William Godwin's Diary

Boaden, James

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 73 times, but was not at home (N) 3 times, and was a venue (V) 8 times.

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1795

26  October  1795 23  November  1795

1796

20  April  1796

1797

10  January  1797

1799

2  March  1799

1800

13  January  1800 18  April  1800 28  April  1800 1  May  1800 (NV) 3  September  1800 23  September  1800 29  September  1800

1801

27  April  1801

1802

3  May  1802 27  July  1802 (V) 20  September  1802 (V) 20  September  1802 21  September  1802

1803

2  May  1803 27  May  1803 19  October  1803 21  October  1803 12  November  1803 28  November  1803

1804

7  February  1804 30  April  1804 3  July  1804

1805

12  February  1805 24  February  1805 26  February  1805 29  April  1805 21  May  1805 10  July  1805 20  September  1805

1806

14  January  1806 7  April  1806 (V) 27  April  1806 13  May  1806 14  May  1806 30  August  1806 27  September  1806

1807

12  October  1807

1808

29  July  1808

1810

8  February  1810 24  April  1810 30  April  1810

1811

29  April  1811 8  October  1811 5  December  1811

1812

16  October  1812 26  December  1812 (N)

1813

8  May  1813 (NV)

1815

28  April  1815 1  May  1815

1816

15  July  1816

1817

26  March  1817

1818

1  June  1818

1819

29  July  1819 20  October  1819

1820

16  August  1820 23  September  1820 (V)

1821

26  March  1821

1823

4  September  1823

1825

31  August  1825 (V)

1827

7  May  1827 16  December  1827

1828

7  April  1828

1829

20  January  1829

1830

27  November  1830

1831

26  July  1831

1833

13  April  1833 (V) 30  October  1833

1834

18  February  1834

  • Name: Boaden, James
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 23  May  1762
  • Death Date: 16  February  1839
  • Occupation: biographer
  • Occupation: playwright

James Boaden was a playwright and dramatic biographer. He had some success in the 1790s with his dramatic adaptations of Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis and he wrote biographies of John Kemble, Sarah Siddons, Dora Jordan, and Elizabeth Inchbald which remain important sources.

Codes have been provided for two of his children, Caroline and John, both worthy of note for literary and artistic success respectively. There are also a number of other Boadens who have not been coded but who are likely to be related, given that he had nine children. These include: Sophia, Helen, Stella, Humphrey, O, and Boaden junior.

James Boaden is a consistent presence between 1795 and 1834, with Godwin usually meeting him once a year or more. Contact with Caroline is in 1826-1831, an the one meeting with John is in 1829.

  • MS. Abinger c. 8, fol. 1: 28 July 1802
  • DNB

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

Name Number of Meetings
Perry, James (Pirie) 7
Curran, John Philpot 7
Batty, Robert 6
Reynolds, Frederick 5
Nicholson, William 5
Opie, John 5
Taylor, John 5
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) 4
Este, Reverend Charles 4
Shee, Sir Martin Archer 4
Northcote, James 4
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) 4
Morton, Thomas 3
Horne Tooke, John 3
Dawe, George 3
Fell, Ralph 3
Webb, 2
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 2
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) 2
Hill, (Thomas) 2
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Hayward, Richard 2
Perry, Anne (née Hull) 2
Moore, James (Carrick-Moore) 2
Turner, Thomas 2
Holcroft, Thomas 2
Sharp, 2
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 2
Carlisle, Sir Anthony 2
Stoddart, John 2
Robinson, George 1
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae 1
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson) 1
Trotter, John Bernard 1
Tuthill, Sir George Leman 1
Allen, Lancelot Baugh 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Lamb, Mary Anne 1
Dubois, Edward 1
Richter, Henry James 1
Flather, John 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Hopwood, 1
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1
Curran, Amelia 1
Miller, 1
Hoare, Prince 1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 1
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet) 1
Chalmers, Alexander 1
Bannister, John 1
Banks, John Cleaver 1
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 1
Plunket, 1
Alderson, Amelia (Opie) 1
Moore, C[harles]? 1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 1
O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) 1
MacDonnell, D. E. 1
Wilson, 1
Kemble, John Philip 1
Fillingham, William 1
Fenwick, John 1
Porson, Richard 1
Manning, Thomas 1
Taylor, William 1
Williams, Jane (Mrs Hogg) 1