A-Z of Entries

St George 27.12.1801 at John King's / 17.1.1802 St Georges at King's / 4.4.1802 mrs St George at King's

Possibly  Melesina Trench DNB 1768-1827 (nee Chenevix, widow of St George). Her Remains, edited by her son and published 1862, have extracts from her journal which show she was still in Ireland on 17.11.1801 and arrived in Calais on 5.7.1802, so it is possible she was at King's on the above dates, the plural entry perhaps referring to her teenage son who was travelling with her. In the Remains he wrote of this period that he found "few memoranda and fewer still which need to be…

St Hermine 21.1.1800 at John  King's / 16.3.1800 again

Probably Rene Louis, Marquis de St Hermine born 15.10.1741, married 23.5.1775 Aimee de Polignac, gentleman of honour to Charles-Phillipe Comte D'Artois 1762-1836 (who later became King of France 1824-1830). He died in London 1805 or 1815. He had two daughters, the older Caroline 1779-1864 married at St Marylebone 29.7.1806 Michele Marie Comte de Greilly bach otp = Caroline Parsimeter St Hermine sp otp wits R Louis de St Hermine, J L Dufort Corrac duc de Corgi and she married 2ndly in London 1815 Charles de la Bourdonnaye Blossac…

Godwin Diary:  Stabler 2.4.1794 at Newgate

at Newgate. William Stabler linen draper from York age 28 5ft 5ins hazel eyes brown hair fair complexion sent to Newgate 31.7.1793 for conspiracy to escape from Kings Bench prison with Dr Tom Crosfield and Lord William Murray. A William Stabler was committed to Kings Bench prison 17.9.1796 at the suit of Alexander Wyllie for £40 and Edward Daniell for £25 and discharged 2.7.1797
 

Stacpoole 29.4.1800 at theatre

George Stacpoole born 26.8.1736 died 25.3.1824 see Burke's Irish Families, De Stacpoole. Heir to large estates in County Clare, Ireland. He was a man of fashion in London noted for the painting of his coach and was active in the Society for General Inoculation and the Society of Ancient Britons. He was later made duc de Stacpoole by Louis XVIII of France. Some of his relatives were also prominent in London, his second cousin Joseph Stacpoole, admitted Middle Temple 1767 became a money scrivener and went bankrupt in 1782, then acted as secretary to the…

Stacy 14.2.1802 at King's

In Shelley and his Circle there is a promissory note (SC 83) to Benjn Stacey 25.1.1808 but this was probably Benjamin Stacey baker of 23 Somers Place East (Holdens 1811) and not likely to have any connection with the Stacy at King's. A Mr Stacy was teaching Joseph Farington French in 1802/3 (Farington Diary). John Stacey attorney 2 Lyons Inn 1800. Stacey of Rupert St and Stacy of the Bedford Arms, Covent Garden were among the subscribers to the comedian George Parker's Life's Painter 1800. There were many more around spelt Stacy, Stacey or Stacie but i…

Stafford 8.6.1800 at John King's

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Mr Staley, 10 Upper Thames St, proposed member 5.5.1786 by Henry Amory 2nded John Satchell

GODWIN DIARY: Staley 2.1.1796 at Dyer's /  5.6.1796 at Amelia Alderson's

Identity probable but not clear, either for SCI member or Godwin Diary. Benjamin Staley of Bankside, Southwark, subscr 1783 to Comfort by W Augustus Clarke pastor of Red Cross St chapel. Benjamin Staley of Horseshoe Wharf, Thames St in 1786 list of Socy for Promoting Religious Knowledge among Poor (joined 1784). Benj Staley Upper Thames St subscr 2 gns to New College Hackney…

Standard 30.7.1805 adv at tea (& Carlisle) / 26.8.1806 miss Standert at Carlisle's / 20.3.1806 Standert (& Tobin) call / 22.3.1806 Standert calls / 24.3.1806 again / 6.4.1806 Standert (& Tobin) call

Probably Hugh Chudleigh Standert 1782-1850 (Plarr's Surgeons) MRCS 5.7.1805, practised at Taunton his will PCC 1850

adm Stanhope 13.1.1804 at Foulkes's

Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope,  born 21.5.1754 bapt St m,arylebone of Edwyn Franci (d.1807) & Catherine (Lady Catherine Lyon or Brydges her will PCC 1810). He married Peggy Malbone 17.8.1783 at Trinity Church,  Newport, Rhode Island. He was made Rear Admiral 1.1.1801, baronet 1807, full Admiral 12.8.1812, lived at 1 The Circus, Greenwich in 1810 and died 1814, will PCC 1815 of Stanwell House, Middlesex

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Earl of Derby proposed member 29.11.1782 by Edward Hall 2nded Samuel Shore

Edward Smith Stanley DNB 1752-1834

GODWIN DIARY: Starke 1.4.1794 adv at Jennings' / 6.6.1800 baron Starke at King's

Charles Sigismund Baron Starke formerly of Mitten Hof in Prussian Silesia married Martha Ogle, (sister to Newton Ogle, dean of Winchester and, later, aunt to Mrs Sheridan, Mrs Grey & Mrs Whitbread) at Winchester 11.1753. Baroness Starck died 20.1.1805 (Gents Mag) and Charles Sigismund died 12.10.1776 at Oxford (Gents Mag) where his sons Charles George admitted 1772 age 17 and Edward Chaloner admitted 1775 age 17 (bur 1.7.1833 Lambeth St John age 76) were both at Merton College. For a third son see…

25.6.1795 col Staunton at Kenilworth book club

possibly Stanton? see will PCC John Stanton Kenilworth 1811

9.5.1790 Staunton at Paradise's and 23.5.1790 there.

Sir George Leonard Staunton DNB 1737-1801 Fellow of Royal Society is a likely Paradise guest. Staunton appeared in the 1794 version of Godwin's 1796 list for 1790 (crossed out) but in the 1796 version for 1795. Godwin called on him 9.4.1795. Godwin may have overlooked or forgotten the earlier encounters or perhaps considered the 1790 meetings as insufficient contact (see Wolcot, John for a similar move)
 

14.10.1810 Staveley calls / 16.10.1810 again / 17.10.1810 again / 1.11.1810 Staveley calls: Staveley sups / 11.1.1811 write to Staveley / 14.10.1816 Staveley calls / 13.3.1819 Staveley calls (not seen) / 16.3.1819 Staveley calls / 17.3.1819 again / 13.4.1819 Staveley au soir

No clues. Could have been one of the below

Holdens directory 1811: Lt Gen Miles Staveley 162 New Bond-st his will PCC 1814 / James Staveley Esq barrister 3 Hare-ct Temple & 26 Argyle-st went to Madras died 22.4.1822 there aged 37 / Thomas Staveley Esq of the Stock Exchange 43 Chapel-st Edgware-rd his…

Stavin 26.5.1789 see Stovin

20.11.1795 at Carr's (later Stebbings in 1831-2)

Henry Stebbing adm Grays inn 17.11.1770 only son of Henry S, S.T.P., preacher of Gray's Inn Society (will PCC 1788) / Henry S of the Temple Esq bach = 17.3.1778 St Dunstan i t W by lic Elizabeth Whitmore of Barnes sp wits Rachel Whitmore, Henry Shaw / Sun F 1779 Henry S Esq of Gt Shire La, Temple Bar / 9 Chancery La commissioner of bankrupts, 1800 64 Chancery La special pleader / bur 5.6.1817 St Mary Abbotts Kensington age 65 of Brompton Row

Seems a likely legal friend of Carr and not a common name but no actual identifying…

13.11.1810 Steed calls

Only instance in Godwin's diary, nor are there any Steads noted. No Steed in Holdens directory 1811 (though several Steads). In SunFire a Steed watchmaker Pitt-st Tottenham-court-rd 1794 and a Robert Steed chandler 22 Cromer-st Grays Inn-lane 1817. Morning Post 4.11.1806 Mr Steed bootmaker 6 Whitcomb-st Haymarket. Kentish Gazette 12.7.1808 Mr Steed's school Penenden Heath, Maidstone. John Steed goldsmith/jeweller born Ireland about 1780, wife Hannah, son John born 1816 bapt from New St-sq St Brides. Margret dau of John weaver Corbet's-court & Elizabeth…

Steel, baker. 26.2.1804, 27.2.1804 (mrs Steel)&(writes to Steel).

Jeremiah Steel, baker of Lewes (PCC 1819)and his wife Lydia (PCC 1832). They were Quakers and probably known to Godwin through Thomas Clio Rickman who had been ejected from the Lewes meeting for marrying outside the Society. Steel and William Balcombe Langridge (qv) were both subscribers to Rickman's book of poetry.

at Steele's with Lloyd, Trusson & Rutherford 27.12.1790.

Steele didn't appear again till 13.2.1795 when Godwin met him, & Bosville before dining at John King's, where Steele dined on 22.1.1796 & 16.5.1796, those three entries were probably the barrister David Steel who represented King in court and was an associate of his; then there was M A Steele (qv) on 23.7.1795 & 6.10.1799 and Steele on 24.11.1796 all associated with Hannah Godwin, and one more Steele on 22.1.1814, adv perhaps at theatre perhaps with W Curran. Rutherford only appeared once more, at Bosville's in…

23.7.1795 M A Steele at miss Godwin's / 6.10.1799 miss Godwin & M A Steele dine at Godwin's