William Godwin's Diary

Morton, Edw

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 13 times, and was a venue (V) 0 times.

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1828

21  January  1828 3  March  1828 18  March  1828 18  December  1828 24  December  1828

1829

25  March  1829 29  December  1829

1830

14  October  1830 26  November  1830

1831

15  August  1831 13  September  1831

1832

5  January  1832 18  June  1832

  • Name: Morton, Edw
  • Gender: Male
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Likely to be the eldest son of Thomas Morton and brother of John Maddison Morton, both in the DNB.

Entries to E/ED/Edw Morton, M Morton have been coded but with less certainty than is the case for Thomas Morton: E and M Morton do seem to be related, appearing together on three occasions. It seems likely that they are the two eldest sons of Thomas Morton. This assumes that the second son, John Maddison Morton, born 3 January 1811, died 19 December 1891,was known to Godwin by his middle name (but several of his obituaries do refer to him as Maddison Morton). It seems that Godwin first meets Maddison Morton on his own, aged 16, at the Kenney's. Some months later he meets '4 Mortons' at the Kenneys. Moreover, the vast majority of entries for 3 or 4 Mortons and for E and M Morton are in relation to the Kenneys, with whom the family seems to be close. The use of E and M Morton may be driven by alphabetical order, but may also indicate that E is the older of the two.
16.11.1827 M Morton
18.3.1828 Edw. Morton
25.3.1829 E and M Morton
29.12.1829 Ed. Morton
18.10.1830 M Morton
26.5.1831 M Morton
13.9.1831 E and M Morton
18.6.1832 E and M Morton
Cases of '3 Mortons' and '4 Mortons' have also been taken to include both E and M Morton. Cases of 'Mortons' may well include the two sons, but they might simply refer to Morton and his wife. On these grounds, they have not been coded as including them.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Morton, John Maddison 11
Kenney, James 10
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 9
Morton, Thomas 8
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 4
Reynolds, Frederick 4
Holcroft, Thomas 3
Holcroft, Louisa 2
Badams, John 2
Reynolds, Richard 2
Poole, John 2
Godwin, William 2
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 2
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 1
Carlyle, Thomas 1
Carlyle, John Aitken (Jack) 1
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Reynolds, Frederic Mansel 1