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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 164 times, but was not at home (N) 7 times, and was a venue (V) 11 times.
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9 May 1810 7 June 1810 (NV) 8 June 1810 10 June 1810 23 June 1810 13 August 1810 17 August 1810 (V) 24 September 1810 25 October 1810 30 October 1810 31 October 1810 13 November 1810
24 July 1811 1 August 1811 8 October 1811 20 October 1811 22 October 1811 24 October 1811 27 October 1811 3 November 1811 5 November 1811 (V) 17 November 1811 1 December 1811 2 December 1811 2 December 1811 2 December 1811 8 December 1811 21 December 1811
20 January 1812 18 February 1812 14 May 1812 29 May 1812 7 June 1812 7 July 1812 22 July 1812 21 August 1812 25 August 1812 26 August 1812 18 October 1812 15 November 1812 (N) 8 December 1812
4 January 1813 10 January 1813 17 January 1813 23 January 1813 5 February 1813 8 February 1813 10 February 1813 12 February 1813 15 February 1813 8 March 1813 8 March 1813 4 April 1813 16 April 1813 18 April 1813 20 April 1813 23 April 1813 3 May 1813 5 May 1813 10 May 1813 11 May 1813 13 May 1813 2 June 1813 14 June 1813 19 June 1813 24 June 1813 24 June 1813 7 July 1813 18 July 1813 21 July 1813 (V) 27 July 1813 1 August 1813 31 August 1813 26 September 1813 9 October 1813 12 October 1813 23 October 1813 24 October 1813 28 October 1813 1 November 1813 16 November 1813 2 December 1813 10 December 1813 15 December 1813
6 February 1814 18 February 1814 20 February 1814 24 February 1814 28 February 1814 6 March 1814 17 March 1814 17 March 1814 30 March 1814 3 May 1814 4 May 1814 6 May 1814 9 May 1814 9 May 1814 10 May 1814 12 May 1814 20 May 1814 6 June 1814 14 June 1814 20 June 1814 25 June 1814 26 June 1814 (V) 30 June 1814 13 July 1814
9 March 1815 10 August 1815 31 December 1815
23 January 1818 (V) 25 January 1818 1 February 1818 10 February 1818 15 February 1818 24 February 1818 27 February 1818 1 March 1818 18 March 1818 22 March 1818 29 March 1818 30 March 1818 13 April 1818
29 May 1823 1 June 1823 7 June 1823 15 June 1823 (N) 12 July 1823 20 July 1823 24 July 1823 27 July 1823 30 July 1823 12 August 1823 24 August 1823 26 August 1823 28 August 1823 1 September 1823 6 September 1823 8 September 1823 10 September 1823 13 September 1823 14 September 1823
14 April 1827 (N)
19 August 1829 28 August 1829 (NV) 29 August 1829 31 August 1829 1 September 1829 4 September 1829 12 September 1829 22 September 1829
2 March 1830 (NV) 3 March 1830 28 May 1830 (V) 28 May 1830 1 June 1830 (V) 29 June 1830 1 July 1830 21 August 1830 (NV)
There are several members of the Curran family who appear in Godwin’s diary, and we have chosen to isolate John Philpot, the Irish barrister (483 mentions), his daughter Amelia, the painter (156 mentions) and W Curran, probably Curran's eldest son (153 mentions). Other siblings and children (R, S, J B, and so on) can be found by searching for ‘Curran’, although they have not been assigned tags. We have also included Miss Curran, and 'Amelia' in 1830 as entries for Amelia Curran.
In 1800 Godwin visited Dublin upon invitation from John Philpot. Curran appears first in 1799, and is referred to as C, his first initials J P, Phil., and also Rathfarnham, his place of habitation in Dublin, also known as the Priory (the main abbreviations - especially the use of C and C's come during Godwin's visit to Ireland, when there is no possibility of confusion between Curran and Cooper for whom he also uses C). Godwin occasionally abbreviates this as ‘Rm’. In 1817, after traveling, John Philpot returned to his London residence in Brompton in a state of declining health, and when Godwin visited him there we’ve coded the placename as Curran to indicate his presence there.
Curran’s daughter, Amelia, was also a frequent visitor the Godwin household and became firmly ensconced in the family’s extensive circle which, at that point, included Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose portrait she eventually painted. Any references to A Curran have been understood to be Amelia, and when in the appropriate context, the variations A C, Miss Curran, and the one reference to her by first name alone have been included.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Curran, William Henry | 13 |
| Curran, John Philpot | 11 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 7 |
| Burr, Aaron (junior) | 4 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 4 |
| Lamb, Mary Anne | 3 |
| Lamb, Charles | 3 |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 3 |
| Kenney, James | 3 |
| Turner, Thomas | 3 |
| Dawe, George | 3 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 2 |
| Clairmont, Charles | 2 |
| White, Major/Colonel/General/Sir Henry | 2 |
| Constable, Archibald | 2 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 2 |
| Hazlitt, William | 2 |
| Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) | 2 |
| Hopwood, | 2 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 2 |
| Boaden, James | 1 |
| O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) | 1 |
| Hill, (Thomas) | 1 |
| Reid, William Hamilton | 1 |
| Hamilton, | 1 |
| Montagu, Basil | 1 |
| Booth, David | 1 |
| Taylor, Richard | 1 |
| Phillips, Charles | 1 |
| Finnerty, Peter | 1 |
| Godwin, William | 1 |
| Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) | 1 |
| Skeys, Hugh | 1 |
| Rosser, Henry (Blanche) | 1 |
| Newton, John Frank | 1 |
| Newton, Cornelia (née Boinville) | 1 |
| Boinville, Harriet | 1 |
| De Boinville, Chastel | 1 |
| Northcote, James | 1 |
| Baxter Family, | 1 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 1 |
| Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta | 1 |
| Quin, Edward | 1 |
| Reynolds, Sir Joshua | 1 |
| Hogan, | 1 |
| Marshall, James | 1 |
| Aldis, Charles | 1 |
| Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge) | 1 |
| Williams, Jane (Mrs Hogg) | 1 |
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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 489 times, but was not at home (N) 40 times, and was a venue (V) 153 times.
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3 October 1799 (V) 7 October 1799 10 October 1799 (V) 12 October 1799 (V) 15 October 1799 (V) 17 October 1799 19 October 1799 (V) 23 October 1799 25 October 1799 27 October 1799 27 October 1799 28 October 1799 (V) 30 October 1799 (NV)
12 January 1800 2 July 1800 3 July 1800 6 July 1800 (V) 7 July 1800 8 July 1800 8 July 1800 (V) 9 July 1800 10 July 1800 10 July 1800 (V) 11 July 1800 11 July 1800 (V) 13 July 1800 13 July 1800 14 July 1800 15 July 1800 (V) 16 July 1800 16 July 1800 17 July 1800 18 July 1800 18 July 1800 (V) 19 July 1800 (V) 20 July 1800 23 July 1800 25 July 1800 25 July 1800 26 July 1800 (V) 26 July 1800 26 July 1800 27 July 1800 (V) 30 July 1800 31 July 1800 (V) 1 August 1800 (V) 6 August 1800 10 August 1800 (V) 11 August 1800 14 August 1800 29 August 1800 2 September 1800 2 September 1800 3 September 1800 3 September 1800 9 September 1800 9 September 1800 23 September 1800 23 September 1800 25 September 1800 28 September 1800 28 September 1800 29 September 1800 2 October 1800 (V) 4 October 1800 4 October 1800 6 October 1800 17 October 1800 19 October 1800 20 October 1800 22 October 1800 (V) 26 October 1800 (V) 27 October 1800 29 October 1800 17 November 1800
8 January 1801 28 January 1801 3 February 1801
3 January 1802 8 January 1802 9 January 1802 9 January 1802 9 January 1802 9 January 1802 (V) 9 January 1802 13 January 1802 13 January 1802 16 January 1802 16 January 1802 16 January 1802 (NV) 17 September 1802 (N) 18 September 1802 (N) 19 September 1802 (NV) 19 September 1802 (N) 20 September 1802 21 September 1802 22 September 1802 22 September 1802 22 September 1802 25 October 1802 25 October 1802 26 October 1802
24 May 1803 23 June 1803 15 October 1803 15 October 1803 16 October 1803 (NV) 18 October 1803 21 October 1803 22 October 1803 (V) 22 October 1803 22 October 1803 22 October 1803 23 October 1803 (NV) 25 October 1803 26 October 1803 (V) 26 October 1803 27 October 1803
4 September 1804 4 September 1804 8 September 1804 (NV) 10 September 1804 17 September 1804 (N) 21 September 1804 23 September 1804 23 September 1804 24 September 1804 24 September 1804 27 September 1804 28 September 1804 7 October 1804 7 October 1804 16 October 1804 20 October 1804 (N) 20 October 1804 23 October 1804
13 September 1805 (N) 14 September 1805 (V) 16 September 1805 19 September 1805 20 September 1805 20 September 1805 3 October 1805 4 October 1805 (V) 4 October 1805 4 October 1805 4 October 1805 4 October 1805 6 October 1805 9 October 1805 (NV) 14 October 1805 (NV) 29 October 1805
16 September 1806 16 September 1806 17 September 1806 17 September 1806 20 September 1806 (NV) 21 September 1806 21 September 1806 21 September 1806 (V) 22 September 1806 (NV) 25 September 1806 26 September 1806 (V) 26 September 1806 27 September 1806 27 September 1806 28 September 1806 28 September 1806 28 September 1806 30 September 1806 4 October 1806 5 October 1806 (V) 5 October 1806 6 October 1806 (V) 7 October 1806 8 October 1806 (V) 8 October 1806 8 October 1806 11 October 1806 (V) 12 October 1806 12 October 1806 13 October 1806 16 October 1806 17 October 1806 18 October 1806 (V) 20 October 1806 (V) 20 October 1806 23 October 1806 (NV) 26 October 1806 (NV)
2 January 1807 3 January 1807 (NV) 6 January 1807 (V) 6 January 1807 10 January 1807 (V) 12 January 1807 12 January 1807 13 January 1807 15 January 1807 (V) 6 March 1807 7 March 1807 2 April 1807 29 April 1807 24 September 1807 (NV) 27 September 1807 (N) 28 September 1807 28 September 1807 28 September 1807 28 September 1807 28 September 1807 29 September 1807 2 October 1807 (V) 2 October 1807 4 October 1807 4 October 1807 7 October 1807 (NV) 8 October 1807 (N) 11 October 1807 (V) 12 October 1807 14 October 1807 (NV) 17 October 1807 18 October 1807 20 October 1807 21 October 1807 (V) 21 October 1807 25 October 1807 31 December 1807
14 April 1808 14 April 1808 15 April 1808 (V) 16 April 1808 17 April 1808 18 April 1808 (V) 19 April 1808 22 April 1808 (V) 26 April 1808 (NV) 19 August 1808 5 September 1808 (N) 9 September 1808 15 September 1808 17 September 1808 20 September 1808 27 September 1808 (NV) 30 September 1808 5 October 1808 (NV) 10 October 1808 10 October 1808 18 October 1808 21 October 1808
26 April 1809 30 September 1809 2 October 1809 2 October 1809 (V) 2 October 1809 11 October 1809 14 October 1809 17 October 1809 20 October 1809 (V) 23 October 1809 24 October 1809 19 November 1809 11 December 1809 18 December 1809 28 December 1809 30 December 1809
10 April 1810 12 April 1810 14 April 1810 14 April 1810 (NV) 18 April 1810 19 April 1810 (V) 19 April 1810 24 April 1810 27 April 1810 28 April 1810 30 April 1810 1 May 1810 3 May 1810 4 May 1810
25 September 1811 28 September 1811 1 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 4 October 1811 5 October 1811 8 October 1811 9 October 1811 (V) 10 October 1811 18 October 1811 20 October 1811 (NV) 22 October 1811 22 October 1811 22 October 1811 24 October 1811 24 October 1811 25 October 1811 29 October 1811 29 October 1811 30 October 1811 11 November 1811
23 January 1813 5 March 1813 3 April 1813 (V) 4 April 1813 10 April 1813 13 April 1813 18 April 1813 19 April 1813 19 April 1813 21 April 1813 (V) 21 April 1813 22 April 1813 3 May 1813 (V) 5 May 1813 (V) 9 May 1813 (V) 11 May 1813 (V) 12 May 1813 (V) 13 May 1813 (V) 9 June 1813 17 July 1813 14 August 1813 25 September 1813 26 September 1813 30 September 1813 1 October 1813 2 October 1813 4 October 1813 9 October 1813 (V) 14 October 1813 16 October 1813 (V) 16 October 1813 18 October 1813 18 October 1813 23 October 1813 (V) 24 October 1813 (V)
30 January 1814 20 April 1814 19 June 1814 22 June 1814 23 June 1814 (V) 29 June 1814 5 July 1814 6 July 1814 8 July 1814 29 August 1814 30 August 1814 (V) 30 August 1814 31 August 1814 1 September 1814 1 September 1814 (V) 2 September 1814 (V) 5 September 1814
27 June 1815 6 August 1815 8 August 1815 (V) 11 August 1815 11 August 1815 (V) 11 August 1815 12 August 1815 18 August 1815 19 August 1815 (N) 21 August 1815 25 August 1815 28 August 1815 31 August 1815 (NV) 31 August 1815 1 September 1815 (V) 3 September 1815 3 September 1815 5 September 1815 6 September 1815 8 September 1815 (V) 10 September 1815 17 September 1815 (NV) 18 September 1815 18 September 1815 20 September 1815 (NV) 23 September 1815 29 September 1815 3 October 1815 8 October 1815 16 October 1815 (NV) 21 October 1815 24 October 1815 12 November 1815 (NV) 13 November 1815 (NV) 14 November 1815 (V) 16 November 1815 (NV) 16 November 1815 21 November 1815 25 November 1815 26 November 1815 4 December 1815 14 December 1815 15 December 1815 (V) 21 December 1815 (V) 24 December 1815 (V) 27 December 1815 (V) 30 December 1815 (V)
5 January 1816 (V) 19 January 1816 22 January 1816 (V) 23 January 1816 1 February 1816 11 February 1816 (V) 16 February 1816 (V) 19 February 1816 (V) 23 February 1816 (V) 27 February 1816 (V) 1 March 1816 (V) 5 March 1816 (V) 9 March 1816 (V) 20 March 1816 (V) 29 March 1816 (V) 5 April 1816 (V) 23 September 1816 16 October 1816 (N) 17 October 1816 (V) 6 November 1816 (V) 17 November 1816 (V) 21 November 1816 (V) 25 November 1816 (V) 27 November 1816 28 November 1816 29 November 1816 15 December 1816 (V) 19 December 1816 (V) 23 December 1816 (V)
3 January 1817 (V) 6 January 1817 (V) 10 January 1817 (V) 20 January 1817 (V) 21 January 1817 27 January 1817 (V) 1 February 1817 (V) 14 February 1817 18 February 1817 (V) 22 February 1817 24 February 1817 (V) 25 February 1817 28 February 1817 (V) 4 March 1817 (V) 18 March 1817 (V) 21 March 1817 (V) 29 March 1817 (V) 4 April 1817 (N) 9 April 1817 11 April 1817 20 April 1817 (V) 6 May 1817 (V) 8 May 1817 (V) 17 May 1817 (V) 20 May 1817 (V) 23 May 1817 (V) 29 May 1817 (V) 2 June 1817 (V) 7 June 1817 7 June 1817 (V) 10 June 1817 12 June 1817 (V) 14 June 1817 19 June 1817 (V) 23 June 1817 (V) 25 June 1817 (V) 28 June 1817 28 June 1817 (V) 28 June 1817 7 July 1817 (V) 7 July 1817 9 July 1817 (V) 12 July 1817 12 July 1817 30 September 1817 (V) 6 October 1817 (V) 9 October 1817 10 October 1817 11 October 1817 12 October 1817 14 October 1817 14 October 1817 15 October 1817 4 November 1817
John Philpot Curran graduated from Trinity College Dublin and proceeded to the Middle Temple in London. He subsequently returned to Ireland and pursued a succesful carer at the bar, becoming King's Counsel in 1782. He also became a member of the Irish parliament where he aligned himself with Henry Flood and took a patriotic line on fiscal and political issues. After the French Revolution he became increasingly vocal on the issue of parliamentary corruption. Curran was also lead counsel for the leaders of the 1798 rebellion but after the Act of Union, his career lost some of its impetus though he still became an Irish privy councillor and Master of the Rolls.
Godwin met Curran in October 1799 through John Fenwick. The two men hit it off immediately and Curran invited Godwin to Ireland. Godwin spent six weeks in Ireland as Curran's guest in July and August 1800. The two retained a strong friendship over the remainder of Curran's life. Godwin wrote his obituary for the Morning Chronicle and dedicated Mandeville to 'the sincerest friend he ever had'.
Curran is also referred to as C, his first initials J P, Phil., and also Rathfarnham, his place of habitation in Dublin, also known as the Priory (the main abbreviations - especially the use of C and C's come during Godwin's visit to Ireland, when there is no possibility of confusion between Curran and Cooper for whom he also uses C). Godwin occasionally abbreviates this as ‘Rm’. In 1817, after traveling, John Philpot returned to his London residence in Brompton in a state of declining health, and when Godwin visits him there we’ve coded the placename as Curran to indicate his presence there.
Curran’s daughter, Amelia, was also a frequent visitor the Godwin household and became firmly ensconced in the family’s extensive circle which, at that point, included Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose portrait she eventually painted. Any references to A Curran have been understood to be Amelia, and when in the appropriate context, the variations A C, Miss Curran, and the one reference to her by first name alone have been included. Godwin also knew Curran's son, William.
Godwin recorded his death.
This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.
| Name | Number of Meetings |
|---|---|
| Lubé, Denis George | 18 |
| Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar) | 15 |
| Curran, Amelia | 11 |
| Meyler, Anthony | 10 |
| Kenney, James | 7 |
| Boaden, James | 7 |
| Northcote, James | 7 |
| Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) | 7 |
| Horne Tooke, John | 7 |
| Hazlitt, William | 6 |
| Reynolds, Frederick | 6 |
| Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) | 6 |
| Fenwick, John | 6 |
| Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel) | 5 |
| Turner, Thomas | 5 |
| Finnerty, Peter | 5 |
| Trotter, John Bernard | 5 |
| King, Margaret (Countess Mountcashell, Mrs Mason, Moore) | 5 |
| Paull, James | 4 |
| Lamb, Charles | 4 |
| Kemble, John Philip | 4 |
| Wallace, | 4 |
| Holcroft, Thomas | 4 |
| Quin, Edward Turnly | 4 |
| Perry, James (Pirie) | 4 |
| Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) | 4 |
| Carlisle, Sir Anthony | 4 |
| Marshall, James | 4 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor | 3 |
| Nicholson, William | 3 |
| Rowan, Archibald Hamilton | 3 |
| North, Dudley (Long) | 3 |
| Jennings, Joseph Clayton (Jennyns) | 3 |
| O'Bryen, Dennis (O'Brien) | 3 |
| Grattan, Henry | 3 |
| Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson) | 3 |
| Skeys, Hugh | 3 |
| Moore, Thomas | 3 |
| Cobbett, William | 2 |
| Fox, Henry [later Vassall] Richard (Baron Holland) | 2 |
| Adair, Robert | 2 |
| Rogers, Samuel | 2 |
| Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire) | 2 |
| Cooper, Grace Mary Rae | 2 |
| Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy) | 2 |
| Stael von Holstein, Baroness Germaine ( Anne-Louise, née Necker, Germaine de Stael) | 2 |
| Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta | 2 |
| Lamb, Mary Anne | 2 |
| Batty, Robert | 2 |
| Hamilton, Hugh Douglas | 2 |
| Webb, | 2 |
| Lawrence, Sir Thomas | 2 |
| Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) | 2 |
| Moore, John | 2 |
| Ridgeway, James | 2 |
| Fairley, John | 1 |
| Botwright, | 1 |
| Sheridan, Richard Brinsley | 1 |
| Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1 |
| Burney, Martin Charles | 1 |
| Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker) | 1 |
| Hazlitt, Sarah (née Stoddart) | 1 |
| Hammond, Elton (Hamond) | 1 |
| Place, Francis | 1 |
| Murray, John Samuel | 1 |
| Robinson, Henry Crabb | 1 |
| Inchbald, Elizabeth | 1 |
| Malkin, Benjamin Heath | 1 |
| 1 | |
| Constable, Archibald | 1 |
| Poole, John | 1 |
| Harlow, George Henry (Harlowe) | 1 |
| Montagu, Basil | 1 |
| Shee, Sir Martin Archer | 1 |
| Morton, Thomas | 1 |
| Parry, John | 1 |
| Clairmont, Charles | 1 |
| Burr, Aaron (junior) | 1 |
| Taylor, John | 1 |
| Phillips, Charles | 1 |
| Curran, William Henry | 1 |
| Taylor, Richard | 1 |
| Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy) | 1 |
| Rogers, Henry | 1 |
| Este, Reverend Charles | 1 |
| Rawdon, Elizabeth (née Hastings, suo jure Baroness Botreaux, suo jure Baroness Hungerford, suo jure Baroness Moleyns, suo jure Baroness Hastings, and countess of Moira) | 1 |
| Hogan, | 1 |
| Godwin, William | 1 |
| Stewart, John (Walking Stewart) | 1 |
| Elwes, Sarah | 1 |
| Moore, James (Carrick-Moore) | 1 |
| Porson, Richard | 1 |
| Allen, John | 1 |
| Erskine, Thomas (first Baron Erskine) | 1 |
| Fell, Ralph | 1 |
| Dawe, George | 1 |
| Hoare, Prince | 1 |
| Fenwick, Eliza Anne | 1 |
| Wollstonecraft, James | 1 |
| Godwin, Hannah | 1 |
| Banks, Thomas | 1 |
| Billington, Elizabeth (née Weichsel) | 1 |
| Barry, James | 1 |
| Sempill, Lord Hugh | 1 |
| Bosville, William | 1 |
| Forbes, Earl George | 1 |
| Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) | 1 |
| Imlay, Fanny (Godwin) | 1 |
| Cumberland, Richard | 1 |
| Plunket, | 1 |
| Drennan, William | 1 |
| MacDonnell, D. E. | 1 |
| Campbell, Thomas | 1 |
| Perry, Anne (née Hull) | 1 |
| Glenie, James | 1 |
| Tuthill, Sir George Leman | 1 |
| Wollstonecraft, Everina | 1 |
| Higgins, Godfrey | 1 |
| Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet) | 1 |
| Baxter Family, | 1 |
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