Person record for Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin) and Northcote, James

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 1306 times, but was not at home (N) 19 times, and was a venue (V) 235 times.

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Name: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 30 August 1797
Death Date: 1 February 1851
Occupation: writer

In the diary Mary Shelley is denoted by 'MWG', 'children', 'Shelleys' and, mostly, 'MWS'. She is also denoted by the intial 'M' in about 100 instances between 1800 and 1817. These instances are where the context has led us to believe that the initial stands for Mary rather than Marshall for example, 'theatre w. MJ, M and F', 'w. Shelley, M and Peacock'. In the majority of instances we have still taken M to stand for Marshall.

There are some problems in systematically distinguishing Marshall from Mary Shelley. because from Mary's birth, 30 August 1797, to her elopement with PBS, 28 July 1814, Godwin uses M to ref to both Marshall and Mary . She then disappears from the diary and returns at the end of 1816. From 27.5.1817 she is nearly always distinguished as MWS but in the few months from the end of 1816 to May 1817 she is denoted by several different variants: MWG, Mary and M.

T he question of whether an entry is Marshall or Mary is especially difficult in the early years after Mary's birth. It is clear that Godwin sees Mary when she is a child much more often than he registers in the diary. TThe occasions on which she does appear in the diary when she is a child seem to be special outings but it is difficult to assess how frequent these are, and they are deduced largely by the presence of two M entries within a single event. Once Godwin is married to Mary Jane it seems likely that Mary and one or other of Mary Jane's own children might accompany her, suggesting that an entry that includes MJ, and one of F. C, or J (Fanny, Charles or Jane) and an M is more likely to be referring to Mary than top Marshall. The history of tension between Mary Jane and Marshall would reinforce such a judgment; on the other hand, the tension might be because Godwin included him so often!

We have assumed that Godwin and Mary Jane are not likely to include Mary in outings and dinners until she is at least three or four. But we cannot always be confident about this since some of the entries are ambiguous. For example, very soon after MW's death, on 23.9.1797 'E F dines: adv M, F, PV, Ht and Johnson' M has been coded as Marshall rather than Mary – but it could plausibly be Mary. However, we read the diary as suggesting that soon after Godwin begins to restrict entries to Mary to special occasions.

Re: 10 May 1799 'F. Aurengzebe, act 4/2. J White calls: M and L J dine: Astley's, w. Fanny, M, L J and Dibbin' – although it is possible that they take Mary to Astley’s the pattern of links between Louisa Jones and Godwin suggest that he records her presence largely in the absence of the children (assuming that he sees her and the children domestically on a daily basis but does not record them unless there are others present or there is some collective activity, dinner or outing). Also M and LJ feature in the Diary from the beginning of 1797, so well before the birth of Mary and the death of MW.

4.10.1799 'Dine at M's, w. F and M and Fell' This seems possibly to be Fanny and Mary and have been coded as such. Also 11.11.1799 dine at Fell's, w. F and M; adv. M . The following are coded as Marshall, not Mary - making the assumption that Mary is too young to be taken out, and that Marshall takes some interest in entertaining Fanny.

15.11.1799 see 'M dines: theatre, 1/5 Castle Spectre, and Children in the Wood, w. M and Fanny ' - this could be Mary, although she would be only two years old.
14.6.1800 M dines; adv. M Robinson : call on Ritson : Sadler's Wells, w. M, M R, M E R, F and Cha. Willis (This is difficult - the initials are probably MR (Mary Robinson), MER (Robinson's daughter Mary Elizabeth (born 1774), and possibly Fanny.
15.6.1800 tea Fell's , w. F and M.
15.9.1800 Astley's, w. M and F, 1/2 price, Gretna and the Pirate.
6.12.1800 theatre, w. M and F, Paul and Virginia.
14.3.1801 Dine at S E's , w.F and M
30.6.1801 Dine at S E's , w. F and M
15.12.1803 Theatre, w. M J, C, J, miss Mellor and M, Shylock, and Caravan
3.1.1804 theatre, Cinderella, w. M
8.2.1805 dine at H Rowan’s , w. M J, M, C and J : theatre, do , School of Reform, and H Quicksilver
8.8.1807 M, T T, M J, E C, F and C dine at S S - this looks like the family dines at Skinner Street which might indicate Mary rather than Marshall - but we have coded as Marshall because family members are grouped after MJ, while M and TT are outside guests.
25.10.1808 theatre, w. T T, M J and M, Mourning Bride
29.5.1817 meet M and Percy . MWS and S are staying at Godwin's most of the week (although 'Shelley leaves us' on 26.5.1817, so it seems unlikely that the Percy is Shelley.
Also, Godwin mentions only specific events in which they are involved. MWS's diary has Marshall dining on that evening and it seems likely that Godwin dined out and then came home and met Marshall (p.172). MWS's visit to the Godwins lasts from 23 May - 31

The following have been coded as Mary Shelley: 23.6.1809 M J and M for Notting Hill - This is likely to be Mary, especially since the entries two and five days later are coded Mary Dine at Notting Hill, w. 2 Corneys, M J, M and C'; and M J and M at home.
16.07.1809 Dine at L Ht’s , w. M J, M and J
29.01.1817 theatre, w. M J, M and W, Jealous Wife - in Mary Shelley's Journal she notes 'Go to the play - Jealous Wife and the Ravens' (p.157)
May 1817. 20.10.1817 Gig w. Mary - refers to Godwin's stay with the Shelley's in Marlow - MWS records a trip in a gig to see Hampden's monument on 20.10.1817

The above entries do sometimes raise questions about which person the entry refers to. We have assumed that it is not Mary in the years of her babyhood, unless there is a double entry for M (and Marshall may well have had outings with Godwin and Fanny before the arrival of MJ). After the arrival of MJ the presumption would be that M might be Mary if there are other children there and if the event seems a likely one for a young child. Otherwise, we have assumed it is Marshall.

Name	Number of Meetings
Godwin, William	159
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial)	119
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin)	79
Clairmont, Clara Mary Jane (Claire)	62
Shelley, Sir Percy Florence	55
Shelley, Percy Bysshe	46
Clairmont, Charles	41
Marshall, James	28
Lamb, Mary Anne	27
Lamb, Charles	25
Williams, Jane (Mrs Hogg)	20
Robinson family,	18
Kenney, James	17
Fell, Ralph	16
Pilcher,	12
Wood, Mrs Somerville	10
Godwin, Nathaniel	9
Stanhope, Leicester Fitzgerald Charles (fifth earl of Harrington)	9
Payne, John Howard	8
Baxter Family,	8
Turner, Thomas	8
Fell, Sarah	7
Prentis, Edward	7
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor	7
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier)	6
Peacock, Thomas Love	6
Godwin, Emily (née Mary Louisa Eldred)	6
Holcroft, Thomas	5
Northcote, James	5
Hunt, Leigh James Henry	5
Elwes, Sarah	4
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	4
Curran, Amelia	4
Uwins, David	4
Stepney, Lady Catherine (née Pollok) (Manners)	4
Wollstonecraft, James	4
Hogg, Thomas Jefferson	4
Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer (first Baron Lytton)	4
Reveley, Maria (Gisborne) (née James)	4
Hudson, John Corrie	4
Newton, John Frank	3
Gisborne, John	3
Hume, Alexia	3
Wollstonecraft, Everina	3
Hume, Joseph	3
Thelwall, John	3
Novello, Vincent	3
Campbell, Thomas	3
Booth, David	3
Rothwell, Richard (Ireland)	3
Manning, Thomas	3
Lawrence, Sir William (baronet)	2
Trelawny, Edward John (Trelwayney)	2
Collier, John Dyer	2
Bulwer, (William) Henry Lytton Earle (Baron Dalling and Bulwer)	2
Owen, Robert	2
Montagu, Basil	2
Rossetti, Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe	2
Hunt, John	2
Hazlitt, William	2
Birkbeck, George	2
White,	2
Curran, William Henry	2
Gaskell, Mary (Gaskel)	2
	2
Shepherd, Lady Mary (née Primrose)	2
Collier, John Payne	2
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)	2
White, James	2
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel)	2
Holcroft, Fanny Margaretta	2
Fenwick, John	2
Poole, John	2
Barham, Richard Harris	2
Jones, Margaret	2
Godwin, Hannah	2
	1
Bowring, Sir John	1
Coulson, Walter	1
Hayward, Richard	1
Reynolds, Frederick	1
Reynolds, Frederic Mansel	1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet)	1
Lawrence, Sir Thomas	1
Holcroft, Louisa	1
Ward, John William (earl of Dudley)	1
Irving, Washington	1
Holcroft, Ann (Harwood)	1
Lubé, Denis George	1
Knowles, John	1
Wallace,	1
Rodd, Thomas (Thomas Rodd the younger)	1
Uwins, Thomas	1
Cossley Hall, Mary	1
Roy, Rammohun	1
Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (née Campbell)	1
Gaskell, Daniel (Gaskel)	1
Landseer, Charles	1
Payne, John and Sarah	1
Owen, Robert Dale	1
Wright, Frances	1
Booth, Isabel (née Baxter)	1
	1
Beddoes, Thomas Lovell	1
Babbage, Charles	1
Martin, John	1
Wilson,	1
Willis, Nathaniel Parker	1
Lawrence,	1
King, John (Jacob Rey)	1
Atherstone, Edwin	1
Smith, Dr Southwood (Thomas)	1
Jones, Louisa	1
Axtell, Elizabeth Amy	1
Mathews, Charles	1
Aldis, Lady Mary Frances (née Berridge)	1
Aldis, Charles	1
Reynolds, Sir Joshua	1
Harwood, Colonel William	1
Hogan,	1
Curran, John Philpot	1
Carlisle, Sir Anthony	1
Buchan, Dr Alexander Peter	1
Mercier, Charles André	1
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson)	1
Boinville, Harriet	1
Horne Tooke, John	1
Robinson, Henry Crabb	1
Collier, Jane (Payne)	1
Flaxman, John	1
Topping,	1
Topping, Mrs	1
Hopwood,	1
Fenwick, Eliza Anne	1
Manning, James	1
Holcroft, Thomas	1
Constable, Archibald	1
Este, Reverend Charles	1
Cline, Henry	1
	1
Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)	1
Newton, Gilbert Stuart	1
Hill,	1
Hill, (Thomas)	1
Miller,	1
Joyce, Jeremiah	1
Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon (Talford)	1
Gamba, Count Pietro	1
Ollier, Charles	1
Shelley, William	1
Hazlitt, Sarah (née Stoddart)	1
Smith,	1
Knapp, Leonora	1
Cooper, Grace Mary Rae	1
Smith, Horatio (Horace)	1
Wilcocke, Samuel Hull	1
Wollstonecraft, Edward (Bland)	1

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This person is mentioned in the diary a total of 504 times, but was not at home (N) 53 times, and was a venue (V) 321 times.

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1796

28 January 1796 (V) 15 February 1796 (NV) 29 February 1796 (V) 17 March 1796 (V) 7 April 1796 (V) 15 April 1796 (V) 19 April 1796 (V) 1 May 1796 (V) 21 May 1796 (NV) 27 May 1796 (V) 2 June 1796 (V) 28 June 1796 (V) 3 August 1796 (V) 9 September 1796 (V) 13 September 1796 14 September 1796 2 November 1796 (NV) 28 November 1796 (NV)

1797

6 January 1797 (V) 24 February 1797 (V) 29 March 1797 (V) 28 May 1797 (NV) 12 July 1797 (NV) 10 August 1797 (NV) 14 August 1797 (V) 23 November 1797 (NV) 16 December 1797 17 December 1797 18 December 1797

1798

18 January 1798 (V) 4 February 1798 12 February 1798 (V) 20 February 1798 26 February 1798 8 May 1798 17 May 1798 (V) 28 May 1798 (V) 25 June 1798 (V) 6 August 1798 (V) 24 August 1798 (V) 23 October 1798 (V) 16 November 1798 (V) 10 December 1798 31 December 1798 (V)

1799

19 January 1799 23 March 1799 (V) 18 April 1799 (V) 22 May 1799 (V) 25 May 1799 (N) 27 May 1799 29 May 1799 (V) 31 May 1799 (N) 7 June 1799 8 June 1799 (NV) 10 June 1799 (V) 14 June 1799 (N) 27 June 1799 (V) 6 July 1799 (N) 11 July 1799 (NV) 30 July 1799 5 August 1799 26 August 1799 (V) 16 September 1799 (N) 21 September 1799 (V) 14 October 1799 (V) 23 October 1799 16 November 1799 (V) 22 November 1799 9 December 1799 (V) 18 December 1799 (V) 20 December 1799

1800

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1801

9 January 1801 (V) 20 January 1801 (V) 27 January 1801 (V) 16 February 1801 12 March 1801 (V) 4 April 1801 (V) 28 April 1801 (N) 7 May 1801 (NV) 9 May 1801 15 May 1801 20 May 1801 3 June 1801 (V) 10 June 1806 (V) 10 June 1806 (N) 14 June 1801 16 June 1801 21 June 1801 25 June 1801 (V) 28 June 1801 (N) 3 July 1801 (V) 10 July 1801 10 July 1801 (V) 10 July 1801 12 July 1801 22 July 1801 25 July 1801 (V) 6 August 1801 (NV) 7 September 1801 (NV) 15 September 1801 14 October 1801 (V) 22 October 1801 (V) 24 October 1801 (V) 5 December 1801 (NV) 17 December 1801 (V)

1802

15 January 1802 (V) 15 January 1802 30 January 1802 18 February 1802 (V) 22 February 1802 2 March 1802 (V) 14 March 1802 15 March 1802 22 March 1802 7 April 1802 6 May 1802 (V) 10 May 1802 (V) 10 May 1802 12 May 1802 17 May 1802 (V) 14 June 1802 (V) 20 June 1802 1 July 1802 (V) 1 August 1802 (NV) 7 August 1802 28 August 1802 (V) 3 September 1802 19 September 1802 (V) 25 September 1802 (V) 2 October 1802 (V) 5 October 1802 15 October 1802 (V) 25 November 1802 (V) 26 November 1802 (V) 2 December 1802 (V) 10 December 1802 (V) 20 December 1802 (V) 20 December 1802

1803

12 January 1803 (V) 21 February 1803 (V) 5 March 1803 (V) 11 March 1803 (V) 11 April 1803 (V) 10 May 1803 (V) 23 May 1803 (NV) 31 May 1803 (V) 18 June 1803 (V) 9 July 1803 (N) 17 July 1803 22 July 1803 26 July 1803 25 August 1803 12 September 1803 (NV) 22 September 1803 (V) 19 October 1803 (N) 21 October 1803 17 November 1803 (V) 12 December 1803 (V) 26 December 1803 (V)

1804

9 January 1804 (V) 12 February 1804 19 February 1804 15 March 1804 (V) 17 March 1804 (V) 2 April 1804 (V) 9 April 1804 (V) 17 May 1804 (N) 30 June 1804 20 July 1804 23 July 1804 (NV) 16 August 1804 (V) 9 October 1804 (V) 23 October 1804 24 October 1804 24 October 1804 11 December 1804 (NV) 29 December 1804 (V)

1805

2 January 1805 14 February 1805 (V) 20 February 1805 6 March 1805 8 March 1805 (V) 15 March 1805 (V) 2 May 1805 (V) 13 May 1805 (V) 18 May 1805 21 May 1805 31 May 1805 (V) 16 June 1805 20 June 1805 3 July 1805 (V) 7 July 1805 15 July 1805 (N) 11 August 1805 16 September 1805 (V) 20 September 1805 2 October 1805 (V) 9 October 1805 (V) 8 December 1805 (V) 30 December 1805

1806

31 January 1806 (V) 5 April 1806 (V) 22 April 1806 (V) 25 April 1806 1 May 1806 7 May 1806 (V) 13 May 1806 24 June 1806 (NV) 4 September 1806 (V) 17 September 1806 (V) 27 September 1806 13 November 1806 15 November 1806 17 November 1806

1807

3 January 1807 (V) 17 January 1807 28 February 1807 (V) 15 April 1807 (NV) 21 May 1807 (V) 12 October 1807 14 October 1807 (V)

1808

18 March 1808 15 April 1808 (V) 20 May 1808 (V) 31 May 1808 (V) 1 June 1808 7 October 1808

1809

19 September 1809 17 October 1809 (V) 29 November 1809 (N)

1810

5 March 1810 25 September 1810 (V) 31 October 1810 18 November 1810 7 December 1810 14 December 1810

1811

19 January 1811 26 February 1811 23 March 1811 25 April 1811 4 June 1811 9 October 1811 (V)

1812

19 May 1812 (V) 6 June 1812 7 July 1812 12 July 1812 15 July 1812 22 July 1812

1813

10 January 1813 5 March 1813 11 July 1813 16 July 1813

1814

7 February 1814 (N) 11 April 1814 (V) 14 December 1814 (V) 18 December 1814 (V)

1815

27 March 1815 (V) 20 May 1815 (V) 10 July 1815 (N) 11 August 1815 (V) 28 August 1815 15 September 1815 (V) 20 September 1815

1816

28 January 1816 (V) 17 February 1816 27 March 1816 17 May 1816 25 June 1816 13 August 1816 5 September 1816 (V) 7 September 1816 27 November 1816 15 December 1816 (V)

1817

25 February 1817 (V) 26 February 1817 (V) 15 April 1817 (V) 20 May 1817 (V) 4 July 1817 9 July 1817 (V) 21 August 1817 (V) 1 September 1817 (V) 19 September 1817 (V) 22 September 1817 (NV) 15 October 1817 6 November 1817 16 December 1817 (V)

1818

19 March 1818 (V) 8 June 1818 (V) 26 June 1818 (V) 9 October 1818 (NV) 2 November 1818 (NV)

1819

18 January 1819 25 February 1819 (V) 12 May 1819 (V) 14 June 1819 (V) 18 November 1819 23 November 1819 27 November 1819 (V)

1820

5 February 1820 (V) 4 May 1820 21 June 1820 (V) 28 October 1820 16 November 1820 (V) 2 December 1820 (V)

1821

18 April 1821 19 May 1821 (V) 27 July 1821 2 November 1821 (V)

1822

27 March 1822 (V) 30 April 1822 9 May 1822 15 August 1822 (V) 5 October 1822 (V) 9 November 1822 (V) 25 December 1822 (V)

1823

31 January 1823 (V) 28 March 1823 (V) 23 April 1823 (V) 24 June 1823 (V) 8 September 1823 (V) 9 September 1823 (V) 29 November 1823 (V) 26 December 1823 (V)

1824

2 February 1824 (V) 1 April 1824 (V) 20 April 1824 (NV) 7 May 1824 11 August 1824 4 September 1824 (V) 4 September 1824 27 November 1824 (V) 8 December 1824 (V) 8 December 1824

1825

19 January 1825 (V) 14 March 1825 (V) 25 April 1825 (NV) 6 June 1825 8 June 1825 (V) 15 June 1825 25 July 1825 (V) 31 July 1825 (V) 3 September 1825 16 September 1825 (V) 20 October 1825 (V) 23 December 1825 (V)

1826

20 January 1826 (V) 18 March 1826 29 March 1826 20 April 1826 (NV) 4 May 1826 (V) 1 June 1826 (V) 11 June 1826 9 July 1826 (V) 16 July 1826 (V) 13 August 1826 (V) 19 September 1826 (N) 28 September 1826 (V) 29 September 1826 2 October 1826 25 October 1826 (V) 28 October 1826 (NV) 2 November 1826 (NV) 2 November 1826 9 November 1826 (V) 18 December 1826 (V)

1827

16 February 1827 (V) 9 March 1827 (V) 12 March 1827 (V) 26 March 1827 14 April 1827 16 April 1827 (V) 29 April 1827 (N) 3 June 1827 (V) 9 June 1827 (V) 19 June 1827 (V) 27 June 1827 (NV) 4 July 1827 5 July 1827 (NV) 6 July 1827 10 July 1827 15 July 1827 (V) 21 July 1827 31 July 1827 (V) 3 August 1827 (V) 22 August 1827 (V) 8 September 1827 (V) 27 September 1827 (V) 28 September 1827 (N) 15 October 1827 (N) 17 October 1827 21 October 1827 23 October 1827 27 October 1827 31 October 1827 8 November 1827 (V) 7 December 1827 (V) 25 December 1827 (V)

1828

18 January 1828 (V) 2 February 1828 (V) 23 February 1828 (V) 18 March 1828 19 March 1828 (V) 10 April 1828 (V) 14 April 1828 27 April 1828 29 April 1828 (V) 27 May 1828 30 May 1828 (V) 18 June 1828 (V) 10 July 1828 (V) 22 July 1828 (V) 5 August 1828 (V) 7 September 1828 (V) 12 September 1828 (V) 20 September 1828 (V) 27 September 1828 (V) 4 October 1828 (V) 21 October 1828 (V) 1 November 1828 (V) 21 November 1828 (V) 10 December 1828 (V)

1829

1 January 1829 (V) 17 January 1829 (V) 4 February 1829 (V) 27 February 1829 (V) 17 March 1829 (V) 25 April 1829 (V) 16 May 1829 (V) 3 June 1829 (V) 18 June 1829 (V) 14 July 1829 (V) 30 July 1829 (V) 20 August 1829 31 August 1829 (V) 28 September 1829 (V) 13 October 1829 (V) 25 October 1829 (V) 21 November 1829 (V)

1830

13 January 1830 (V) 16 January 1830 (V) 23 January 1830 (V) 1 February 1830 (V) 15 February 1830 (V) 1 March 1830 (V) 11 March 1830 (V) 14 April 1830 (V) 6 May 1830 (NV) 17 May 1830 (V) 18 June 1830 (V) 26 June 1830 (V) 4 July 1830 (V) 21 July 1830 (V) 3 August 1830 27 August 1830 (V) 13 September 1830 (V) 20 September 1830 (V) 8 October 1830 (V) 26 October 1830 (V) 15 November 1830 (V) 21 December 1830 (V)

1831

17 January 1831 (V) 29 January 1831 (V) 17 February 1831 (V) 1 March 1831 (V) 11 March 1831 (V) 25 March 1831 (V) 12 April 1831 (V) 30 April 1831 (V) 13 May 1831 (V) 7 June 1831 (V) 9 June 1831 (V) 13 June 1831 (V) 16 June 1831 (V) 21 June 1831 (V) 24 June 1831 (V) 30 June 1831 (V) 6 July 1831 (V) 13 July 1831

Name: Northcote, James
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 22 October 1746
Death Date: 13 July 1831
Occupation: artist
Occupation: author

See DNB.

James Northcote (1746–1831), artist and author, appears regularly throughout the diary.

‘Godwin became a personal friend of James Northcote the portraitist – he painted Godwin in 1801 – and was introduced to more of the other leading artists of the day including Fuseli and, on 26 May 1796, William Blake who had illustrated one of Mary Wollstonecraft’s children’s books’ (St Clair, p. 163)

Northcote's portrait of Godwin is now in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Northmore attended one of Godwin’s post-wedding parties, folowing his marriage to Mrs Clairmont on the 30th of January 1802 with Lamb, Coleridge, Davy, and Charlotte Smith. (St Clair, p. 241)

Northcore is entered under 1796 on the 1796 lists, which matches his entry into the diary.

Letters include:
MS. Abinger c. 15, fols. 54-55: 21 Oct.
MS. Abinger c. 15, fol. 56: 9 Nov. Letter introducing Mr Harlow who wants to make a portrait of Godwin
MS. Abinger c. 4, fols. 6-7: 19 Feb. [1798]
MS. Abinger c. 15, fols. 57-8: n.d.
MS. Abinger c. 44, fols. 21-2: 14 Sept. 1797. Confirms his attendance at Wollstonecraft's funeral.

Godwin records his death.

DNB
St Clair, The Godwins and the Shelleys

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

Name	Number of Meetings
Godwin, Mary Jane (Clairmont) (née de Vial)	19
Hoare, Prince	9
Opie, John	9
Carlisle, Sir Anthony	9
Wolcot, Dr John (pseudonym Peter Pindar)	9
Rowan, Archibald Hamilton	8
Fenwick, Elizabeth (Eliza) (née Jaco, pseudonym Reverend David Blair)	8
Hazlitt, William	8
Rowan, Sarah Jane (née Dawson)	8
Lamb, Charles	7
Curran, John Philpot	7
Fenwick, John	7
Fuseli, Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli)	6
Holcroft, Thomas	5
Turner, Thomas	5
Horne Tooke, John	5
Hume, Joseph	5
Robinson, Mary (née Darby, Perdita, Polly Derby)	5
Chandler, John Westbrooke	5
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (née Godwin)	5
Lamb, Mary Anne	5
Dawe, George	5
Robinson, Henry Crabb	4
Alderson, Amelia (Opie)	4
Banks, Thomas	4
Nicholson, William	4
Batty, Robert	4
Boaden, James	4
Marshall, James	4
Smith, Charlotte (née Turner)	4
Newton, John Frank	3
Lawrence, Sir Thomas	3
Smirke,	3
Taylor, John	3
Perry, James (Pirie)	3
Holcroft, Louisa (née Mercier)	3
Davy, Sir Humphry	3
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor	3
Lofft, Sarah (neé Watson)	2
Lofft, Capel	2
Dawe, Mary Margaret (Wright)	2
White,	2
Dyer, George	2
Kemble, Charles	2
Imlay, Fanny (Godwin)	2
Moore, James (Carrick-Moore)	2
Fell, Ralph	2
Fenwick, Eliza Anne	2
Kemble, John Philip	2
Hill, (Thomas)	2
Dyson, George	2
Phillips,	2
Knowles, John	2
Este, Reverend Charles	2
Reynolds, Frederick	2
Hume, Alexia	2
Rickman, John	1
Grattan, Henry	1
Kenney, James	1
Lubé, Denis George	1
Plowden, Francis Peter	1
Plowden, Dorothea (née Philipps)	1
Wordsworth, Richard	1
Hewlett, Reverend John	1
Edgeworth, Richard Lovell	1
Hunt, Leigh James Henry	1
Ogilvie, James (Ogilvy)	1
Booth, David	1
Hopwood,	1
Gent, Thomas	1
Clairmont, Charles	1
Mulready, William	1
Leslie, Sir John	1
Tuffin,	1
Mackintosh, Sir James (of Kyllachy)	1
Bonnycastle, John	1
Curran, Amelia	1
De Boinville, Chastel	1
Boinville, Harriet	1
Newton, Cornelia (née Boinville)	1
Cooper, Thomas (Abthorpe)	1
Rees, Abraham	1
Hunter, Captain	1
Godwin, Nathaniel	1
Stoddart, John	1
Davison, Thomas	1
Hazlitt, John	1
Reid, William Hamilton	1
Hammond, Elton (Hamond)	1
Owen, Robert	1
Lawrence, Sir William (baronet)	1
Baxter Family,	1
Trotter, John Bernard	1
Perry, Anne (née Hull)	1
Wordsworth, William	1
Kemble, Maria Theresa (née De Camp)	1
Wollstonecraft, James	1
Smith, William	1
O'Connor, Arthur (Conner) (Condorcet-O'Connor)	1
Weld,	1
Burdett, Sir Francis (fifth baronet)	1
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Maurice, Thomas	1
Boddington, John	1
Clementi, Muzio	1
Porson, Richard	1
Flaxman, John	1
Nollekens, Joseph	1
Fitzpatrick, Richard	1
Tierney, George	1
Tobin, James Webbe	1
Pinkerton, John (pseudonym Robert Heron) (pseudonym H. Bennet)	1
Smith, George	1
Brown, William Cullen	1
Wollstonecraft, Mary (Godwin)	1
Inchbald, Elizabeth	1
Twiss, Richard	1
Tarleton, Sir Banastre (baronet)	1
Fox, Charles James	1
Francis, Sir Philip	1
Adam, William	1
West, Benjamin	1
Turner, Joseph Mallord William	1
Bourgeois, Peter Francis	1
Moore, C[harles]?	1
Scott, Thomas Hobbes	1
Northmore, Thomas	1
Malthus, Rev Thomas Robert	1
Smith,	1
Fiévée, Joseph	1
LeClercq, Théodore	1
Phillips, Sir Richard (Philip Richards)	1
Gawler, Captain John Bellenden (Ker)	1
Combe, William (Combes)	1
Buchan, Dr Alexander Peter	1
Reynolds, Elizabeth (née Mansel)	1
Poole, Thomas	1
Shee, Sir Martin Archer	1
Westall, Richard	1
Smith, John	1
Reynolds, Samuel William	1
Gilpin, William	1
Bannister, John	1
Johnson, Joseph	1
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Wedgwood, Thomas	1
Fillingham, William	1
Stewart, Robert (Viscount Castlereagh) (second marquess of Londonderry)	1
Boinville, Cornelia (Turner)	1

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