A-Z of Entries

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Sinclair Esq proposed member 19.7.1782 by Edward Hall 2nded John Cartwright. Not recorded as elected but came to next two general meetings. Resigned 1.2.1788

John Sinclair DNB 1754-1835

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Baptist Smart of Bletchingly, Surrey proposed member 28.5.1784 by William Middleton 2nded Samuel Romilly

His father Baptist Smart bapt 23.12.1708 Chipping Campden, Glos son of John Smart, married 10.3.1740 Lucy Whitmore. Lucy wife of Baptist Smart bur 1.12.1744. Baptist Smart = 5.10.1752 Elizabeth Osborne. Baptist son of Baptist Smart doctor of Cheltenham adm Oriel Coll, Oxford 1770 age 17. Baptist Smart Doctor of Physic Cheltenham died 20.12.1772 in 63rd year, buried 26.12.1772 Clifton, Glos. His will PCC 15.2.1773 dated 5.11.1772 mentioned…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: George Smith of Bloomsbury Square proposed member 14.12.1792 by Joseph Jennings 2nded Charles Sinclair

His father was Nathaniel Smith 1730-1794 MP for Rochester (historyofparliamentunline 1754-1790 & 1790-1820) and a wealthy East India director of Bloomsbury Square, who had married 0n 4.12.1764 his first cousin Hester Dance, sister of George Dance the younger (DNB 1741-1825). George Smith was admitted to Lincolns Inn 23.5.1787 and studied at Cambridge with Joseph Jennings who proposed him for SCI. He married Sarah Hardman…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Samuel Smith proposed member 24.10.1783 by Jackson Barwis (by letter) 2nded Edward Bridgen

Samuel Smith 1727-1798 father of William Smith DNB 1756-1835. Samuel Smith age 27 bach = St Swithin London Stone 12.12.1754 Martha Adams of St John Southwark sp, dau of William Adams, Coopers Co. Pub Adv 27.1.1762 Sunday night (24.1.1762) died Mrs Smith, wife of Samel Smith, Esq of the Old Jewry. Morn Chron 3.7.1773 yesterday was married Samuel Smith Esq of Cannon St to Mrs Prockter of Clapham. Samuel Smith wid otp = Clapham 2.7.1773 Ann Prockter otsp…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Smith of Sunderlandwick proposed member 3.1.1783 by John Cartwright (by letter) 2nded Richard Brocklesby

William 2nd son of Miles Smith of Soho was admitted Middle Temple 23.6.1766 the day after Miles Smith 1st son of same. Their father Miles Smith of Grays Inn married at Holborn 20.9.1755 Mary Steele of Hatton Garden (Lon Eve Post 27.9.1755) and their son Miles was born 2.9.1756 and bapt 18.9.1756 St Anne Soho. The Crompton family sold Sunderlandwick to Miles Smith of Westminster in 1756. Pub Adv 5.12.1755 Miles Smith chosen assistant…

GODWIN DIARY: M calls from Sharp & Smith 4.3.1808 / 13.4.1808 write to Smith; M(arshall) from Shp

Both Smith entries above have been coded in GD website to the generic Smith. They should clearly be coded to William Smith DNB 1756-1835. From February to April 1808 James Marshall was helping Godwin get a subscription from William Smith and Richard Sharp DNB 1759-1835 who each provided £50. The Shp in the second entry was clearly Sharp and should be coded to him

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Smith of Clapham proposed member 13.12.1782 by Jackson Barwis…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Mr Smithers proposed member 20.6.1788 by Joseph Towers 2nded (Jeremiah or John Lodge?) Batley

GODWIN DIARY: call on Smithers with Mary Jane 14.8.1802

Henry Smithers bapt 7.8.1762 St Michael Crooked Lane son of Joseph Smithers 1739-1830 and Martha (nee Keene). He married Sophia Papps 1783. Subscr to Southwark Charity school at Horslydown, 1781 Joseph Smithers of Lothbury, 1786 H Smithers St Mary Overy's, 1788 Mrs Sophia Smithers. Socy for Encouragement of Arts &c 1783 Henry Smithers, St Mary Overy. Keene & Smithers, coal merchant…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Special of Bishops Stortford proposed member 29.3.1793 by James Parkinson 2nded Joseph Clayton Jennings

William Special taylor of Bishops Stortford took appr 1723. William Special = Good Easter, Essex 18.8.1741 Lydia Bush. Lydia Special mantua maker Bishops Stortford took appr 1741. Joseph son of William & Lydia Special bapt 6.2.1746 Bishops Stortford. Petition on behalf of prisoner who stole two coats from Joseph Special of Bishops Stortford market trader on 28.11.1786 at Harlow Fair. Special's servant Rachael Ebsworth mentioned.…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Spurrell of Upper Clapton proposed member 9.5.1783 by John Jebb 2nded James West

John Webb barber of ? Cornwall took appr Cornelius Spurrell son of Joseph Spurrell of Plymouth beer brewer 1718. Cornelius Spurrell peruke maker of Plymouth took appr 1728. Cornelius Spurrell = Wembury Devon 1.12.1739 Elizabeth Fox. Cornelius Spurrell barber of Plymouth took appr 1741. Elizabeth dau of Mr Spurrell bapt at his house 15.5.1744, Rebeka dau of Mr Cornels Spurrell bapt at his house 15.4.1746, Plymouth Presbyterian. Perhaps Joseph Spurrell appr…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Squires of Plymouth proposed member 25.4.1783 by Jeremiah Batley 2nded James West

Joseph born 8.10.1741 and Thomas born 29.5.1743 were both baptised 19.10.1760 at West Alvington, Devon, sons of Richard & Mary Squire. Mary Squire bur 28.3.1773, Richard Squire bur 15.8.1786 West Alvington. Joseph Squire otp = Plymouth St Andrew 21.11.1761 Ann Dunning Jago wits Rd Squire, Geo Jago. Joseph Squire merchant otp = Plymouth St Andrew 10.12.1766 Elizabeth Spurrell sp by lic wit Jo Spurrell. The will PCC 27.11.1787 of Joseph Squire merchant…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Joseph Stafford of the Borough proposed member 24.1.1783 by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield 2nded John Jebb

World 2.2.1789 Joseph Stafford of Borough hosier bankrupt. World 5.2.1789 John Baskerville Stafford & John Wintle of 71 St Margarets Hill, Southwark hosiers advertised they had no connection with the bankrupt Joseph Stafford. So two of them to disentangle

Joseph Stafford (& 6 others) presented address of merchants and traders of Southwark to the King 1784 (Deformities of Fox & Burke), governor of Surrey Dispensary 1787,…

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…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas Stamford of Derby original member 1780

Thomas Stamford of All Saints, Derby hosier (& bondsman Geo Holford of Manchester innkeeper) license 8.6.1752 to marry Hannah Crompton of Bolton, Lancs sp. Bolton Archives ZAR/1/7 & 9 John Crompton of Bolton gent & wife Catherine, Thomas Stamford of Derby gent & wife Hannah. Jedediah Strutt DNB 1726-1797, Thomas Stamford hosier & dissenter of Derby and John Bloodworth, partnership 1758 to 1762 with Strutt & William Woollat. Will PCC 17.9.1787 of Thomas Stamford of Derby…

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…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Dr William Stevenson of Newark, Notts proposed member 3.1.1783 by John Cartwright 2nded Richard Brocklesby

William Stevenson DNB c1719-1783 which talks about him as a physician but not as a poet. See his Poems 1765 dedicated to his father William Stevenson, with poems addressed to Rev Edward Young DNB 1683-1765, John Home DNB 1722-1808 author of Douglas and Agis, William Woty DNB 1732-1791, and Mark Akenside DNB 1721-1770. also a poet and physician. He also published An Ode to Peace 1776

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Stone of Rutland Pl, Thames St proposed member 23.5.1783 by Joseph Towers 2nded Richard Brocklesby

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Hurford Stone of London Fields, Hackney proposed member 15.1.1790 by Thomas Brand Hollis 2nded Richard Sharp

John Hurford Stone1763-1818 DNB
CURRENT TEXT "his younger brother William"
SUGGESTED CHANGE <his older brother William>
NOTES I haven't found Wiilam Stone's birth or death details or any records giving his age but William Stone of Rutland Place, Thames…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: John Story of Lawrence Lane proposed member 8.11.1782 by Joseph Brown 2nded Edward Hall

John Story appr 1724 to Henry Brown of Merchant Taylors Co (father unreadable of Bucks, clerk). John Story of St Lawrence Jewry age 30 and upwards bach license 7.8.1746 to marry Elizabeth Pritchard sp of All Hallows Lombard St age 21. 1766 John Story warehouseman of Lawrence Lane, Christopher Alderson otsp (Warwick Co Record Office). London directories 1768-1773 Story, Alderson & Nethercoat 16 Lawrence lane, 1776-1794 just Story & Alderson. Pub Adv…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: Thomas George Street of 4, Cowley St, Westminster proposed member 4.11.1792 by Joseph Gerrald 2nded Joseph Jennings

GODWIN DIARY: 25.11.1794 at Parr's / 26.11.1794 at Mackintosh's / 5.3.1796 at Parr's / 19.4.1800 again / 31.10.1801 at D Stuart's (wrongly transcribed as Sheet in GD website).

Editor of the Courier. His poem Aura the Slave was published 1788 and the first volume of his History of the Reign of Lewis the Sixteenth, dedicated to Samuel Parr, in 1794. The other two projected volumes never appeared and according to Parr this…

SOCIETY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL INFORMATION: William Strutt, W Strutt junior & Joseph Strutt of Derby proposed members 28.9.1792 by Thomas Symmonds 2nded John Horne Tooke

William Strutt senior was a brother of Jedediah Strutt DNB 1726-1797. His two nephews William and Joseph are treated separately in the DNB entry of their father Jedediah. The will PCC 3.10.1800 of William Strutt of Derby hosier dated 29.1.1800 mentioned his three nephews William, George Benson, & Joseph Strutt