The 1796 list is a series of names and dates that Godwin inserted into the last few pages of his diary notebook for February 1795-September 1796. He compiled the list – probably in 1805 – to map the growth and range of his acquaintance over the years 1773-1805. In some cases the names are underlined, probably an indication that the relationship was one Godwin considered particularly important.
One of the pages is of particular interest (fol. 45v. below) as Godwin selects twenty-five names from his main chronological list and puts them in order of when he made their acquaintance. It seems probable that Godwin here lists those twenty-five people he considered most significant to his life and is interested in thinking about either the longevity of those relationships or how the sequence of meeting matters or both. ‘Significant’ here has a deliberate (and inescapable) ambiguity as the list excludes, for example, Mary Wollstonecraft. Other names have then been added in the margins, which suggests that Godwin revisited this list subsequently to note other important relationships. The list appears after the entry for 24 September 1796.
Lathrop, Pye, Spanky, Damiani, Polidori, Deocheda, Wilbraham, Fiévée, Carron, Busby, Dupré, Tassaret, Braham, Dubois, J Beccaria, Townsend Herd, Dawe, Johnson of Mile End, Flaxman, I Reed, Raphael Smith
1803
Shaw, Dallaway, la. Valentia, Eardley, Benjer, T Turner, Tatham, Cooke, T C Rickman
1804
Craven, Langridge, Upton, Plunket, Defries, Gruber, Hamilton père, Taylor, Soc. of Arts, Henry of Manchester, Bailey Turk, Volsey, Baxter, Cabel, Ash, Hawthore, Langshow, Hutchins, Young, Turner Mcbeth
1805
Hewit MD, Mulready, Flint, Almon, Beaufort, Carr, Medland, Edgworth, Harington, Dillon, W Belsham, Keys, Owenson
| Fox | ------------1796------------ | 25 | J Fordyce | |
| Sheridan | ------------1787------------ | 6 | G Stuart | |
| Tooke | ------------1792------------ | 15 | J Logan | |
| Parr | ------------1794------------ | 19 | ||
| 5 | Mackintosh | ------------1792------------ | 13 | Burke |
| Porson Gerrald | -----------}1793{----------- | 18 16 | Calonne Erskine | |
| Paine | ------------1791------------ | 12 | Bentham | |
| Merry | ------------1793------------ | 17 | Cumberland | |
| 10 | Nicholson | ------------1786------------ | 5 | Cowper |
| Northcote | ------------1796------------ | 24 | ||
| Opie | ------------1795------------ | 23 | ||
| Lawrence | ------------1794------------ | 21 | ||
| Clementi | ------------1788------------ | 9 | ||
| 15 | Crosdil | ------------1789------------ | 11 | |
| Wolcot | ------------1787------------ | 7 | ||
| Holcroft | ------------1786------------ | 4 | ||
| Priestley | ------------1785------------ | 3 | ||
| Fawcet | ------------1778------------ | 1 | ||
| 20 | Dyson | ------------1788------------ | 10 | |
| Radcliffe | ------------1794------------ | 20 | ||
| Inchbald | ------------1792------------ | 14 | ||
| Barbauld | ------------1781------------ | 2 | ||
| Williams | -------------1787------------- | 8 | ||
| 25 | Siddons | ------------1795------------ | 22 |
Reynolds, Hoppner, Smirke, Fitzpatrick, O'Connor, Kemble
H Tooke born 5/6 July 1736—ten years in the church, 1760 to 1770
Sidney Montague for India, 1788—refuses 5 guineas of B M, & takes 5s—about 21
F V will have £5000 per annum. H T.
Fox repeated 101 odes of Horace travelling alone in a post chaise. L.
Burke inherits £300 per annum, obtained by his elder brother in the character of a discoverer. C.
Proposed to opposition in the Am. war to leave off going to church. Fox apud C.
£25 per night, Martindale to mrs Strutt or lady Bucks. F R.
Reynolds & yg Colman chums at Westr. F R.
M P Andrews, Lyttleton's Moloch, a letcherous old miser. M.
Lyttleton had mrs Robinson's premices. M.
1773
Jocelyn, Jacob, F Webb, Rees, Kippis, Morgan, Gregson 1774 Evans
1777
Howe, Tho. Rogers, Price
1778
Bott, Lister, Corrie, Fawcet
1779
Fordyce, B. Vaughan, Worthington
1780
Munnings, White, Harmer
1781
1782
1783
Tim Hollis, Barry, Lindsey, Robinson, Cadel, Dodsley
1784
Bp Watson, G Stuart, W Thomson, Disney, B Hollis
1785
Webb, Priestley, Jebb,A Hamilton, Planta, Heywood, Campbel
1786
Logan, Holcroft, Shield, Nicholson, Woodfal, Beaufoy
1787
Wilberforce, T H Browne, L R Spencer,Sheridan, Walwyn, dr White, Perry, Gray, Aickins,Murphy, Wolcot,Grey, Lambton, Corry, O Brien, Canning, Russel M E, Baddeley, Jonstone, Gordon, Bowden,H M Williams, S Rogers, G Gregory
1788
H Barry, J Adams, col Smith, Lofft, Wodhul, Romilly, Mellish, Shore, Tho Warton,
baron Fox, Marchetti, Grose, Mouradgea, Clementi, Raikes, Dyson, Moore,
Heath, Hewlet, Latter, Mercier, P Robinson, Baillie, Cruickshank, J Walker,Hoghton
1789
W J Adair, Jerningham, Piozzi, Thorkelin, Winckelmann, Mortimer, LisakowitzT TaylorPro,Geddes, J Bannister, Sterling, Gov. Ellis, Robertson, Russel Levt, Nagel, Crosdil, Zenobio
1790
Cadogan, Hoole, G Walker Notts, Rd Sharpe, Gram.,
Frend, Paradise, Gillies, Dornford, Foster 1791
Nichols M P Nichols M P, mrs J Hunter, Dibbin, Petion, Paine, Wolstencraft
1792
Jardine, Stewart, Mackintosh, Barlow, Wolcot, J Taylorcc, Yaniewicz, Waller, Noel, Mergez, D Williams, Dirom, T Knight, Inchbald, Tooke, W Sharpeng, Blair
1793
Banks sc, Burney, C Burney, Wedgwoods, Sempil, Gawler, Rowan, RtKnight, Harwood, Thelwal, Seward, Goring, Gonzaga, Wharton, Crawford, A Scott, Hardinge,Frost, Gerrald, C Pigot, Macdonald nel,Merry, Glenie, M Reveley, Porson, Ritson, Muir, Duport, F Vaughan, Kearsley, Hewardine, Pope, R Johnson, Tresham, D
1794
Courtenay, Parr, T W Coke Wharton, T Thomson, Hall, Losh, Tweddel, Parsons F M, Nugent, Wakefield, Northmore, H Richter, Radcliffe, Bosville, Enfield, Gurneys, Beloe, Beloe, Wilde, Salomon, Bunbury,Hazlitt, Iliff, W Bird, B Craven, I H Williams, Dormers,
Wharton,Gurney barr, Crisp, Knowles, T Twiss.Cline, Coleridge, Lawrence, Losh, Dyer
1795
E Williamsbard, T WalkerManch, King, Butler{,} Falkland, Aikin, Lauderdale, Middleton, Bernand,Wordsworth{,} Siddons, sir F Rogers, Este, Dealtry, Kinnaird, Lewis, Quick, Salines, Wray, G. Rogers, Davis, Anderson, Kaines{,} C Lameth, Staunton, Smirke, Henderson, Greatheed, B. Montagu, Gadagne, Booth, sir Rob Barclay, Dudley, Booth, dr Anderson{,} Macdonnel, Dahlberg, Jones, J G Godwin, Carlisle, Shee, Macdonnel. Williamson, Hanger, Speed, D Macpherson,Opie, Kentish, Adams junior, Perigord, General Marshal Tuthil 46
1796
Belzunce, Stoddart, Incledon,Northcote, RTwiss, mrs Cowley,mrs Robinson, Tarleton, Fox, Francis, Adam, Tierney, O'Byrne, Fitzpatrick, W Smith, Reynolds, mrs Mallocks, O'Connor, Weld, Burdet, Kemble, Moseley, Maurice, Hoppner, Derby, D North. Plowden, sir Jno Turner, R Adair, P Hoare, Dermody, Tho Harvey, Astleys, Fuseli, Bonnycastle, De Camp, Pratt, Warner
1797
Bamfylde, Matthew, Belfast, May, Fell, Southey, Parry, sir Robt Smyth, Carrington Smith, Bage, G Fordyce, Charlotte Smith,
Chandler, Combe (Hor)
1798
Wilkinson, Arabin, Sturt, Monaco, Macguin, Holland, S Lee, H Lee, Townsend, Beddoes, Arnot, Grattan, Oxfords, Elliston, Pinkerton, Ant. Robinson, Malthus, Gunter Brown, E Kingsman, Pienne, E Sturt, O Fancourt, Dignum, S Paterson Eslic
1799
S Elwes, D Kingsman, Ingenhousz, Bruhl, lady Granard, Skeys, Caldwel, Cartwright (maj.), Oldfield, Curran, Ponsonby, Holman, Morris (secret), Hompesch, mrs Armstead, Davy, Harris, Morton, Henley, mrs Gardner C[ ]wn
1800
Bodden, Lamb, sir R Barclay, Dewar, Bourgeois, Porter, Munford, La. Moira, Granard, La. Mountcashel, Goold, Bushe, Burton, Fletcher, Macnally, Drennan, H. Hamilton, Doyley, Burroughs, Trotter, Kirwan, Daly, Whaley, M. Kelly, Pim, G Conway, Holmes, J C Walker, Lattin, Barrington, Dobbs, Moody, M Raine, Manng, Rickman
1801
Goldsmith, Smart, M J Clairmont, Hill, Lansdown, capt. James, Campbel Thos, Mavor, Richardson, Smith Philada, Peltier, Jeffries, Morthland, Plowdens
1802
T Moore, Wycombe, Martin of Galway, Irving
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