William Godwin's Diary

Ritson, Joseph

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 231 times, but was not at home (N) 10 times, and was a venue (V) 102 times.

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1793

6  November  1793 11  November  1793 (V) 19  November  1793 21  November  1793 (V) 5  December  1793 (V) 9  December  1793 13  December  1793 (V) 15  December  1793 22  December  1793 23  December  1793 26  December  1793 (V)

1794

15  January  1794 (NV) 19  January  1794 19  January  1794 8  February  1794 (NV) 10  February  1794 10  February  1794 (V) 14  February  1794 16  February  1794 25  February  1794 (V) 28  February  1794 2  March  1794 8  March  1794 (V) 19  March  1794 26  March  1794 28  March  1794 5  April  1794 (V) 9  April  1794 (V) 14  April  1794 15  April  1794 (V) 28  April  1794 (NV) 4  May  1794 7  May  1794 8  May  1794 16  May  1794 (V) 21  May  1794 (V) 23  May  1794 (V) 29  May  1794 30  May  1794 30  May  1794 (V) 1  June  1794 6  June  1794 8  June  1794 13  June  1794 20  June  1794 (V) 8  July  1794 (V) 17  July  1794 20  July  1794 24  July  1794 (V) 1  August  1794 (V) 3  August  1794 8  August  1794 10  August  1794 17  August  1794 26  August  1794 2  September  1794 (V) 6  September  1794 (V) 7  September  1794 14  September  1794 (V) 19  September  1794 21  September  1794 27  September  1794 3  October  1794 5  October  1794 16  October  1794 (V) 17  October  1794 26  October  1794 1  November  1794 13  November  1794 (V) 16  November  1794 (V) 7  December  1794 10  December  1794 15  December  1794 (V) 21  December  1794 23  December  1794 (V)

1795

25  January  1795 11  February  1795 (V) 25  March  1795 (V) 13  April  1795 (V) 17  April  1795 2  May  1795 (V) 9  May  1795 10  May  1795 24  May  1795 30  May  1795 (NV) 12  June  1795 14  June  1795 17  June  1795 (V) 21  July  1795 (V) 31  July  1795 27  August  1795 (V) 27  September  1795 27  September  1795 7  October  1795 (V) 17  October  1795 (V) 18  October  1795 25  October  1795 29  October  1795 (V) 9  November  1795 21  November  1795 (V) 22  November  1795 6  December  1795 20  December  1795

1796

17  January  1796 21  February  1796 13  March  1796 19  March  1796 (V) 10  April  1796 21  April  1796 (V) 24  April  1796 22  May  1796 28  May  1796 (V) 5  June  1796 12  June  1796 12  June  1796 31  July  1796 14  August  1796 14  August  1796 4  September  1796 4  September  1796 2  October  1796 4  October  1796 (V) 23  October  1796 6  November  1796 27  November  1796 1  December  1796 (V) 11  December  1796 14  December  1796 29  December  1796 (V)

1797

1  January  1797 16  January  1797 (V) 20  January  1797 (V) 24  January  1797 (V) 25  January  1797 (V) 29  January  1797 26  February  1797 4  March  1797 (V) 17  March  1797 (V) 14  April  1797 (V) 29  May  1797 9  July  1797 (V) 23  July  1797 13  August  1797 27  August  1797 (V) 8  October  1797 5  November  1797

1798

1  February  1798 (V) 22  April  1798 24  June  1798 24  June  1798 28  July  1798 (V) 12  August  1798 17  August  1798 28  August  1798 (V) 23  September  1798 11  November  1798 23  December  1798

1799

3  January  1799 (V) 24  February  1799 26  March  1799 (NV) 28  March  1799 (V) 22  April  1799 (V) 19  May  1799 2  June  1799 (V) 4  June  1799 (V) 23  June  1799 17  July  1799 (NV) 21  July  1799 27  July  1799 (V) 11  August  1799 (V) 17  August  1799 (V) 1  September  1799 12  September  1799 (V) 8  October  1799 (V) 3  December  1799 (NV) 4  December  1799 (NV) 7  December  1799 (V)

1800

6  January  1800 (V) 6  March  1800 (V) 30  March  1800 16  May  1800 17  May  1800 14  June  1800 (V) 12  September  1800 (V) 29  September  1800 (V) 18  October  1800 30  October  1800 (V) 17  November  1800 (V) 28  November  1800 (V) 6  December  1800 (V)

1801

18  January  1801 9  March  1801 11  March  1801 31  March  1801 (V) 24  April  1801 (V) 10  May  1801 25  May  1801 (V) 13  June  1801 (V) 2  August  1801 (N) 18  September  1801 (NV) 18  October  1801 24  October  1801 9  November  1801 (V) 18  November  1801 (V) 27  December  1801

1802

16  January  1802 (V) 6  April  1802 17  April  1802 (V) 28  April  1802 (V) 30  April  1802 8  May  1802 (V) 2  July  1802 (V) 11  July  1802 17  July  1802 1  August  1802 (V) 13  August  1802 12  November  1802 22  November  1802 (V) 1  December  1802 (V) 13  December  1802 (V)

1803

17  February  1803 25  February  1803 (V) 20  April  1803 6  May  1803 21  May  1803 (V) 6  June  1803 9  June  1803 14  June  1803 15  June  1803 28  June  1803 5  September  1803

  • Name: Ritson, Joseph
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 2  October  1752
  • Death Date: 23  September  1803
  • Occupation: antiquary

There is a well-documented friendship between Godwin and Joseph Ritson - see, for example, St Clair. Godwin's 1796 list identifies his first contact in 1793 and there is regular contact until Ritson's death ten years later.

Godwin records writing his 'Life of Ritson' on 26 October 1803, just over a month after Ritson's death: 'Character of Ritson, 4 1/2 pages'. The Life was published in the Monthly Magazine in November 1803 and later republished in the Monthly Mirror in May 1805. There are two copies of the manuscript in the Abinger collection.

  • MS Abinger c. 55, fols. 75-80: [26 October 1803]
  • MS Abinger c. 22, fols. 168-71: [26 October 1803]
  • DNB.
  • St Clair.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Richter, Henry James 10
Dyson, George 6
Thelwall, John 4
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe) 3
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 3
Holcroft, Thomas 3
Alderson, Amelia (Opie) 2
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart) 2
Gerrald, Joseph 2
Hays, Mary 2
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Vaughan, Felix 1
Muir, Thomas 1
Porson, Richard 1
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) 1
Frost, John 1
Glenie, James 1
Merry, Robert 1
Pigott, Charles 1
Tresham, Henry 1
Tierney, George 1
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Moore, Sir Graham 1
Wilson, 1
Fenwick, John 1
Taylor, (Taylor Lanc) 1
Addington, 1
Wood, 1
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) 1
Parkinson, James 1
Scott, Alexander 1
Wharton, John 1
Sharp, William 1
Shield, William 1
Manning, 1
Richter, John 1
Dyer, George 1
Powell, James 1
Hazlitt, John 1
Hazlitt, William 1
Inchbald, Elizabeth 1
Cooper, Elizabeth Priscilla 1
Nicholson, William 1
Opie, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Goring, Charles 1
1
Harwood, Colonel William 1
Knight, Robert 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
Sempill, Lord Hugh 1
Wedgwood, Thomas 1
Burney, Dr Charles 1
1
Ellis, Sir Henry 1