William Godwin's Diary

Skeys, Hugh

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 12 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 2 times.

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1799

14  July  1799 22  July  1799 28  July  1799 6  August  1799 10  August  1799

1800

5  July  1800 5  July  1800 8  July  1800 10  July  1800 (V) 11  July  1800 17  July  1800 31  July  1800 (NV)

  • Name: Skeys, Hugh
  • Gender: Male
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In a letter to Godwin sent from Ireland, dated 2 May 1797, Skeys apologises for his silence explaining that he has been afflicted by a number of family sorrows. It refers to works that Godwin sent him. It also refers to Mrs Bishop and her leaving Dublin. It seems likely that this is the widow of Fanny Blood, Wollstonecraft's old friend. There is no evidence that Godwin had met Skeys before this letter, and it is possible that Wollstonecraft may have put them in touch. However, Skeys does then come to England and is in company with Godwin (and Fanny) in 1799, and then in Ireland in 1800. There is an A Skeys in the Diary in 1797, who calls on Godwin in the November after Wollstonecraft's death but this has not been coded.

  • MS Abinger c. 3, fols. 62-3: 2 May 1797.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Curran, John Philpot 3
Trotter, John Bernard 2
Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) 1
Fenwick, John 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Horne Tooke, John 1
Cartwright, Major John 1
Warner, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 1
Curran, Amelia 1