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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 145 times, but was not at home (N) 7 times, and was a venue (V) 25 times.
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19 March 1796 5 April 1796 14 December 1796 22 December 1796
3 August 1802 15 November 1802 26 November 1802 10 December 1802
1 February 1803 3 February 1803 27 February 1803 27 February 1803 27 April 1803 29 June 1803 12 November 1803
19 March 1807 12 August 1807 (V) 20 October 1807
15 September 1808 19 November 1808
27 July 1809 (V) 25 October 1809 27 October 1809 (V) 13 November 1809
16 March 1810 (V) 22 March 1810 (NV) 23 March 1810 (V) 10 May 1810 (V) 29 August 1810 11 October 1810 29 December 1810 (V)
11 March 1811 (V)
16 January 1812 27 February 1812 (NV) 9 September 1812
3 April 1813 (V) 11 May 1813 (V) 12 May 1813 (V) 25 May 1813 (V) 2 June 1813 (V) 28 June 1813 (NV) 12 October 1813 13 December 1813 (V)
28 January 1815 (V) 9 February 1815 (V) 31 March 1815 5 April 1815 (NV) 7 April 1815 (N) 1 August 1815 27 September 1815 (V) 30 September 1815 (V) 12 December 1815
12 April 1816 22 May 1816 23 September 1816
15 April 1822 19 December 1822
19 January 1827 18 July 1827 13 September 1827 (V)
16 January 1829 16 February 1829 (V) 15 July 1829 (V)
2 February 1834 9 February 1834 13 February 1834 19 February 1834 8 March 1834 (N) 10 March 1834 11 March 1834 13 April 1834 18 April 1834 3 May 1834 7 May 1834 (N) 9 May 1834 28 May 1834 15 June 1834 18 October 1834 25 October 1834 4 November 1834 12 November 1834 18 November 1834 22 November 1834 5 December 1834 7 December 1834 28 December 1834
1 January 1835 14 January 1835 16 February 1835 15 March 1835 19 March 1835 3 April 1835 28 May 1835 12 June 1835 22 June 1835 6 July 1835 9 July 1835 22 July 1835 24 July 1835 29 July 1835 1 September 1835 17 September 1835 8 October 1835 19 October 1835 25 October 1835 27 October 1835 27 October 1835 28 October 1835 29 October 1835 30 October 1835 31 October 1835 31 October 1835 2 November 1835 3 November 1835 4 November 1835 9 November 1835 9 November 1835 10 November 1835 14 November 1835 2 December 1835 4 December 1835 14 December 1835 22 December 1835
11 January 1836 18 January 1836 11 February 1836 17 February 1836 28 February 1836 17 March 1836
The first entry in 1788 is 'Wilson calls: correct for him Graham's Letter to Pitt on Scotch Reform' (ie: Robert Graham, A letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt ... on the reform of the internal government of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland. With an appendix. London, 1788. 23pp. see DNB Graham [later Cunninghame Graham], Robert, of Gartmore (1735–1797)). The publisher is listed as John Murray of 32 Fleet St., London (trading from 1743-1793), which suggests that Wilson might be the printer, but it is not possible to identify him from the list of printers, which contain several Wilsons, and no reference is made in the advertisement for the pamphlet in the London Chronicle, 17 May 1788. Moreover, if the 1788 Wilsons are the same as those of 1794 and 1796 where he is linked with Debrett, Mackintosh, and similar venues, is that he might have a more prominent role in political circles.
Jane Rendall and C. J. Woods, show that this Wilson is likely to be John Wilson (b. 1761 d. c 1818), brother of Thomas Wilson of Dullatur ( b. 20 October 1758 d. 27 June 1824), who is connected with Wolfe Tone. John Wilson is in London by 1787, having opted for a legal career, and was the London secretary of the burgh reform movement. Rendall shows that there was considerable communication between Wilson and Sheridan on the question of burgh reform, which makes it likely that rather than being the printer of the piece, Wilson was in fact its advocate. This first entry, and the two subsequent entries in the 1780s, have been identified as John Wilson. It is not possible to identify later entries as John.
One possibility is Wilson, Andrew, (1793 (before) – 1842) 5 Catherine St. 6 Wild Ct, Lincoln's Inn Fields. 12 Duke St, Camden Town. Bishop's Ct, Old Bailey Printer, Stereotyper/stereotype founder, Typefounder, who printed the Argus 1793/4. He was employed by Stanhope to develop a stereotype process which he had bought from the Glasgow inventors, Alex Tilloch and Andrew Foulis. Trading as Cooper and Wilson; Wilson and Co However, we know nothing of Wilson prior to 1793, and Godwin's first contact antedates this by 5 years.
One of the 1800 entries is at Johnson's, the other (uncoded) is someone Godwin meets
when travelling near Shrewsbury and visiting Darwin and Bage.
G refers to Wilson, reporter on 3.8.1802 - coded with this keycode.
27.2.1803 the entry, included here, reads Capt Wilson.
3.1.1804 includes C Wilson.
11.9.1805, includes an R Wilson.
12.8.1807 included Wilson (printer).
15.9.1808 includes Wilson, bookseller.
27.07.1809, write to Wilson (York).
25.10.1809 and 13.11.1809 includes a W. Wilson
Wilson of York is there 16.3.1810, and 22.3.1810 and later (and in 1811); 29.8.1810 also records W Wilson; Wilson Bookseller is also there 29.12.1810. A lot of plain Wilson's in 1813, then a W Wilson in 1814 and several in 1815. And both plain and W Wilson in 1816. In 1827, write to Jos and then Joshua. In 1828 a Joshua and a Walter Wilson are seen separately. In 1929 he writes twice to Wilson (Lincoln). This does not include Effingham Wilson, from 1830. After a long gap John Wilson calls in 1834, and subsequent Wilsons might be John Wilson
Although the range includes several different Wilsons, there is a distinct group of 64 from 1834 to 1836, the first of which is John Wilson and subsequent ones are plain Wilson. Many are solo dines or sups and Wilson seems to have helped Godwin move his library at the end of 1835 (lots of 'Wilson, books'). They might all be John Wilson, but alternatively could be further references to Effingham Wilson. Unidentified
.Jos. Wilson (1827-01-19) Joshua Wilson (1827-07-18) Joshua Wilson (1827-09-13) Joshua Wilson (1828-01-02) Joshua Wilson (1829-01-16) are all likely to refer to Joshua Wilson (1795–1874), barrister, who 'devoted much time to the investigation of early dissenting history' (DNB). They are mostly letters (but they are not in Abinger).
12.5.1813: 'dine at Wilson’s , w. Lambs and Dyer; adv. Eaton and capt. Burney:' The conjunction with Lamb suggests this entry at least might refer to Walter Wilson (1781–1847), nonconformist biographer (see DNB), who was a friend of Lamb's and appears in his letters. Confusingly, there are several refs to W Wilson which begin the following year - the year Walter Wilson moved from London, according to the DNB. Then much later, 17.7.1828 'Walter Wilson calls', the only time the name his written out in full. These have not been coded.
Joshua is the only Wilson who can be identified with any degree of confidence.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
Name | Number of Meetings |
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Dyer, George | 4 |
Perry, James (Pirie) | 2 |
Debrett, John | 2 |
Tierney, George | 2 |
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) | 2 |
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 2 |
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) | 1 |
Stoddart, John | 1 |
White, | 1 |
Dawe, George | 1 |
Thelwall, John | 1 |
Twiss, Richard | 1 |
Boaden, James | 1 |
Nicholson, William | 1 |
Fillingham, William | 1 |
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) | 1 |
Curtis, | 1 |
Lamb, Charles | 1 |
Lamb, Mary Anne | 1 |
Cadell, Robert | 1 |
Playfair, John | 1 |
Ballantyne, John | 1 |
Mathews, Charles | 1 |
Macrone, John | 1 |
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 1 |
Hume, Joseph | 1 |
Smith, Arthur | 1 |
Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge) | 1 |
Aldis, Charles | 1 |
MacDonald, | 1 |
Scott, William | 1 |
Scott, Thomas Hobbes | 1 |
Reynolds, Frederick | 1 |
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) | 1 |
Maxwell, William | 1 |
Webb, | 1 |
Taylor, (Taylor Lanc) | 1 |
Fenwick, John | 1 |
Ritson, Joseph | 1 |
Moore, Sir Graham | 1 |
Weld, | 1 |
Smith, George | 1 |
Sherwin, (Count Dip) | 1 |
Johnson, Joseph | 1 |
Knight, Robert | 1 |
Bosville, William | 1 |
Horne Tooke, John | 1 |
Shaw, George | 1 |
Ellis, Sir Henry | 1 |
Planta, Joseph | 1 |
Aikin, Arthur | 1 |
Lindsay, Dr James | 1 |
Bonnycastle, John | 1 |
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) | 1 |
Kenney, James | 1 |