William Godwin's Diary

Waldron, Francis Godolphin

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 27 times, but was not at home (N) 2 times, and was a venue (V) 21 times.

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1810

20  April  1810 (V) 13  May  1810 (V) 22  May  1810 11  July  1810 (V) 28  July  1810 21  August  1810 27  September  1810 17  December  1810 (V)

1811

21  April  1811 (V) 28  May  1811 24  August  1811 (V) 1  October  1811 (N)

1812

25  January  1812 (V) 22  April  1812 (V) 22  June  1812 (NV) 15  October  1812 (V) 29  October  1812 (V)

1813

17  February  1813 (V) 19  April  1813 (V) 11  May  1813 (V) 20  June  1813 (V) 25  July  1813 (V)

1814

8  May  1814 (V)

1815

28  January  1815 (V) 6  April  1815 (V) 3  May  1815 (V) 26  August  1815 (V)

  • Name: Waldron, Francis Godolphin
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: November  1743
  • Death Date: March  1818
  • Occupation: actor
  • Occupation: playwright

This is only a tentative identification, needs a second source

First refered to in the diary on 20 April 1810: 'walk, w. T T, to Dulwich College, Allen and Smith, librarian; dine; returning, call on Waldron, Camberwel.' Subsequent entries are often alongside booksellers.

There are 27 appearances, from 1810-15. We are unable to confirm identification as Francis Godolphin Waldron. Confusingly, there may be another Francis Godolphin Waldron. While this seems unlikely, there is a bookseller of this name on The British Book Trade Index, who went bankrupt in 1787. There is no reference to the actor/playwright working as a bookseller or going bankrupt on his DNB page - at this time he was acting at Drury Lane. So we currently have two candidates, of the same name, and no way of knowing which it is. Despite the liason between Waldron (the actor) and the actress Sarah Harlowe none of the calls feature Harlowe or Harlow.

  • DNB.
  • The British Book Trade Index.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Turner, Thomas 1