William Godwin's Diary

Holcroft, Thomas

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 155 times, but was not at home (N) 4 times, and was a venue (V) 1 time.

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1803

14  April  1803

1813

4  January  1813 21  July  1813

1818

26  August  1818 4  September  1818 9  September  1818 24  September  1818 25  September  1818 11  October  1818 19  October  1818 22  November  1818

1819

8  January  1819 15  January  1819 19  January  1819 28  January  1819 31  January  1819 8  February  1819 23  February  1819 3  March  1819 14  March  1819 16  March  1819 18  March  1819 26  March  1819 12  April  1819 13  April  1819 16  April  1819 17  April  1819 18  April  1819 2  May  1819 19  May  1819 25  May  1819 31  May  1819 3  June  1819 14  June  1819 (N) 17  June  1819 (V) 18  June  1819 24  June  1819 27  June  1819 13  July  1819 19  July  1819 23  July  1819 24  July  1819 25  July  1819 29  July  1819 6  August  1819 13  August  1819 20  August  1819 25  August  1819 13  September  1819 20  September  1819 (N) 28  September  1819 8  October  1819 10  October  1819 15  October  1819 29  October  1819 9  November  1819 10  December  1819 27  December  1819

1820

19  January  1820 29  January  1820 30  January  1820 11  February  1820 19  February  1820 3  March  1820 8  March  1820 10  March  1820 14  March  1820 22  March  1820 25  March  1820 1  April  1820 2  April  1820

1823

5  September  1823 9  September  1823 26  September  1823 2  October  1823 16  October  1823 17  October  1823 20  October  1823 21  October  1823 30  October  1823 5  November  1823 7  November  1823

1824

16  April  1824 5  May  1824 12  May  1824 2  June  1824 16  June  1824 18  June  1824 7  July  1824 12  July  1824 14  July  1824 18  July  1824 25  July  1824 3  August  1824 12  August  1824 8  September  1824 1  December  1824 15  December  1824

1825

15  March  1825 28  March  1825 3  July  1825 24  July  1825 25  August  1825 17  September  1825 7  October  1825 16  October  1825 27  November  1825

1826

26  February  1826 15  June  1826 7  July  1826 18  July  1826 22  July  1826 24  July  1826 22  August  1826 6  September  1826 12  September  1826 15  September  1826 18  September  1826 18  October  1826 26  October  1826 14  November  1826 16  November  1826 30  November  1826 3  December  1826 11  December  1826 12  December  1826 28  December  1826

1827

11  January  1827 18  January  1827 1  February  1827 11  August  1827 2  December  1827

1828

19  October  1828 18  December  1828 24  December  1828

1829

3  May  1829 30  June  1829

1830

6  April  1830 29  September  1830 11  December  1830 15  December  1830 25  December  1830

1831

25  March  1831 8  December  1831

1832

5  January  1832 17  September  1832 19  September  1832 27  September  1832 7  October  1832 (N)

1833

24  April  1833 (N) 16  May  1833

1834

2  August  1834

1835

3  February  1835 10  February  1835 24  November  1835

  • Name: Holcroft, Thomas
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 9  January  1803
  • Death Date:

One of Holcroft's sons by Louisa Mercier, his fourth wife, baptised in 1809, along with his brothers and sisters. See Harwood Holcroft.

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

Name Number of Meetings
Kenney, James 20
Godwin, William 14
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier) 13
Pilcher, 8
Holcroft, Harwood 7
Morton, Thomas 6
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) 5
Lamb, Mary Anne 3
Lamb, Charles 3
Morton, John Maddison 3
Morton, Edw 3
Poole, John 3
Uwins, David 2
Hudson, John Corrie 2
Hill, (Thomas) 2
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial) 2
Hazlitt, William 2
Holcroft, Louisa 2
Rosser, Henry (Blanche) 1
Booth, David 1
Skeffington, Sir Lumley St George 1
Stanhope, Lincoln (Edwin Robert) 1
Gent, Thomas 1
Wordsworth, William 1
Hofland, Thomas Christopher 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Stewart, John (Walking Stewart) 1
Smith, 1
Uwins, Thomas 1
Collier, John Payne 1
Barham, Richard Harris 1
Reynolds, Richard 1
Turner, Thomas 1
Rickman, John 1
Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy) 1
Hepburn, John 1
Taylor, John 1
Curran, William Henry 1
Curran, Amelia 1
Godwin, John 1
Landseer, Charles 1
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta 1
Boinville, Harriet 1

Holcroft, Harwood

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 70 times, and was a venue (V) 0 times.

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1813

21  July  1813

1818

25  January  1818 10  May  1818 2  July  1818 19  October  1818 22  November  1818

1819

8  January  1819 31  January  1819 12  April  1819 15  April  1819 31  May  1819 12  July  1819 25  December  1819 26  December  1819

1820

9  April  1820 14  May  1820 18  June  1820 25  June  1820 9  July  1820 24  September  1820 15  October  1820 5  November  1820 19  November  1820 25  December  1820 31  December  1820

1821

28  January  1821 8  February  1821 4  March  1821 15  March  1821 18  March  1821 25  March  1821 1  April  1821 19  April  1821 27  May  1821 19  August  1821 30  September  1821 7  October  1821 4  November  1821 8  November  1821 2  December  1821 23  December  1821 27  December  1821 28  December  1821

1822

27  January  1822 17  February  1822 24  March  1822 7  April  1822 13  May  1822 26  May  1822 2  June  1822 16  June  1822 4  August  1822 11  August  1822 24  October  1822 4  November  1822 24  November  1822 26  November  1822 27  November  1822 23  December  1822 27  December  1822 31  December  1822

1823

7  January  1823 11  January  1823 12  January  1823

1827

1  March  1827

1830

16  December  1830

1832

25  January  1832 14  February  1832 27  February  1832 25  April  1832

  • Name: Holcroft, Harwood
  • Gender: Male
  • Birth Date: 1  September  1804
  • Death Date:

One son of Louisa Mercier and Thomas Holcroft (married 1799). The children were collectively baptised in March 1809 shortly before Holcroft's death. There were four boys and 2 girls..

The DNB makes no mention of issue from Hocroft's fourth marriage, but Godwin refers to L Ht and sons in the diary from 1803. Also, the account of Holcroft's death in his Life refers to an incident where Holcroft asks his wife if they are her children making a noise on the stair (p. 310). The Morning Chronicle (25 March 1809) reporting Holcroft's death refers to him having left an amiable wife and six children under the age of 9 and two daughters from a previous marriage (repeated in Jackson's Oxford Journal). The DNB entry for James Kenney, Louisa's second husband, suggests that she came to the marriage with two daughters, as well as Holcroft's two daughters by a previous marriage. It suggests that she and Kenney had four further children. This is irreconcilable, both with the Morning Chronicle's account, and with Godwin's own listing of L Ht and sons. Godwin also refers to L Kenney and sons on 20 July 1813, which suggests continuity with Louisa Holcroft.

The name Harwood Holcroft, might have been done in gratitude to Col. Harwood who was a close friend to Hocroft as well as being his son-in-law (with Ann). Entries coded as Harwood Holcroft include: Harwood Ht; H Ht , Hd Ht, Hd + Ht. The most consistent reference is to Hd Ht. There is also an entry to Hd and Hy Ht. which suggests a brother called Henry.

  • Morning Chronicle, 25 March 1809
  • Jackson's Oxford Journal
  • DNB
  • Thomas Holcroft, The life of Thomas Holcroft, continued by William Hazlitt, ed. by Elbridge Colby, 2 vols (London: Constable & Co., 1925)

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

Name Number of Meetings
Holcroft, Thomas 7
Holcroft, Henry 2
Morgan, Mary 1
Godwin, Nathaniel 1
Hamilton, 1
Pilcher, 1
Taylor, Richard 1
Hill, Matthew Davenport 1
Hume, Joseph 1
Bowring, Sir John 1
Hodgets, 1
Lamb, Mary Anne 1
Lamb, Charles 1
Baxter Family, 1
Rosser, Henry (Blanche) 1
Brent, Miss Charlotte 1