William Godwin's Diary

Vaughan, Felix

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 7 times, and was a venue (V) 1 time.

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1793

10  October  1793 17  December  1793

1794

10  March  1794 1  November  1794

1796

1  June  1796

1797

6  July  1797

1798

16  February  1798 (V)

  • Name: Vaughan, Felix
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1766
  • Death Date: 1799
  • Occupation: lawyer

See the full entry under Vaughan. Here only those Vaughan's prefixed by an F or corroborated by other sources are coded as Felix Vaughan. It is possible - indeed, it seems likely, that a number of the contacts with 'Vaughan' in the 1790s, especially around the Treason Trails, are reference to Felix Vaughan, but it is not possible to be certain.

Felix Vaughan (Mark Philp, Godwin’s Political Justice, p. 244) (1766-1799), helped to draft LCS regulations. One of H Tooke’s defence counsel (St Clair), and a defender of Eaton. Thought by some to be the illegitimate son of Tooke, but there is no evidence to support this; but he was very close to Tooke and left him his money when he died young in 1799. He also travelled widely in France in the early years of the French Revolution returning to England in 1793.

  • Mark Philp, Godwin’s Political Justice (London: Duckworth, 1986)
  • St Clair

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

Name Number of Meetings
Gerrald, Joseph 2
Thelwall, John 1
1
Goring, Charles 1
Wharton, John 1
Scott, Alexander 1
Frost, John 1
Pigott, Charles 1
Merry, Robert 1
Glenie, James 1
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James) 1
Porson, Richard 1
Ritson, Joseph 1
Muir, Thomas 1
Kearsley, Thomas 1
Harwood, Colonel William 1
Knight, Robert 1
Gurney, Joseph 1
Rutt, John Towill 1
Horne Tooke, John 1
Barry, Major Henry 1
Blake, Arthur 1
White, 1
Richter, John 1
Banks, Thomas 1
1
Burney, Dr Charles 1
Wedgwood, Thomas 1
Sempill, Lord Hugh 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton 1
Tresham, Henry 1