William Godwin's Diary

Bosville, William

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 70 times, but was not at home (N) 8 times, and was a venue (V) 15 times.

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1794

25  May  1794 15  November  1794

1795

11  February  1795 (NV) 13  February  1795 11  March  1795 (V) 17  March  1795 (V) 29  March  1795 (V) 5  May  1795 (NV) 11  June  1795 (NV) 29  August  1795 13  December  1795 (NV)

1796

14  March  1796 2  April  1796 5  April  1796 30  April  1796 13  May  1796 (NV) 27  May  1796 27  August  1796 18  September  1796 4  October  1796 30  October  1796 21  November  1796

1797

11  January  1797 (V) 22  January  1797 2  February  1797 4  February  1797 20  February  1797 1  April  1797 2  May  1797 21  May  1797

1798

28  January  1798 8  April  1798 16  November  1798

1799

17  February  1799 14  April  1799 29  April  1799 26  May  1799 16  June  1799 12  September  1799 (NV) 13  September  1799 (V)

1800

11  April  1800 18  May  1800

1801

28  June  1801 20  September  1801 27  September  1801 25  October  1801 29  November  1801

1802

14  March  1802 26  November  1802 (NV) 30  November  1802 (V)

1803

27  February  1803 4  August  1803 7  September  1803 (V) 21  October  1803 4  December  1803

1804

7  September  1804

1805

17  February  1805 26  February  1805 (N) 9  June  1805 24  July  1805 4  October  1805

1806

9  March  1806 5  October  1806 6  October  1806 12  October  1806 20  November  1806 (V)

1807

3  January  1807 14  June  1807

1808

5  October  1808

1813

16  December  1813

  • Name: Bosville, William
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 21  July  1745
  • Death Date: 16  December  1813
  • Occupation: society host
  • Occupation: reformer

Bosville was a society host who held daily dinners on weekdays for guests such as John Horne Tooke, Francis Burdett, and and Charles Este. He was a great supporter of Horne Tooke and donated £1000 to William Cobbett when he was in prison 1810-12. He was one of the founding members of the Friends of the People.

  • DNB

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

Name Number of Meetings
Horne Tooke, John 18
Scott, Thomas Hobbes 14
Scott, William 11
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet) 7
Debrett, John 7
Fergusson, Robert Cutlar 5
Weld, 4
Perry, James (Pirie) 4
Holcroft, Thomas 4
Tooke, William 4
Warner, John 4
Frend, William 4
Blake, Arthur 3
Parry, 3
Courtenay, John (Courtney) 3
Este, Reverend Charles 3
Burdett, William Jones 3
Kyd, Stewart 3
Hardy, Thomas 2
MacDonald, 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns) 2
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet) 2
Dyer, George 2
Gawler, Charles Henry Bellenden (Ker) 2
Taylor, John 2
Tierney, George 2
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) 2
Knight, Robert 2
Bonney, John Augustus 2
Thelwall, John 2
Richter, John 2
Joyce, Jeremiah 2
Frost, John 2
Dealtry, Peregrine (Perry) 2
Webb, 2
Harley, Jane Elizabeth (Lady Oxford, née Scott) 1
Wildman, John 1
Taylor, William 1
Maxwell, William 1
Harvey, Thomas 1
Smith, George 1
Danvers, Richard Augustus Butler 1
Miller, 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1
Banks, Thomas 1
Paull, James 1
Curran, John Philpot 1
Turner, Thomas 1
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Sempill, Lord Hugh 1
Boddington, Samuel 1
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Wilson, 1
Arnot, John 1
Despard, Colonel Edward Marcus 1
1
Smith, Charlotte (née Turner) 1
King, John (Jacob Rey) 1
Tweddell, John 1
Losh, James 1
Parr, Samuel 1
1
Vaughan, 1
Kentish, John 1
Grey, Charles 1
Macleod, Norman 1
Barry, Major Henry 1
White, 1
Kinnaird, Lord George 1
Dyson, George 1
Cline, Henry 1
Wakefield, Gilbert 1
Northmore, Thomas 1
Richter, Henry James 1
Gillies, John 1
Mills, Alfred 1
Stanley, Earl of Derby Edward 1
Malkin, Benjamin Heath 1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin) 1
Montagu, Basil 1
Keppel, fourth earl of Albemarle William Charles 1
1
Dormer, Charles 1
Iliff, Edward Henry 1
Gurney, Bartlett 1
Enfield, Dr William 1
Radcliffe, William 1
Baxter Family, 1