve.

HCR diary 4.4.1823 at Aders, viewing pictures, Sir George Beaumont "proposed bringing Fuseli & Rgers, Stodhart"

                  2.11.1824 at Flaxman's with Mrs Aders "looking over Flaxman's drawings which Mrs A: highly enjoyed but she says F: steals a great deal and she believes also from Stothard though Mrs F: says St: borrows from Fl:"

                  8.11.1824 party at Aders "The Flaxmans with the Miss Gunns and old Stothard. It was pleasing to observe the interest the old gentleman took in the pictures - listened to the conversation of the two excellent men and…

HCR diary 22.2.1821 "I went this morning and had my first sitting for my portrait to Jacob Strutt"

                    12.6.1822 "called early on Strutt at his son's - met them going out and accompanied them to Aders but I was forced to leave them and therefore do not know how Strutt was pleased with the pictures"

Jacob George Strutt (DNB 1784-1867) and his father Benjamin Strutt (1754-1827)

HCR diary 29.1.1829 at Naylor's, Hammersmith "an old German, a musical instrument maker from Gotha, Stumpf, a twaddling old man but seemingly a good creature and most zealous for the honour of his country"

                      2.2.1829 call from Strumpf

                    21.3.1832 Strumpf "I accompanied him to the Aders"

Johan Andreas Stumpf harp maker to His Majesty, London. Marquardt II p 323 & 529-532 & n 56. 44 Great Portland St from 1816. In 1841 census his age given as 60. His will PCC dated 22.5.1846 proved 19.3.1847 Johann Andreas Stumpff harp and…

HCR diary 5.6.1845 "A letter from Mrs Aders in which she mentions Mrs Reid. This led me to call on Miss Sturch to whom I told the whole of Mrs Aders history which she received with no prudery whatever"

                  19.1.1846 "called on Miss Sturch not seen for a long time - I told her of Mrs Reid's kindness to Mrs Aders"

Mary Myrtilla Sturch born 16.1.1788 died 20.5.1869 unmarried. Her sister Elizabeth Jesser Reid (DNB 1789-1866), their father William Sturch (DNB 1753-1838 QV* in SCI dtatset) who married their mother Elizabeth Jesser (1759/60-1841) at St John Hackney on…