William Godwin's Diary

Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier)

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 369 times, but was not at home (N) 13 times, and was a venue (V) 141 times.

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1798

5  August  1798 30  September  1798 11  November  1798

1799

10  January  1799 11  January  1799 3  February  1799 17  February  1799 3  March  1799 5  March  1799 (V) 7  March  1799 16  March  1799 17  March  1799 (V) 31  March  1799 (V) 7  April  1799 16  April  1799 21  April  1799 26  April  1799 (N) 28  April  1799 (V) 12  May  1799 (V) 19  May  1799 26  May  1799 (V) 2  June  1799 9  June  1799 (V) 19  June  1799 23  June  1799

1802

16  September  1802 (N) 19  September  1802 (V) 21  September  1802 26  September  1802 (V) 5  October  1802 (V) 10  October  1802 (V) 18  October  1802 7  November  1802 11  November  1802 16  November  1802 (V) 21  November  1802 (V) 29  November  1802 (V) 5  December  1802

1803

9  January  1803 (V) 21  January  1803 23  January  1803 31  January  1803 (V) 21  February  1803 (V) 11  March  1803 14  March  1803 22  March  1803 26  March  1803 28  March  1803 (V) 31  March  1803 3  April  1803 6  April  1803 11  April  1803 (N) 14  April  1803 22  April  1803 (V) 8  May  1803 (V) 22  May  1803 24  May  1803 31  May  1803 (V) 3  July  1803 (V) 8  July  1803 23  July  1803 2  August  1803 4  August  1803 (V) 7  August  1803 14  August  1803 18  August  1803 (V) 19  August  1803 (V) 24  November  1803 (V) 1  December  1803 (V) 14  December  1803 (V) 18  December  1803 (V)

1804

1  January  1804 (V) 4  January  1804 (V) 5  January  1804 15  January  1804 19  January  1804 29  January  1804 1  February  1804 (V) 12  February  1804 19  February  1804 (V) 29  February  1804 (V) 7  March  1804 (V) 12  March  1804 18  March  1804 (V) 19  March  1804 (V) 21  March  1804 (NV) 23  March  1804 (V) 26  March  1804 (V) 1  April  1804 (V) 14  April  1804 22  April  1804 (V) 30  April  1804 (V) 1  May  1804 11  July  1804 (V) 17  July  1804 18  July  1804 (V) 25  July  1804 (V) 28  July  1804 (V) 3  August  1804 (V) 19  August  1804 (NV) 19  August  1804 22  August  1804 (V) 27  August  1804 (V) 30  August  1804 1  September  1804 (V) 2  September  1804 (V) 4  September  1804 (V) 10  September  1804 (V) 6  October  1804 (V) 13  November  1804 (V) 24  November  1804 (V) 26  November  1804 (V) 30  November  1804 (V) 1  December  1804 2  December  1804 (V) 14  December  1804 (V) 25  December  1804 29  December  1804 30  December  1804 (V)

1805

20  January  1805 30  January  1805 15  February  1805 (V) 4  October  1805

1809

23  March  1809 (V) 24  March  1809 (V) 26  March  1809 (V) 3  April  1809 (V) 9  April  1809 11  April  1809 13  April  1809 (V) 20  April  1809 23  April  1809 1  May  1809 2  May  1809 3  May  1809 4  May  1809 12  May  1809 18  May  1809 19  May  1809 28  May  1809 7  June  1809 (N) 11  June  1809 21  June  1809 11  July  1809 12  July  1809 16  July  1809 (V) 19  July  1809 11  August  1809 14  August  1809 25  August  1809 26  August  1809 30  August  1809 12  September  1809 15  September  1809 19  September  1809 (V) 20  September  1809 27  September  1809 3  October  1809 18  October  1809 29  October  1809 30  October  1809 11  November  1809 17  November  1809 22  November  1809 24  November  1809 28  November  1809 5  December  1809 9  December  1809 14  December  1809 18  December  1809 (N) 31  December  1809

1810

10  January  1810 11  January  1810 17  January  1810 18  January  1810 18  January  1810 19  January  1810 4  February  1810 6  February  1810 7  February  1810 13  February  1810 6  March  1810 28  March  1810 5  April  1810 19  June  1810 (V) 8  September  1810 17  November  1810

1811

5  May  1811 24  July  1811 24  August  1811 18  November  1811 21  November  1811

1812

27  March  1812 26  April  1812 6  June  1812 14  June  1812 (V) 14  July  1812 26  August  1812 3  October  1812 (V) 27  October  1812 27  October  1812 30  October  1812 (V) 4  November  1812 25  November  1812 (V) 25  November  1812

1813

10  January  1813 14  February  1813 (V) 6  April  1813 (V) 30  May  1813 (V) 8  June  1813 14  June  1813 24  June  1813 (V) 1  July  1813 (V) 18  July  1813 (V) 20  July  1813 21  July  1813 27  July  1813 1  August  1813 (NV) 12  August  1813 20  August  1813 (NV) 25  August  1813 (V) 12  September  1813 (V) 4  October  1813 31  October  1813 (V) 1  November  1813 19  November  1813 25  December  1813 31  December  1813

1814

17  January  1814 30  January  1814 3  February  1814 (V) 11  February  1814 1  May  1814 (V) 29  May  1814 (V) 28  June  1814 (V) 12  July  1814 17  July  1814 (V) 8  August  1814 14  August  1814 (V) 16  August  1814 23  August  1814 8  September  1814 11  September  1814 (V) 18  September  1814 22  September  1814 (V) 24  October  1814 2  November  1814 8  November  1814 22  November  1814 24  November  1814 27  November  1814 29  November  1814 (V) 1  December  1814 (V) 2  December  1814

1815

1  January  1815 23  January  1815 (V) 29  January  1815 15  March  1815 (V) 19  March  1815 24  March  1815 (V) 4  May  1815 19  May  1815 21  May  1815 (V) 25  May  1815 11  June  1815 (V) 2  August  1815 (V) 28  August  1815 2  September  1815 (N) 3  September  1815 15  September  1815 (V) 24  October  1815 22  December  1815 24  December  1815 (N)

1816

15  February  1816 (V) 20  February  1816 26  February  1816 28  February  1816 28  February  1816 19  June  1816 25  June  1816 2  July  1816 22  July  1816 30  July  1816 11  August  1816

1818

16  July  1818 5  August  1818 13  August  1818 20  August  1818 2  September  1818 (V) 9  September  1818 24  September  1818 3  October  1818 (V) 27  October  1818 12  November  1818 16  November  1818 (V) 26  November  1818 (V) 29  December  1818 (V)

1819

11  January  1819

1823

18  June  1823 23  June  1823 10  July  1823 13  July  1823 17  July  1823 27  July  1823 28  July  1823 28  July  1823 2  August  1823

1824

12  July  1824

1825

15  March  1825 28  March  1825

1826

1  April  1826 (V) 19  May  1826 21  May  1826 (V) 25  May  1826 7  July  1826 12  July  1826 26  July  1826 6  August  1826 12  August  1826 (V) 17  August  1826 (V) 22  August  1826 31  August  1826 6  September  1826 (V) 15  September  1826 (V)

1827

29  June  1827 (V) 2  July  1827 1  December  1827 2  December  1827 (V)

1828

9  January  1828 (V) 21  January  1828 (V) 3  March  1828 (V) 5  March  1828 14  March  1828 (V) 8  April  1828 (V) 19  May  1828 11  June  1828 (V) 13  July  1828 8  August  1828 (V) 10  October  1828 13  October  1828 (V) 18  December  1828 (V) 18  December  1828 24  December  1828 (V) 24  December  1828 26  December  1828

1829

3  May  1829 9  May  1829 (V)

1830

10  March  1830 (V) 15  March  1830 (V) 6  April  1830 5  November  1830 25  November  1830 (NV) 26  November  1830 (V) 16  December  1830 (V)

1831

6  March  1831 11  August  1831 15  August  1831 (V) 4  October  1831 5  December  1831 (V)

1832

5  January  1832 (V) 1  July  1832 15  July  1832 (NV) 19  October  1832 11  November  1832 (V)

1833

28  April  1833

1834

5  July  1834 11  September  1834

1836

21  January  1836 (V) 9  March  1836 (V)

  • Name: Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier)
  • Gender: Female
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date:

Thomas Holcroft married his fourth wife, Louisa Mercier in 1799. She was the daughter of Louis Sebastien Mercier, author of Tableau de Paris (1781-88). The last entry for 'Ht' - on 19 May 1809 is 'MJ to Hts' and refers to a visit to Louisa, née Mercier (Holcroft died 23 March 1809). Also 31 December 1809 is coded for Louisa and also for Fanny Holcroft, but not for Thomas Holcroft (then deceased). The DNB makes no mention of issue from Hocroft's fourth marriage, but Godwin refers to L Ht and sons in the diary from 1803. Also, the account of Holcroft's death in his Life refers to an incident where Holcroft asks his wife if they are her children making a noise on the stair. The Morning Chronicle for 25 March 1809 reported Holcroft's death and referred to him having left an amiable wife and six children under the age of 9 and two daughters from a previous marriage (repeated in Jackson's Oxford Journal).

Louisa remarried on 5 March 1812. The DNB entry for James Kenney, Louisa's second husband, suggests that she came to the marriage with two daughters, as well as Holcroft's two daughters by a previous marriage. It suggests that she and Kenney had four further children. This is irreconcilable, both with the Morning Chronicle's account, and with Godwin's own listing of L Ht and sons. Godwin's diary has their wedding (L Ht marries) at 27 March 1812, whereas the DNB entry is for 5 March. Godwin also refers to L Kenney and sons on 20 July 1813, which suggests continuity with L Ht.

After the wedding, however, L Ht is used to refer to her daughter, also Louisa. This can be seen from entries where L Kenney appears with L Ht (e.g. 20 Feb 1816).

The diary also refers to Harwood Holcroft,, probably one of those sons, named in gratitude after Col. Harwood who was a close friend to Hocroft as well as being his son-in-law (married to Holcroft's daughter Ann)

  • MS. Abinger c. 44, fols. 10-11: 22 January 1810
  • MS. Abinger c. 19, fols. 17b-c: 1810
  • Morning Chronicle, 25 March 1809
  • Jackson's Oxford Journal
  • DNB
  • Thomas Holcroft, The life of Thomas Holcroft, continued by William Hazlitt, ed. by Elbridge Colby, 2 vols (London: Constable & Co., 1925)

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Kenney, James 105
Holcroft, Thomas 85
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 73
Lamb, Charles 16
Lamb, Mary Anne 12
Marshall, James 11
Morton, Thomas 11
Nicholson, William 11
Holcroft, Thomas 11
Godwin, William 10
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 9
Foulkes, John 9
Harwood, Colonel William 8
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 8
Morton, Edw 7
Morton, John Maddison 7
Turner, Thomas 6
Mercier, Charles André 6
Poole, John 6
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 6
Curran, John Philpot 6
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 5
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 5
Robinson, Henry Crabb 5
Opie, John 5
Alderson, Amelia (Opie) 4
Clairmont, Charles 4
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 4
Collier, John Dyer 3
Curran, William Henry 3
Dawe, George 3
Lubé, Denis George 3
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 3
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson) 3
Northcote, James 3
Botwright, 3
Collier, John Payne 3
Curran, Amelia 3
Hogan, 3
Taylor, Richard 3
Hill, (Thomas) 3
Holcroft, Louisa 3
Badams, John 3
Stoddart, John 3
Clementi, Muzio 2
Hopwood, 2
Hume, Joseph 2
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 2
Booth, David 2
Burney, Martin Charles 2
Topping, Mrs 2
Chalmers, Alexander 2
Adams, Dr Joseph 2
Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) 2
Burney, Captain James 2
Barry, James 2
Tobin, James Webbe 2
Montagu, Basil 2
Knapp, Leonora 2
Elwes, Sarah 2
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) 2
Godwin, John 2
Reynolds, Richard 2
Pilcher, 2
Buchan, Dr Alexander Peter 2
Lofft, Capel 2
Lofft, Sarah (neé Watson) 2
Cole, 2
Smith, 2
Holcroft, Ann (Harwood) 2
King, John (Jacob Rey) 1
Uwins, David 1
Constable, Archibald 1
Manning, Thomas 1
Ballantyne, John 1
Payne, John Howard 1
Boswell, Sir Alexander (first baronet) 1
Mergez, Georges Nicholas 1
Newton, John Frank 1
White, 1
Hamilton, 1
Pickersgill, Henry William 1
Cunningham, Allan (Hidallan) 1
Ayrton, William 1
Westmacott, Richard 1
Picken, Andrew 1
Miller, 1
Knowles, James Sheridan 1
Carlyle, Thomas 1
Orme, Cosmo 1
Carlyle, John Aitken (Jack) 1
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Reynolds, Richard 1
Fairley, John 1
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) 1
Hayward, Richard 1
Bannister, John 1
Barry, Major Henry 1
Boaden, James 1
Fell, Ralph 1
Batty, Robert 1
Jones, Louisa 1
Godwin, Hannah 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Fenwick, John 1
Perry, Anne (née Hull) 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Tobin, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Aickin, James 1
Surr, Thomas Skinner 1
Smart, 1
Mercier, Charles 1
Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge) 1
Aldis, Charles 1
Wroughton, Richard (Rotten) 1
Hammond, Elton (Hamond) 1
Morgan, John 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
Baxter Family, 1
Collier, Jane (Payne) 1
De Boinville, Chastel 1
Boinville, Harriet 1
Hume, Alexia 1
Heywood, Samuel 1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Wollstonecraft, Everina 1
Davy, Sir Humphry 1
Owen, Robert 1

Holcroft, Thomas

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 155 times, but was not at home (N) 4 times, and was a venue (V) 1 time.

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1803

14  April  1803

1813

4  January  1813 21  July  1813

1818

26  August  1818 4  September  1818 9  September  1818 24  September  1818 25  September  1818 11  October  1818 19  October  1818 22  November  1818

1819

8  January  1819 15  January  1819 19  January  1819 28  January  1819 31  January  1819 8  February  1819 23  February  1819 3  March  1819 14  March  1819 16  March  1819 18  March  1819 26  March  1819 12  April  1819 13  April  1819 16  April  1819 17  April  1819 18  April  1819 2  May  1819 19  May  1819 25  May  1819 31  May  1819 3  June  1819 14  June  1819 (N) 17  June  1819 (V) 18  June  1819 24  June  1819 27  June  1819 13  July  1819 19  July  1819 23  July  1819 24  July  1819 25  July  1819 29  July  1819 6  August  1819 13  August  1819 20  August  1819 25  August  1819 13  September  1819 20  September  1819 (N) 28  September  1819 8  October  1819 10  October  1819 15  October  1819 29  October  1819 9  November  1819 10  December  1819 27  December  1819

1820

19  January  1820 29  January  1820 30  January  1820 11  February  1820 19  February  1820 3  March  1820 8  March  1820 10  March  1820 14  March  1820 22  March  1820 25  March  1820 1  April  1820 2  April  1820

1823

5  September  1823 9  September  1823 26  September  1823 2  October  1823 16  October  1823 17  October  1823 20  October  1823 21  October  1823 30  October  1823 5  November  1823 7  November  1823

1824

16  April  1824 5  May  1824 12  May  1824 2  June  1824 16  June  1824 18  June  1824 7  July  1824 12  July  1824 14  July  1824 18  July  1824 25  July  1824 3  August  1824 12  August  1824 8  September  1824 1  December  1824 15  December  1824

1825

15  March  1825 28  March  1825 3  July  1825 24  July  1825 25  August  1825 17  September  1825 7  October  1825 16  October  1825 27  November  1825

1826

26  February  1826 15  June  1826 7  July  1826 18  July  1826 22  July  1826 24  July  1826 22  August  1826 6  September  1826 12  September  1826 15  September  1826 18  September  1826 18  October  1826 26  October  1826 14  November  1826 16  November  1826 30  November  1826 3  December  1826 11  December  1826 12  December  1826 28  December  1826

1827

11  January  1827 18  January  1827 1  February  1827 11  August  1827 2  December  1827

1828

19  October  1828 18  December  1828 24  December  1828

1829

3  May  1829 30  June  1829

1830

6  April  1830 29  September  1830 11  December  1830 15  December  1830 25  December  1830

1831

25  March  1831 8  December  1831

1832

5  January  1832 17  September  1832 19  September  1832 27  September  1832 7  October  1832 (N)

1833

24  April  1833 (N) 16  May  1833

1834

2  August  1834

1835

3  February  1835 10  February  1835 24  November  1835

  • Name: Holcroft, Thomas
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 9  January  1803
  • Death Date:

One of Holcroft's sons by Louisa Mercier, his fourth wife, baptised in 1809, along with his brothers and sisters. See Harwood Holcroft.

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.

Name Number of Meetings
Kenney, James 20
Godwin, William 14
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 13
Pilcher, 8
Holcroft, Harwood 7
Morton, Thomas 6
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 5
Lamb, Mary Anne 3
Lamb, Charles 3
Morton, John Maddison 3
Morton, Edw 3
Poole, John 3
Uwins, David 2
Hudson, John Corrie 2
Hill, (Thomas) 2
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Holcroft, Louisa 2
Rosser, Henry (Blanche) 1
Booth, David 1
Skeffington, Sir Lumley St George 1
Stanhope, Lincoln (Edwin Robert) 1
Gent, Thomas 1
Wordsworth, William 1
Hofland, Thomas Christopher 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart) 1
Smith, 1
Uwins, Thomas 1
Collier, John Payne 1
Barham, Richard Harris 1
Reynolds, Richard 1
Turner, Thomas 1
Rickman, John 1
Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy) 1
Hepburn, John 1
Taylor, John 1
Curran, William Henry 1
Curran, Amelia 1
Godwin, John 1
Landseer, Charles 1
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 1
Boinville, Harriet 1