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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 162 times, but was not at home (N) 14 times, and was a venue (V) 68 times.
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29 November 1797 13 December 1797 (V) 19 December 1797
30 August 1810 5 September 1810 (V) 6 September 1810
11 February 1811 18 February 1811 (V) 25 February 1811 (NV) 26 February 1811 2 March 1811 4 March 1811 (V) 13 March 1811 15 March 1811 28 May 1811 30 May 1811 (V) 7 June 1811 8 June 1811 10 June 1811 13 June 1811 (V) 9 July 1811 (V) 17 July 1811 30 July 1811 7 September 1811 19 October 1811 21 November 1811 24 November 1811 (V) 31 December 1811
6 May 1812 22 August 1812 2 September 1812 (V) 14 November 1812 (V) 1 December 1812
2 April 1813 (N) 8 April 1813 (N) 26 May 1813 (V) 29 May 1813 (V) 12 June 1813 (NV) 17 June 1813 (V) 23 June 1813 (V) 24 July 1813 (V) 25 July 1813 (V) 22 August 1813 (V) 13 September 1813 21 October 1813 (V) 8 November 1813 (V)
18 March 1814 (V) 17 April 1814 (V) 8 May 1814 (V) 12 May 1814 10 November 1814 11 December 1814 (V) 30 December 1814
9 January 1815 15 January 1815 (V) 22 January 1815 (V) 29 January 1815 5 February 1815 (V) 19 March 1815 (V) 24 April 1815 23 June 1815 23 July 1815 (V) 25 July 1815 (V) 31 December 1815 (V)
7 February 1816 3 November 1816 (V) 10 November 1816 (V) 8 December 1816 (V)
19 January 1817 (V) 5 June 1817 (NV) 15 June 1817 (V) 29 June 1817 (V) 16 November 1817 (V) 17 November 1817 (V)
3 March 1818 23 March 1818 23 March 1818 28 March 1818 (V) 3 April 1818 13 April 1818 10 June 1818 3 November 1818 10 November 1818
22 May 1819 (V) 23 June 1819 27 June 1819 (V) 4 October 1819 12 November 1819 5 December 1819 (V) 10 December 1819 12 December 1819 (V)
3 January 1820 28 April 1820 (V) 14 May 1820 (V) 10 September 1820 (V)
10 January 1821 (V) 16 January 1821 (V)
26 April 1822 14 August 1822 (NV) 11 October 1822 18 October 1822 (V) 24 November 1822 (V)
14 February 1823 (NV) 19 February 1823 18 May 1823 (NV) 11 June 1823 (NV) 15 June 1823 16 June 1823 9 September 1823 16 September 1823 (V) 15 November 1823
30 June 1824 13 July 1824 10 November 1824
18 January 1825 (V) 8 February 1825 5 May 1825 23 September 1825
24 July 1826 2 August 1826 (V)
16 January 1827 (V) 5 February 1827 25 April 1827 16 August 1827 (V)
16 January 1829 (V) 12 May 1829 2 June 1829
3 March 1830 6 April 1830 (N) 2 June 1830 3 June 1830 16 August 1830 12 November 1830
10 January 1831 22 January 1831 26 January 1831 (V) 16 February 1831 18 June 1831
3 February 1832 7 February 1832 (V) 9 March 1832 (V) 2 April 1832
1 January 1833 11 January 1833 (V) 26 January 1833 (V) 13 June 1833 6 October 1833 (N) 18 October 1833
11 February 1834 15 February 1834 (N) 19 February 1834 (N) 28 February 1834 16 October 1834 (N) 29 October 1834 12 December 1834
5 February 1835 23 March 1835 7 July 1835
Charles Aldis studied in London in the 1790s, moved to Huntingdonshire in 1798 and eventually set up a practice in 1802. He seems to have met Godwin shortly after Mary Wollstonecraft's death; but there is then a break of twelve years in their contact. He was the author of A defence of the character and conduct of the late Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin : founded on principles of nature and reason, as applied to the peculiar circumstances of her case; in a series of letters to a lady (London, 1803) which must have endeared him to Godwin, although their friendship did not begin until 1810. A biographical memoir of Charles Aldis in the The European Magazine, (72) July-December 1817 notes him as a lover of the drama which may help identify him as he is an attendee of Hazlitt's lectures.
According to Biographical Memoirs, he was also considered to have a 'studious disposition', and counted Godwin, Benj. Thompson, Theodore Hook, Martin Smart, Coleridge, Barnes, Hazlitt, Sir L. St George Skeffington, Rev. Rowland Hill, Dr Carr, Sir Richard Phillips, and some men of the medical profession among his acquaintances.
He was the father of Charles James Berridge Aldis (1808-1872), physician and public health reformer who probably also appears in the diary.
All instances of Aldis have been coded as Charles. B and E Aldis (deceased children of Sir Charles to whom the Biographical Memoirs refer?) have been left uncoded while Dr Aldis has been coded as Charles Berridge Aldis. Lady Aldis has been coded since Godwin notes her death.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge) | 34 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 9 |
| Uwins, David | 7 |
| Hill, (Thomas) | 4 |
| Lamb, Charles | 4 |
| Lamb, Mary Anne | 4 |
| Hume, Joseph | 2 |
| O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) | 2 |
| Reid, William Hamilton | 2 |
| Wood, Mrs Somerville | 2 |
| Hume, Alexia | 2 |
| Owen, Robert | 2 |
| Burney, Martin Charles | 2 |
| Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy) | 2 |
| Godwin, William | 2 |
| Skeffington, Sir Lumley St George | 2 |
| Rees, Owen | 2 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 1 |
| Rogers, Samuel | 1 |
| Keir, Peter | 1 |
| Burr, Aaron (junior) | 1 |
| Hopwood, | 1 |
| Lamb, William (second Viscount Melbourne) | 1 |
| Thornton, General William | 1 |
| Martin, John | 1 |
| Landseer, John George | 1 |
| Elliston, Robert William | 1 |
| Booth, Isabel (née Baxter) | 1 |
| Payne, John Howard | 1 |
| Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Atherstone, Edwin | 1 |
| Bannister, John | 1 |
| Marshall, James | 1 |
| Wilson, | 1 |
| Hunt, Leigh James Henry | 1 |
| Curran, William Henry | 1 |
| Clairmont, Charles | 1 |
| Baxter Family, | 1 |
| Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) | 1 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 1 |
| Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) | 1 |
| Manning, James | 1 |
| Rees, Abraham | 1 |
| King, John (Jacob Rey) | 1 |
| Chandler, John Westbrooke | 1 |
| Curran, Amelia | 1 |
| Kenney, James | 1 |
| Botwright, | 1 |
| Moore, Thomas | 1 |
| Rosser, Henry (Blanche) | 1 |
| Hone, William | 1 |
| Adams, Dr Joseph | 1 |
| Hazlitt, William | 1 |
| Montagu, Basil | 1 |
| Kemble, Charles | 1 |
| Alsager, Thomas Massa | 1 |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 1 |
| Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne Henry Petty- | 1 |
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