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

Kenney, James

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 388 times, but was not at home (N) 22 times, and was a venue (V) 95 times.

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1801

15  January  1801

1811

24  August  1811

1812

15  April  1812 (V) 26  April  1812 14  June  1812 (V) 26  August  1812 3  October  1812 (V) 30  October  1812 (V) 4  November  1812 25  November  1812 (V)

1813

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

1814

24  January  1814 30  January  1814 3  February  1814 (V) 26  February  1814 12  March  1814 24  March  1814 1  May  1814 (V) 4  May  1814 29  May  1814 (V) 28  June  1814 (V) 12  July  1814 17  July  1814 (V) 10  August  1814 14  August  1814 (V) 16  August  1814 17  August  1814 19  August  1814 25  August  1814 8  November  1814 22  November  1814 27  November  1814 1  December  1814 (V) 14  December  1814

1815

23  January  1815 (V) 29  January  1815 15  March  1815 (V) 19  March  1815 24  March  1815 (V) 4  May  1815 21  May  1815 21  May  1815 (V) 25  May  1815 11  June  1815 (V) 15  June  1815 29  June  1815 2  August  1815 2  August  1815 (V) 28  August  1815 31  August  1815 2  September  1815 (N) 3  September  1815 15  October  1815 (V) 24  October  1815 8  November  1815 8  November  1815 5  December  1815 (V) 22  December  1815 26  December  1815 29  December  1815

1816

2  January  1816 18  January  1816 (V) 20  January  1816 9  February  1816 (V) 15  February  1816 (V) 26  February  1816 5  March  1816 10  May  1816

1817

5  February  1817 5  February  1817 5  February  1817 9  February  1817 23  February  1817 26  February  1817 11  March  1817 (N) 14  March  1817 27  March  1817 27  March  1817 31  March  1817 1  April  1817 8  April  1817 8  April  1817 9  April  1817 10  April  1817 11  April  1817 21  April  1817 21  April  1817 22  April  1817 (N) 24  April  1817 28  April  1817 2  May  1817 4  May  1817 7  May  1817 10  May  1817 11  May  1817 17  August  1817 19  August  1817 23  August  1817 24  August  1817 25  August  1817 28  August  1817 30  August  1817 3  September  1817 8  September  1817 17  September  1817 (NV) 21  September  1817 26  September  1817 2  October  1817 3  October  1817 3  October  1817

1818

14  April  1818 24  April  1818 15  August  1818 17  August  1818 (N) 20  August  1818 27  August  1818 1  September  1818 (V) 2  September  1818 (V) 9  September  1818 22  September  1818 (NV) 25  September  1818 29  September  1818 (V) 29  September  1818 2  October  1818 (V) 3  October  1818 (V) 6  October  1818 26  October  1818 19  November  1818

1819

11  January  1819

1820

1  March  1820 21  July  1820 23  October  1820

1821

9  February  1821 20  July  1821 26  July  1821 29  July  1821 30  July  1821 1  August  1821 8  August  1821 17  August  1821 10  September  1821 12  September  1821 13  October  1821 17  October  1821 26  October  1821 28  October  1821 31  October  1821 2  November  1821 (V) 6  November  1821 23  November  1821

1822

17  July  1822 19  July  1822 28  July  1822 30  July  1822 6  August  1822 10  August  1822

1823

7  April  1823 8  April  1823 11  April  1823 18  April  1823 22  April  1823 1  May  1823 (V) 1  May  1823 3  May  1823 (V) 4  May  1823 3  June  1823 5  June  1823 6  June  1823 22  June  1823 (NV) 23  June  1823 10  July  1823 13  July  1823 17  July  1823 28  July  1823 28  July  1823

1824

13  June  1824 13  June  1824 14  June  1824 (V) 16  June  1824 18  June  1824 20  June  1824 30  June  1824 5  July  1824 7  July  1824 12  July  1824 18  July  1824 21  July  1824 29  July  1824 3  August  1824 5  August  1824 12  August  1824 18  August  1824 25  August  1824 27  August  1824 30  August  1824 4  September  1824 4  September  1824 6  September  1824 8  September  1824 14  September  1824 16  September  1824 21  September  1824

1825

28  April  1825 2  May  1825 31  August  1825 21  September  1825 2  October  1825 13  October  1825 19  October  1825 (N) 5  November  1825

1826

7  January  1826 8  February  1826 14  February  1826 20  March  1826 30  March  1826 1  April  1826 (V) 6  April  1826 10  April  1826 1  May  1826 11  May  1826 19  May  1826 21  May  1826 (V) 25  May  1826 5  June  1826 (NV) 8  June  1826 (V) 9  June  1826 19  June  1826 22  June  1826 7  July  1826 8  July  1826 (NV) 12  July  1826 24  July  1826 (V) 26  July  1826 6  August  1826 12  August  1826 (V) 17  August  1826 (V) 22  August  1826 31  August  1826 6  September  1826 (V) 12  September  1826 15  September  1826 (V) 18  September  1826 (V) 24  September  1826 2  October  1826 (V) 5  October  1826 10  October  1826 15  October  1826 (V) 16  October  1826 19  October  1826

1827

23  April  1827 (N) 24  April  1827 (NV) 6  May  1827 31  May  1827 2  June  1827 8  June  1827 14  June  1827 18  June  1827 22  June  1827 26  June  1827 (V) 26  June  1827 26  June  1827 29  June  1827 (V) 2  July  1827 1  September  1827 2  October  1827 7  October  1827 6  November  1827 (V) 10  November  1827 (NV) 11  November  1827 16  November  1827 (V) 24  November  1827 1  December  1827 2  December  1827 (V) 15  December  1827 30  December  1827

1828

7  January  1828 (V) 9  January  1828 (V) 18  January  1828 21  January  1828 (V) 27  January  1828 (V) 1  February  1828 22  February  1828 24  February  1828 3  March  1828 (V) 5  March  1828 14  March  1828 (V) 21  March  1828 29  March  1828 11  April  1828 (V) 2  May  1828 (V) 9  June  1828 15  June  1828 24  June  1828 7  July  1828 13  July  1828 4  August  1828 8  August  1828 (V) 24  August  1828 (N) 4  October  1828 (V) 10  October  1828 13  October  1828 (V) 19  October  1828 (NV) 5  December  1828 (V) 7  December  1828 (NV) 18  December  1828 (V) 18  December  1828 24  December  1828 (V) 24  December  1828 26  December  1828 30  December  1828

1830

4  February  1830 3  March  1830 8  March  1830 10  March  1830 (V) 15  March  1830 (V) 25  March  1830 4  April  1830 (V) 14  October  1830 5  November  1830 17  November  1830 25  November  1830 (NV) 26  November  1830 (V)

1831

6  March  1831 15  August  1831 (V) 4  October  1831 16  October  1831 (V) 10  December  1831 (NV) 17  December  1831

1832

2  January  1832 5  January  1832 (V) 22  January  1832 29  January  1832 (V) 19  February  1832 (N) 18  March  1832 1  April  1832 9  April  1832 29  April  1832 13  May  1832 26  May  1832 10  June  1832 15  July  1832 (NV) 29  September  1832 29  September  1832 (V) 19  October  1832 23  October  1832 (NV) 8  December  1832

1833

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  • Name: Kenney, James
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1780
  • Death Date: 25  July  1849
  • Occupation: playwright

Husband of Louisa - nee Mercier, previously married to Holcroft. The first entry, 24.August 1811, 'call on Lamb ; adv. L and V Ht and Kenny:', is supported by the presence of Lamb - who was close friends with Kenney according to the DNB and E.V. Lucas, The Life of Charles Lamb - as well as Louisa Holcroft, whom Kenney was to marry on 5.3.1812. 10.11.1813 'Kenney dines; adv. Lbs and H Robinson' is corroborated by Crabb Robinson's diary - 'called and supped with Godwin. The Lambs were there .... Kenney was there' (qu. Lucas, p. 419). This is interesting because it possibly affects our reading of what an adv signifies: it appears that Crabb Robinson had not been invited for supper, happened to call but then did stay for supper. The Kenneys spent time in France, about which the DNB is rather vague - 'after his marriage to Louisa, Kenney lived for several years in St Valéry-sur-Somme'. The Kennys appear in virtually every year of the diary from 1811 and, without evidence of anyone else of the same name or more details of their time in France we have ignored the DNB's suggestion of a continued period living abroad and have assumed they were in France for only a few months at a time or that they moved to France for a more extended period only after Godwin had died. There is evidence of shorter stays in France: Crabb Robinson records meeting them in Paris on 19.8.1822 when they were'just arrived' (qu. Lucas, p. 604), which is at the beginning of an eight month absence from G's diary. Similarly, there is a letter from Lamb to the Kenneys in France dated October 1826 (see William Carew Hazlitt, The Lambs: their lives, their friends, and their correspondence) and the Kenneys disappear from the diary between October 1826 and April 1827. There is a similar six month absence in some other years, suggesting that they were spending some winters in France, perhaps because of Kenney's health (see DNB and Lucas). Other possible inaccuracies in the DNB entry are noted in the entry on Louisa Holcroft. 'L Kenney's' has been lcoded as referring soley to Louisa. . While it is not impossible that James Kenney is present, the fact that there are so few 'L Kenney's' entries compared to a significant number of 'Kenney's' entries (approx 50), suggests that Godwin is distinguishing between the couple and her on her own.

  • DNB
  • E.V. Lucas, The Life of Charles Lamb, 2 vols (1905, 7th edn. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1921)
  • William Carew Hazlitt, The Lambs; their lives, their friends and their correspondence; new particulars and new material (London, 1897)

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

Name Number of Meetings
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 105
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 31
Godwin, William 30
Lamb, Charles 19
Holcroft, Thomas 18
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 17
Lamb, Mary Anne 14
Morton, Thomas 14
Poole, John 9
Morton, John Maddison 8
Morton, Edw 8
Pilcher, 8
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 7
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 7
Curran, John Philpot 7
Reynolds, Frederick 7
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 6
Rogers, Samuel 6
Marshall, James 6
Pickersgill, Henry William 6
Holcroft, Louisa 5
Curran, William Henry 5
Lubé, Denis George 4
Clairmont, Charles 4
Robinson, Henry Crabb 4
Badams, John 4
Curran, Amelia 3
Knowles, John 3
Hume, Alexia 3
Hazlitt, William 3
Booth, David 3
Ayrton, William 3
Reynolds, Richard 3
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) 3
Hume, Joseph 3
Cunningham, Allan (Hidallan) 2
Mulready, William 2
Alsager, Thomas Massa 2
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 2
Baxter Family, 2
Mercier, Charles André 2
Elwes, Sarah 2
Burney, Martin Charles 2
Landseer, Charles 2
Botwright, 2
Williams, Jane (Mrs Hogg) 1
Novello, Vincent 1
Johnson, Joseph 1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Irving, Washington 1
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (first Baron Lytton) 1
Wroughton, Richard (Rotten) 1
Shepherd, Lady Mary (née Primrose) 1
Cole, 1
Angelo, Henry Charles William 1
Collier, John Dyer 1
Payne, John Howard 1
Mergez, Georges Nicholas 1
Westmacott, Richard 1
Picken, Andrew 1
Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1
Collier, John Payne 1
Wilson, 1
Brockedon, William 1
Fraser, 1
Hazlitt, John 1
Murray, John Samuel 1
Reynolds, Frederic Mansel 1
Wordsworth, William 1
White, James 1
Stewart, Charles 1
Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon (Talford) 1
Carlyle, John Aitken (Jack) 1
Carlyle, Thomas 1
Holcroft, Sophia (Cole) 1
Dawe, George 1
Hudson, John Corrie 1
Booth, Junius Brutus 1
Montagu, Basil 1
Kemble, Maria Theresa (née De Camp) 1
Plumptre, Annabella (Bell) 1
Manning, Thomas 1
Fairley, John 1
Northcote, James 1
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) 1
Chalmers, Alexander 1
Hammond, Elton (Hamond) 1
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 1
Owen, Robert 1
Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge) 1
Aldis, Charles 1
Morgan, John 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
Reynolds, Richard 1
Newton, John Frank 1
White, 1
Hamilton, 1
Collier, Jane (Payne) 1
Hogan, 1
Knapp, Leonora 1
Miller, 1
Knowles, James Sheridan 1
Taylor, John 1
Uwins, David 1
King, John (Jacob Rey) 1
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) 1
Kean, Edmund 1