Duncans 4.3.1800 at Charlotte Smith's / 26.1.1801 call on Duncan with Carlisle / 17.4.1801 Duncan of Dundee breakfasts / 8.5.1802 call with MJ on Duncan, adv Carlisle / 27.9.1805 call on Duncan / 9.11.1805 again / 11.11.1805 call on Duncan (bail) / 30.6.1812 Duncans at tea / 15.4.1816 Duncans (in Edinburgh) / 22.4.1816 Duncans dine (in Edinburgh) / 24.4.1816 Duncan at theatre (in Edinburgh) / 15.12.1816 Duncan at Curran's / 30.9.1817 again / 22.4.1825 Duncan, accountant / 23.4.1825 Duncan, half after two / 28.4.1825 Duncan sups, 6th day / 30.4.1825 Duncan at Guildhall / 2.5.1825 Duncan calls / 9.5.1825 again / 18.3.1826 Duncan at Basinghall St / 25.3.1826 again / 22.12.1826 again
The first entry above was probably John Shute Duncan DNB 1769-1844 of 16 Lincolns Inn Old Square, attorney to the Newhouses, Charlotte Smith's daughter and son-in-law (see Collected Letters of Charlotte Smith). His brother Philip Bury Duncan DNB 1772-1863 was also of Lincolns Inn, both brothers in turn later became keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The second entry referred to William Nicholson's attorney, Andrew Duncan of Holborn Court, Grays Inn, as explained, along with Carlisle's presence, in Nicholson's letter to Godwin of the same day (Bodleian Abinger c6 f134) brought to Godwin by Nicholson's son William, though that wasn't recorded in the diary. He was probably the Duncan of 1802 when Carlisle was present again, and perhaps the three entries in 1805 and/or some of the later ones. He may have been the Andrew Duncan gentleman of 70 Chancery Lane whose will was proved 1849 PCC. There were a number of Duncans of Dundee, James Duncan junior merchant of Dundee left a will in 1827 and his widow Jane left a will in 1833 (Scotlands People). The Duncans in Edinburgh in 1816 could have been the physicians Andrew Duncan DNB 1744-1828 and/or his son Andrew Duncan DNB 1773-1832.