William Godwin's Diary

Surr, Thomas Skinner

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 65 times, but was not at home (N) 2 times, and was a venue (V) 13 times.

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1801

1  November  1801 20  December  1801

1802

22  April  1802 13  May  1802 1  July  1802 8  August  1802 17  August  1802 (V) 24  October  1802 17  December  1802

1803

3  April  1803 17  July  1803 12  October  1803 16  October  1803 18  December  1803

1804

6  January  1804 19  January  1804

1805

31  March  1805 14  April  1805 19  July  1805

1806

2  February  1806 31  August  1806 10  December  1806 11  December  1806

1807

7  May  1807 28  June  1807 30  December  1807

1808

27  January  1808 1  May  1808

1809

16  February  1809 17  February  1809 (N) 18  February  1809 19  February  1809 9  March  1809 13  August  1809 18  September  1809 21  November  1809 (V) 29  November  1809 30  November  1809 6  December  1809 (V) 19  December  1809 (V) 22  December  1809

1810

2  January  1810 (V) 23  January  1810 (V) 3  February  1810 22  March  1810 23  March  1810 (V) 31  March  1810 3  May  1810 (V) 10  May  1810 (V) 25  May  1810 (V) 27  May  1810 31  May  1810 (V) 1  June  1810 (V) 5  June  1810 (V) 12  June  1810 (N) 24  July  1810

1813

25  February  1813 16  November  1813

1815

27  August  1815 23  November  1815

1819

13  March  1819 20  June  1819 3  October  1819

1820

20  September  1820

1834

29  April  1834

  • Name: Surr, Thomas Skinner
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: October  1770
  • Death Date: 15  February  1847
  • Occupation: novelist

According to the DNB, Thomas Skinner Surr (1770-1847), novelist, married Miss Griffiths, sister-in-law of Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840). Surr (or the Surrs) appears with Philips regularly throughout the diary between 1801 and 1819 and in 1807 Godwin also reads Surr. At Philips's on 31 Aug 1806 Godwin dines with 'T Moore, Wolcot, Busby, Raymonds, Saxon, Magnys, Cooper, Hardy and Surrs; adv. Thorntons, Browns, and Batty and Keys'. There is no mention of Surr in the Godwin biographies.

  • DNB.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards) 18
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 4
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 2
Pratt, Samuel Jackson (pseudonym Courtney Melmoth) 2
Batty, Robert 2
Goldsmith, Lewis 1
Wallace, 1
Fraser, 1
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) 1
Hardy, Thomas 1
Busby, Thomas 1
Moore, Thomas 1
Gillet, Thomas 1
Marsh, Charles 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Almon, John 1
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 1
Holcroft, Thomas 1
Gwyllym Lloyd, Wardle 1