William Godwin's Diary

Finnerty, Peter

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 10 times, but was not at home (N) 1 time, and was a venue (V) 1 time.

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1807

17  October  1807

1808

10  October  1808 3  November  1808

1809

18  October  1809

1817

20  April  1817 8  May  1817 17  May  1817 23  June  1817 4  November  1817

1821

6  June  1821 (NV)

  • Name: Finnerty, Peter
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1766
  • Death Date: 11  May  1822
  • Occupation: reformer
  • Occupation: journalist
  • Occupation: printer

Godwin first met Peter Finnerty at James Perry's in 1807 when Finnerty was a reporter for the Morning Chronicle, then at the same venue the following year. There is also a strong link to John Philpott Curran, especially in 1817. Contact is intermittent between 1807 and 1821. Crucially, there is no contact earlier, when Finnerty, along with other sympathisers with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, planned insurrectionary activity in London, only to flee back to Ireland after the arrest of Colonel Despard. After 1805, Finnerty is linked to the programme of constitutional agitation under Francis Burdett.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Curran, John Philpot 5
Wallace, 2
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Curran, William Henry 1
Curran, Amelia 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy) 1
Meyler, Anthony 1
Quin, Edward Turnly 1
MacDonnell, D. E. 1
Campbell, Thomas 1
Perry, Anne (née Hull) 1
Phillips, Charles 1