A-Z of Entries

23.7.1796 mail with Gedge, printer at Bury

Peter Gedge, printer of Bury & Norwich Post 1758-1818 (Oakes Diaries vol2 p340)

Geisweiler 8.7.1798 adv at Holcroft's / 22.7.1798 dines at Holcroft's / 5.8.1798 adv at Holcroft's / 19.8.1798 again

Constantine Geisweiler 42 Duke St, St James 1794 / 97 Jermyn St St James 1796 / 18 Frith St Soho 1796 (Sun Fire) "and in trust for Christein de Mechel" dealer in prints & pictures, 1798 Sun Fire named pictures incl Earl Howe's Victory / (Christian de Mechel copper engraver Basel 1737-1815) / 54 Pall Mall 1798 / 1799 St James Piccy Constantine Geisweiler married Maria Comtesse... / 42 Parliament St 1800 / letter to Sir Joseph Banks 1803 / Constantine Geisweiler…

3.11.1807 call on Kerslake & Gell, & Nicholson / 31.12.1813 call on Gell (not seen) / 2.1.1814 expect Gell / 3.1.1814 Gell calls (not seen) / 4.1.1814 Gell calls / 10.1.1814 Gell & Booth call (not seen) / 12.1.1814 call on Gell: Booth & Gell call

This was possibly William Gell DNB 1777-1836. Godwin noted on 1.12.1830 reading his 1804 book on Troy / Anthony Gell (will PCC 15.4.1817) of Little Cloisters, Westminster-abbey, was coroner for Westminster until his death, when he was suceeded by (his son?) John Henry Gell, who in Holdens 1811 directory lived at Cheyne-walk…

20.1.1806 General adv. at theatre

Could have been any general!

HCR diary 10.4.1844 Robinson called "on Mrs Gent (a miniature painter) a friend of Mrs Aders for whom a letter was brought by Stansfeld from Mrs A: and by me strangely forgotten. I lately found it, thinking it had been put in the post - I called on her today and delivered it with an apology. She seems an agreeable person (6 Tavistock Street, Bedford Square)"

This was Sarah Sophia born 10.1.1804 and baptised 13.3.1804 at St Pancras, daughter of William Daniell (DNB 1769-1837) and his wife Mary, sister of Richard Westall (DNB 1765-1836). She married Thomas Gent widower at Hanwell on 9…

George 18.10.1797 at Carlisle's

breakfast at George in Tree 15.6.1797

an inn 10 miles north of Warwick, still there in what is now Berkswell, Balsall Common. Strange name, maybe it was changed from Charles in Tree, none of the King George's having had to hide in a tree like Charles II did

C George 1.7.1800 on wherry to Dublin

12.6.1794 call on Gerald; see Mrs G / 20.7.1799 at Godwin's adv Eliza F, & FG, & H Robinson / 5.1.1800 Eliza Fenwick & FG call / 27.6.1806 miss Marner (with FG) at tea / 10.7.1806 miss Marner dines / 22.9.1806 Marner dines

The main source on the private life of Joseph Gerrald (DNB 1763-1796) is a Sketch written and published in 1795 by an anonymous friend who claimed to have known him for 30 years. (Gerrald would have been only 2 years old and just arrived back in England from the West Indies, so the writer was probably older than him and may have been his "private…

11.5.1795 Gerald's com(^e), Mackintosh, Maxwell, Fergusson, Perry & Ht / 20.5.1795 Gerald's com(^e), Maxwell, Perry & Ht.

Committee to help Joseph Gerrald DNB 1763-1796 when he was being removed to Portsmouth ready for transportation to New South Wales

Amendments to Oxford DNB

JOSEPH GERRALD 1763-1796
CURRENT TEXT "companionship of his young daughter and friends."
SUGGESTED CHANGE <companionship of his friends, and of his infant daughter, who was probably Frances, born 6 August 1791 and baptised at St Marylebone 2 February…

23.9.1807 call on Gibbs

One of only two Gibbs entries in Godwin's diary, the other being Rev Gibbs, spouter, he shared a coach with in 1812.

Possibly Vicary Gibbs (DNB 1751-1820) but Gibbs was a common name and too many possibles to list

Gilbert & Magee 17.6.1801 at Joseph Johnson's

John Magee DNB 1750? - 1809 and William Gilbert 1734-1821 Dublin printers & journalists (Dublin Evening Post)

28.8.1796 Gilchrist at Holcroft's with Cole / 19.3.1797 again / 26.3.1797 Gilchrist at Holcroft's with Cole & Spiring / 13.5.1798 again / 22.1.1802 E & H Gilchrist dine / 12.1.1819 dine at Booth's with Curtises, Gilchrist & 4 Baxters / 10.12.1826 call on Gilchrist, twice : St James's Park

Will PCC 1818 James Gilchrist of Symonds Inn Chancery Lane, Navy Agent & Purser RN, unusual will left his money to establish first almshouses in Scotland and calling himself the only honest purser in the Navy who lost wealth in attempting to expose corruption, also claimed to have…

1.10.1807 call on mrs Gill, w. T(homas) T(urner)

Some possibles:
Morn Post 28.3.1803 Mrs Gill millinery rooms 70 New Bond-st
Holdens 1811
(trades) Eliza or Mrs Gill milliner, Cork-st, Burlington-gdns
Ann Gill Italian oil warehouse 13 Tottenham Court-rd
(court) Mrs Gill ! Lower Gower-st & Wyrardisbury, Bucks her will PCC 18.7.1820 widow of William Gill esq alderman of London (his will PCC 7.4.1798)
Ann Gill her will PCC 23.12.1812 of Princes-st Leicester-sq widow of Thos Gill of Birmingham
Frances Gill her will PCC 8.2.1821 of…

Gillham 6.4.1795 talk of at King's.

James Gillham, attorney, see GD website te0563 (2.4.1795) "The Trial of James Gillham"

8.5.1788 Gillies at dinner at Cadell's in honour of Gibbon's birthday. It has been suggested that Godwin did not attend this dinner but noted those he had heard were present. Gillies appeared in Godwin's 1796 list for 1790 (crossed out) and in the 1794 version. His second apppearance in the diary was 18.4.1790 at Paradise's. On GD website his name in 1796 list has not been coded to his person record 

Ginnis's 10.7.1800 at Mcnally's / 19.7.1800 at Lefanu's

Arthur Guinness DNB 1768-1855 son of Arthur Guinness 1724-1803 brewer who had six sons. Subscrs 1795 to Samuel Whyte (DNB 1734-1811) Samuel Guinness, Rev Hosea Guinness, and Whyte's former pupils Arthur, Edward, Richard, & Samuel Guinness junior. Dublin Trades 1797 Arthur Guinness & Son brewer / Richard Guinness gunmaker. Edward Guinness of Dublin = May 1790 Margaret dau of late James Blair.

5.6.1795 Gisborne adv at Foulkes' & 4.7.1797 dine at Maria Reveley's with Mary Wollstonecraft, tea Mrs Gisborne's with them and Ann Cristall & 15.8.1798 Gisbornes adv at Reveley's & 3.12.1799 meet Gisborne & Maria Reveley

The first entry may not be John Gisborne  e.g. Thomas G MD Clifford St London 1785, 1790, doctor to George III, died 1806

From 1796 the Reveleys' next-door neighbour in Lisson Street was Esther Gisborne, mother of Mrs Reveley's future husband; she set up a school there with the help of her daughters, three of whom later married men of some…

23.10.1807 call on Glaister

The onl instance of this name in Godwin's diary. But a rare name so probably Samuel Glaister exchange broker of Threadneedle-st (1749-1815 a Quaker) his will PCC 31.3.1815

Glennie 18.7.1800 at Drennan's (in Ireland) / 4.10.1807 dr Glennie at North's with Currans

GD website has coded the first entry above to James Glenie DNB 1750-1817 whom Godwin met in 1793 but this seems unlikely, no evidence for connection in Ireland. Dr Glennie in 1807 may have been William Glennie, Doctor of Laws will PCC 1828. Some Irish Glennies in work notes below