A-Z of Entries

Capt  Wilson 27.2.1803 at H Tooke's, & return with him

There were certainly plenty of Captains called Wilson in the Army List, then there was the Royal Navy, The East India Company and even merchant ships so this one off could be many people. Robert Thomas Wilson DNB 1777-1849 who was son of the artist Benjamin Wilson DNB 1721-1788 and whose older sister Frances had married Horne Tooke's friend William Bosville might have been a good guess except that he was already a Major by 1800 and was knighted in 1802. Lestock Wilson (see Wilson, Mrs) was a captain for the EIC not known as…

10.3.1794 Debate on Muir (at House of Commons) see Mackintosh, Wilson, Dyer & Perry

The first four Wilson entries in the diary, in 1788, have been identified in the GD website as John Wilson 1761-1818, though the person record is just called Wilson and covers many possible Wilsons. For Miss Wilson, Parr's friend in Warwickshire see Wilson, Hannah and for Mrs Wilson at John King's see Wilson, Mrs. The entry above in 1794 may have been Charles Henry Wilson died 1808 aged 52. He appeared in the archives of the Gazetteer newspaper (Nat Arch C104/67 & 68) as a parliamentary…

miss Wilson 12.10.1794 adv at Parr's & 26.6.1795 dines there.

Dr Parr's friend Hannah Wilson (see Warren Derry, Dr Samuel Parr the Whig Dr Johnson). She married William Bellamy at Haseley, Warwickshire on 18.11.1795, his will PCC 1809 mentioned his wife Hannah and son William
 

10.2.1795 mrs Wilson at King's / 22.3.1795 again / 1.6.1795 meet (after King's, with Mrs Morse)  / 3.12.1795 adv at King's / 26.1.1805 Barry & mrs Wilson adv at Carlisle's / 28.10.1806 adv at Carlisle's / 14.4.1813 Godwin calls on mrs Wilson

No reason to suppose the mrs W at King's to be the same as mrs W at Carlisle's 10 years later, but they could all be Bonne Wilson (nee Boileau) died Feb 1819 who married at Madras 1780 Lestock Wilson (died 1821) captain in East India Company's service, friend of Joseph Farington and appeared often in Farington diary. The Morses and the…

Wilton 23.4.1797 at Holcroft's / 1.5.1797 at Wilton's with Holcrofts Grays & Barnes

Maybe Charles Henry Wilton (Highfill, Burnim & Langhans fl 1785-1805 violinist composer and singer). Holcroft and Gray were often in musical company

Maybe Joseph Wilton DNB 1722-1803 sculptor

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Richard Wiltshire 26 Poland St ratebooks 1795-7 // (possibly the same as some of these) will PCC 19.4.1805 of Richard Wiltshire gent of 31 Hatton Garden dated 7.7.1803 mentioned his wife Susannah,  William, Elizabeth & Matilda his children by Mary Maitland dau of Charles & Ann Maitland of Newmarket, Cambs, and his natural sons Richard attorney & Francis, both of 31 Hatton Garden // Richard Wiltshire = St Luke Old St 20.12.1765 Susanna Kitchen / William son of Richard & Susanna of Gravile St bapt 27.5.1764 Holborn…

see Winnall

14.12.1808 letter from Winchester / 15.12.1808 write to Winchester

Part of Godwin's requests for patronage but was this Charles Ingoldsby Paulet 1764-1843 13th Marquess of Winchester? Or even Brownlow North DNB 1741-1820 Bishop of Winchester?

29.1.1789 Winckelmann at B Hollis' / 20.4.1789 there. In Godwin's 1796 list for 1789. and in 1794 version.

Subscribed to works of John Jebb 1787, mentioned in Brand Hollis' will (PCC 1804 dated 2.11.1792) as 'Mr de Winckelmann lately living at Ipswich'. Saur, Deutsche Biographiscche Enzyklopadie has Frans Carel Philip Baron von Winckelmann 1757-1820 friend of Schiller, visited South Africa 1788/9 and wrote report on police-free society of Xhosa, went to Ceylon (then a Dutch colony) in 1791 and was British prisoner of war there from 1796 for 10 years, then became director of the…

25.6.1808 mrs Wincup calls

This name was almost always spelt Whincup. A Mrs Whincup was advertising Bayton Preparatory School in 11.7.1840 Norwich Mercury

8.12.1793 Wingfield at Tooke's.

William Wingfield of Lincolns Inn 1773-1858 (History of Parliament), Friend to the Liberty of the Press 1792/3, Friend of Freedom 1795, friend of John Bellenden Gawler he testified in Lord Valentia versus Gawler 1799 adultery trial. Had a brother who changed his name to George Wingfield Sparrow

6.5.1795 miss Winal at Holcroft's (with Amelia Alderson) / 11.5.1795 adv at Foulkes's (with Donovan, Mrs Aris & miss Holcrofts) / 21.7.1795 calls (with Jennings's, Fergusson & Barry: altercation)

this surname can be spelt Winall, Winnal or Winnall. Only Godwin spells it Winal. See Aris, and notes below

30.7.1809 dine at Bonnycastle's; adv. miss Boyce & Fred. Winsor

Quite plausibly Frederick Albert Winsor 1797-1874 son of Frederick Albert Winsor DNB 1763-1830. It could also have been the father, but probably children visiting Bonnycastle's children. See Boyce, miss

George Winter of Chancery Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 15.11.1782 by William Falkener 2nded Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield

I found nothing to connect George Winter with Chancery Lane but there are good reasons to suppose he was the surgeon of Newgate St who was buried 8.5.1823 age 61 at Christ Church, London, chiefly because William Falkener who proposed him as a member was married to a De Rippe and so was he. Along with another later member of the SCI, Francis Weldon, at whose son's wedding a Sarah de Rippe was witness, they both had connections with Stamford…

John Winter of Swithins Lane proposed Society for Constitutional Information 28.6.1782 by Joseph Brown 2nded Edward Bridgen

John Winter born 26.11.1755 bapt 24.12.1755 Ealing son of John (died 1787) & Ann (nee Staine died 1782) from Ancestry user-submitted tree / I couldn't find a record of his articles but a John Winter was apprenticed 1776 to John Barnard of Drapers Company, and one of John Winter's sons was christened Barnard / SunFire 1778 John Winter attorney Staples Inn Holborn / SunFire 1779 John Winter gent Warwick Court Holborn / 1779 George son of Asher Foot apothecary…

15.9.1802 a(t Newbury) call on Winter

Rev John Winter died 25.1.1823 age 74 minister of Independent chapel at Newbury from 1784 his will PCC 1823

Wise, student 13.10.1794 on coach.

Henry Wise of the Priory, Warwick, son of Henry Christopher Wise of Westminster, matric Brasenose 1791 age 17, BA 1795. Vicar of Offchurch, Warwicks & rector of Charlwood, Surrey till his death 23.1.1850. A Henry Christian Wise attended the Warwick meeting against dissenters 1790
 

9.11.1791 Wishart at Bosse's.

Thomas Wishart tobacconist of 24 Coventry St (1783, 1798) signed Declaration of Friends to the Liberty of the Press 1792/3 and subscribed to expenses of Hardy's trial 1795. Active in Westminster politics in following years (J Ann Hone, For The Cause of Truth). Probably the Thomas Wishart tobacconist of Bath whose will is PCC 1823
 

see Whishaw, John

Robert Wissett of Stepney proposed Society for Constitutional Information 14.3.1783 by John Satchell 2nded Edward Hall

His father Thomas Wissett = St Michael Cornhill 1.8.1748 Ann Wildman, their last child bapt at Bermondsey 1756 / Thomas Wissett smith of Bermondsey widower = Elizabeth Bradshawe widow marr lic 19.10.1757 / Thomas Wissett voted on his own freehold in Bermondsey for Mawbey 1775, Mawbey & Keppel 1780 / Thomas Wissett of Bethnal Green buried 6.1.1791 St Dunstan Stepney died of fever age 67 / Robert son of Thomas & Ann Wissart, smith of Stone Bridge born 13.11.…