HCR diary 9.7.1823 Miss Hays living at Vanbrugh Castle, Greenwich where a Mrs Browne keeps a school
21.12.1823 in Greenwich "at Mr Brown's where I dined by invitation with Miss Hays - rather a dull but not an unpleasant afternoon. Mrs B: is apparently an amiable woman - both Mrs Hays and Mrs Aders think highly of her as a schoolmistress. The husband seems a mighty insignificant man - his occupation is keeping his wife's accounts - but they are attached like lovers to each other - Miss Tuck, Mrs B's sister is a worthy woman too...there are two sons....the elder...a student coming to the bar"
29.11.1824 HCR visited by older son of Browns of Greenwich "a forward shallow loud talking fellow"
15.12.1825 at Miss Hays at Greenwich "Her hosts are in trouble"
"Mrs Hays" clearly meant the unmarried Mary Hays (DNB 1759-1843). Crabb Robinson seems to have kept these two long-term female friends, Mary Hays and Mrs Aders, apart, but their concurrence of opinion on Mrs Browne seems to have impressed him. Mr Robert Tucker age 27, wholesale linen draper in partnership with William Bedford in Newgate St, married at West Ham 30.10.1770 Winifred Aurback age 22 of Stratford Green (Lloyds Evening Post 31.10.1770 & marriage licence). Winifred had been baptised 14.6.1747 at St Botolph Bishopsgate daughter of Jno Christr & Winifred Aurbach, her mother's will PCC 1771 Winifred Aurbach widow, all to daughter Winifred Tucker. Robert & Winifred Tucker baptised a daughter Winifred on 15.9.1773 at Christchurch Newgate. Robert Tucker appeared in London directories 1775 to 1777 as worsted man & lace man of 76 Newgate St, and the London Gazette of 22.2.1777 announced the bankruptcy of Robert Tucker laceman of Newgate St - he got his certificate on 7.4.1778. Robert son of Robert & Winifred Tucker was born 1.6.1799 and baptised 12.7.1779. On 15.12.1799 Robert Tucker married Frances Hunt at St Anne Soho - although this was late enough to have been Robert Tucker junior, it fits better with Robinson's description of Miss Tuck as Mrs Browne's sister to assume this was Robert Tucker senior's second marriage. Frances Winifred dau of Robert & Frances Tucker of High Holborn was baptised 10.4.1801 at St Andrew's Holborn. On 16.2.1804 Robert Browne bach and Winifred Tucker sp botp were married at St Pancras by banns. Robert Palmer son of Robert & Winifred Browne was born 30.1.1803 and baptised 25.2.1803 at Newington St Mary, so born a year before their marriage. Robert Palmer Browne, eldest son of Robert Browne of Maize-hill Esq was admitted to the Middle Temple on 14.4.1823. Vanburgh Castle, built by John Vanbrugh (DNB 1664-1726) was at Maze-hill, Greenwich. On 17.5.1828 William Marshall bach & Frances Winifred Tucker sp botp were married at St Pancras by lic. According to the Belfast Newsletter of 27.5.1828 he was late of Belfast and she was of Vanburgh Castle, Blackheath. In the 1841 census Vanbrugh Castle was the residence of a Mr Potts, and Robert Browne age 70 born Ireland and Winifred Browne age 60 were living at Mills Terrace, Hove. Robert Browne was probably the person of that name whose death at Brighton in his 85th year was reported in the Standard of 11.8.1846, (also in Gents Mag). On 17.8.1846 the Cork Examiner also reported this death, apparently saying he was born in Cork (paper not seen). In the 1851 census Winifred Browne annuitant age 77 born Christchurch London was living at 2 Blackheath Hill with her son George H Browne unmarried age 45 clerk in the Paymaster General's Office born Middlesex, New Road. The Morning Post of 29.10.1864 reported the death on 26th inst at 12 Royal Place, Greenwich of Mrs Winifred Frances Browne widow of Robert Browne Esq in her 92nd year. Robert Palmer Browne became surveyor for Greenwich for the Metropolitan Board of Works and appeared in the 1871 census as architect and surveyor age 69 unmarried born Kennington, Surrey He was buried 27.12.1872 at St Andrew's, Hove (where his father I guess was buried). His brother George Henry died in 1892 also unmarried