Person record for Curran, John Philpot

Curran, John Philpot

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 489 times, but was not at home (N) 40 times, and was a venue (V) 153 times.

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Name: Curran, John Philpot
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 July 1750
Death Date: 14 October 1817
Occupation: politician
Occupation: lawyer

John Philpot Curran graduated from Trinity College Dublin and proceeded to the Middle Temple in London. He subsequently returned to Ireland and pursued a succesful carer at the bar, becoming King's Counsel in 1782. He also became a member of the Irish parliament where he aligned himself with Henry Flood and took a patriotic line on fiscal and political issues. After the French Revolution he became increasingly vocal on the issue of parliamentary corruption. Curran was also lead counsel for the leaders of the 1798 rebellion but after the Act of Union, his career lost some of its impetus though he still became an Irish privy councillor and Master of the Rolls.

Godwin met Curran in October 1799 through John Fenwick. The two men hit it off immediately and Curran invited Godwin to Ireland. Godwin spent six weeks in Ireland as Curran's guest in July and August 1800. The two retained a strong friendship over the remainder of Curran's life. Godwin wrote his obituary for the Morning Chronicle and dedicated Mandeville to 'the sincerest friend he ever had'.

Curran is also referred to as C, his first initials J P, Phil., and also Rathfarnham, his place of habitation in Dublin, also known as the Priory (the main abbreviations - especially the use of C and C's come during Godwin's visit to Ireland, when there is no possibility of confusion between Curran and Cooper for whom he also uses C). Godwin occasionally abbreviates this as ‘Rm’. In 1817, after traveling, John Philpot returned to his London residence in Brompton in a state of declining health, and when Godwin visits him there we’ve coded the placename as Curran to indicate his presence there.

Curran’s daughter, Amelia, was also a frequent visitor the Godwin household and became firmly ensconced in the family’s extensive circle which, at that point, included Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose portrait she eventually painted. Any references to A Curran have been understood to be Amelia, and when in the appropriate context, the variations A C, Miss Curran, and the one reference to her by first name alone have been included. Godwin also knew Curran's son, William.

Godwin recorded his death.

MS. Abinger c. 7, fols. 3-4: 30 January 1801
MS. Abinger c. 18, fol. 9: 3 February 1801
MS. Abinger c. 18, fols. 88-9: 7 March 1807
MS. Abinger c. 18, fols. 94-5: 2 April 1807
MS. Abinger c. 8, fols.29-30: 8 August 1803
MS. Abinger c. 19, fols. 52-3: 1813-1817
MS. Abinger c. 14, fols. 71-2: 15 October
MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 69: 8 July
MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 70: not dated
MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 73: 8 August
MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 3-4: 22 October 1799
MS. Abinger c. 5, fols. 5-6: October 1799
MS. Abinger c. 6, fols. 5-6: 8 June 1800
MS. Abinger c. 10, fols. 35-6: 23 April 1807
MS. Abinger c. 14, fol. 74: 6 November
DNB
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This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name	Number of Meetings
Lubé, Denis George	18
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar)	15
Curran, Amelia	11
Meyler, Anthony	10
Kenney, James	7
Boaden, James	7
Northcote, James	7
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial)	7
Horne Tooke, John	7
Hazlitt, William	6
Reynolds, Frederick	6
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier)	6
Fenwick, John	6
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel)	5
Turner, Thomas	5
Finnerty, Peter	5
Trotter, John Bernard	5
King, Margaret (Countess Mountcashell, Mrs Mason, Moore)	5
Paull, James	4
Lamb, Charles	4
Kemble, John Philip	4
Wallace,	4
Holcroft, Thomas	4
Quin, Edward Turnly	4
Perry, James (Pirie)	4
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	4
Carlisle, Sir Anthony	4
Marshall, James	4
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor	3
Nicholson, William	3
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton	3
North, Dudley (Long)	3
Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns)	3
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien)	3
Grattan, Henry	3
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson)	3
Skeys, Hugh	3
Moore, Thomas	3
Cobbett, William	2
Fox, Henry [later Vassall] Richard (Baron Holland)	2
Adair, Robert	2
Rogers, Samuel	2
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire)	2
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae	2
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy)	2
Stael von Holstein, Baroness Germaine ( Anne-Louise, née Necker, Germaine de Stael)	2
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta	2
Lamb, Mary Anne	2
Batty, Robert	2
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas	2
Webb,	2
Lawrence, Sir Thomas	2
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli)	2
Moore, John	2
Ridgeway, James	2
Fairley, John	1
Botwright,	1
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley	1
Shelley, Percy Bysshe	1
Burney, Martin Charles	1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker)	1
Hazlitt, Sarah (née Stoddart)	1
Hammond, Elton (Hamond)	1
Place, Francis	1
Murray, John Samuel	1
Robinson, Henry Crabb	1
Inchbald, Elizabeth	1
Malkin, Benjamin Heath	1
	1
Constable, Archibald	1
Poole, John	1
Harlow, George Henry (Harlowe)	1
Montagu, Basil	1
Shee, Sir Martin Archer	1
Morton, Thomas	1
Parry, John	1
Clairmont, Charles	1
Burr, Aaron (junior)	1
Taylor, John	1
Phillips, Charles	1
Curran, William Henry	1
Taylor, Richard	1
Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy)	1
Rogers, Henry	1
Este, Reverend Charles	1
Rawdon, Elizabeth (née Hastings, suo jure Baroness Botreaux, suo jure Baroness Hungerford, suo jure Baroness Moleyns, suo jure Baroness Hastings, and countess of Moira)	1
Hogan,	1
Godwin, William	1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart)	1
Elwes, Sarah	1
Moore, James (Carrick-Moore)	1
Porson, Richard	1
Allen, John	1
Erskine, Thomas (first Baron Erskine)	1
Fell, Ralph	1
Dawe, George	1
Hoare, Prince	1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne	1
Wollstonecraft, James	1
Godwin, Hannah	1
Banks, Thomas	1
Billington, Elizabeth (née Weichsel)	1
Barry, James	1
Sempill, Lord Hugh	1
Bosville, William	1
Forbes, Earl George	1
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)	1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin)	1
Cumberland, Richard	1
Plunket,	1
Drennan, William	1
MacDonnell, D. E.	1
Campbell, Thomas	1
Perry, Anne (née Hull)	1
Glenie, James	1
Tuthill, Sir George Leman	1
Wollstonecraft, Everina	1
Higgins, Godfrey	1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet)	1
Baxter Family,	1
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