Waller

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Waller calls 7.4.1798 / 22.4.1808 Waller at J(oseph) Johnson's / 10.12.1809 write to W Waller / 5.2.1810 TTdines adv Waller / 11.2.1810 Waller & TT dine, adv H Robinson & GirleĀ / 8.4.1810 Waller & H Robinson sup / 10,2,1811 Waller dines / 28.4.1811 Waller at tea / 29.4.1811 write to Waller / 2.5.1811 Waller calls (not in) / 10.9.1811 W Waller calls (not in) / 12.9.1811 TT dines adv Waller / 21.9.1811 Fred Waller calls, TT sups / 6.10.1811 Waller at tea / 13.10.1811 Waller dines (with Coleridge, W Collier, H Petman) / 12.12.1811 Waller at tea / 20.1.1812 adv Waller at Coleridge's lecture / 9.1.1814 adv Waller at dinner / 11.6.1824 mrs Waller calls / 9.9.1825 Waller calls, dines, TT au soir / 17.5.1833 call on Waller

William Waller (died 1829) the father of Augustus Volney Waller DNB 1816-1870 his will PCC 1830 dated 25.12.1829 of Faversham, Kent but now of Nice in the Kingdom of Sardinia mentioned his wife Jessie, his brother Thomas Waller of Chapel House near Faversham and his sons Augustus & William. Augustus was born 9.11.1816 and baptised at Preston nr Faversham on 11.12.1833. William Waller bachelor married Jessie Eagle spinster by banns at St Mary Lambeth on 28.5.1818. The delays before marriage and baptism and the middle name Volney all suggest that Waller was a freethinker. He was also apparently a model farmer, see the adverts for the sale of "the famous and well known" Elverton Manor Farm "suited to a wealthy and spirited agriculturist" in the Standard & the Morning Post in November 1838. He was probably most of the entries above, clearly not the last one which may have been his son Augustus as may thee previous entry in 1825. Mrs Waller in 1824 may have been his wife Jessie, and Fred Waller in 1811 may have been Frederick Waller stationer of Fleet St will PCC 1846. The first entry in 1798 is separated from the next by ten years so there is no reason to suppose it was William Waller, Some other Wallers are listed in the work notes below

Work notes
1780-3 Waller & Savignac hosiers 147 Strand / Wm W 1790 man's mercer 215 Strand / Robert W 1780-90 wine merchant 8 Idol Lane, Tower St, merchant 1797-1800 8 Cross La, St Mary Hill / Sir Robt W bart sub 1795 to Saml Whyte Dublin (pupil of author) / Boyle's 1792 Waller, Warwick Pl, Red Lion Sq / Boyle's 1794 miss Waller 14 Edward St, Portman Sq / 1792 Waller 80 Long Acre sub to Plays by J C Cross / 1789-90 Richr W broker/factor 68 Tower St / 1785-90 John W coachmaker Grays Inn Lane / 1785-91 James W lace merchant 5 Warwick Pl, Grays Inn / 1790 John W boot&shoemaker 1 Church Ct, Strand / 1789-90 Geo W brushmaker 26 Old Bethlem / !790 Geo W leatherseller 58 Holborn Hill / 1799 mrs W lodging house keeper 39 College St Bristol / Holden's 1805 Robt W bookbinder 22 Old Bailey, Holborn / Wm W solicitor Lyons Inn voted Burdett & Romilly 1818