William Godwin's Diary

Flather, John

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 80 times, but was not at home (N) 6 times, and was a venue (V) 3 times.

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1805

29  September  1805

1806

12  January  1806 28  February  1806 13  April  1806 20  April  1806 24  August  1806 14  December  1806

1807

1  February  1807 (NV) 6  February  1807 1  March  1807 28  June  1807 2  August  1807 (N) 6  September  1807 11  October  1807 (N) 14  December  1807

1808

8  June  1808 12  July  1808 29  October  1808

1809

5  February  1809 9  May  1809 31  May  1809 13  June  1809 4  July  1809 28  July  1809 29  July  1809 8  August  1809 15  August  1809 (N) 17  September  1809 20  September  1809 8  November  1809

1810

1  January  1810 29  January  1810 21  March  1810 30  April  1810 19  May  1810 6  July  1810 5  August  1810 6  August  1810 18  August  1810 20  August  1810 23  August  1810 27  August  1810 8  September  1810 12  September  1810 13  September  1810 16  September  1810 24  September  1810 30  September  1810 1  October  1810 23  December  1810 28  December  1810

1811

5  January  1811 12  January  1811 31  May  1811 23  July  1811 13  August  1811 13  August  1811 9  September  1811 16  October  1811

1812

11  June  1812 26  June  1812 (N) 6  July  1812 10  October  1812 12  October  1812

1813

4  January  1813 5  January  1813 16  April  1813 (V)

1814

9  August  1814

1815

7  April  1815 21  November  1815

1818

27  September  1818

1822

20  March  1822

1823

21  February  1823

1829

27  October  1829

1833

10  October  1833

1834

25  January  1834 (V)

1835

28  April  1835 19  June  1835 11  August  1835 29  October  1835 (N)

  • Name: Flather, John
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date:
  • Death Date:

John Flather was Patrick Patrickson's closest college companion and family friend of the Godwins since 1808 (see Locke). In her Journal, Mary Shelley described Flather as the 'true assassin' of Patrickson' and in the same volume an editorial note identifies Flather as a sizar at St John's College Cambridge.

The identification is not certain, particularly as Patrickson and Flather appear to have no relationship in the diary (althogh this makes sense given Mary Shelley's comments). However, Flather calls on Godwin on the 9 Aug 1814, the day after Patrickson dines with Godwin and the day before he kills himself, suggesting some relationship.

  • Locke, p. 255
  • The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844, ed. by Paula R. Feldman and Diana Scott-Kilvert, 2 vols (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press; Clarendon Press, 1987), p. 39 and note 3

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

Name Number of Meetings
Turner, Thomas 16
Dawe, George 5
Boinville, Harriet 2
Boinville, Cornelia (Turner) 2
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 1
Lamb, Mary Anne 1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas 1
Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1
Constable, John 1
Carlisle, Nicholas 1
Hume, Joseph 1
De Boinville, Chastel 1
Constancio, Dr 1
Lawrence, James Henry (Chevalier) 1
Booth, David 1
Boinville, Alfred 1
Lambe, Dr Lacon William 1
Lambe, Mary 1
Godwin, William 1
Hilton, William 1
Hopwood, 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Buchan, Dr Alexander Peter 1
Hazlitt, William 1
Bonnycastle, John 1
Knowles, John 1
White, 1
Perry, James (Pirie) 1
Perry, Anne (née Hull) 1
Boaden, James 1
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright) 1
Richter, Henry James 1
Smith, James 1
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair) 1
Clairmont, Charles 1
Fenwick, John 1
Fenwick, Orlando 1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne 1
Johnson, Joseph 1
Godwin, W 1
Taylor, Richard 1