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Describes our editorial practice.
A lifelong friend of
Harness and
William Harness was born on March 14, 1790 in Wickham, Berkshire to John Harness, M.D. and Sarah Dredge; he was baptized at Whitchurch, Hampshire on April 13, 1790. He received his B.A. in 1812 and his M.A. in 1816 from Christ’s College, Cambridge. He served as curate at Kelmeston, Hampshire (1812) and Dorking (1814-1816). He was preacher at Trinity Chapel, Conduit Stree, London and minister and lecturer at St. Anne’s in Soho. He was Boyle lecturer in London (1822) and was curate at Hampstead from 1828 to 1844. In 1825, he published an eight-volume edition of Shakespeare, including a biography; his friends would later endow a prize in his name at Cambridge for the study of Shakespearean literature. He also authored numerous essays and reviews, some for the Quarterly Review. From 1844 to 1847 he was minister of Brompton Chapel in London. He undertook to raise the funds to build the church of All Saints, Knightsbridge, in the parish of St. Margaret’s Westminster, which opened in 1849, and became perpetual curate of that congregation. At the 1851 and 1861 censuses, he lived at 3 Hyde Park Terrace, Westminster St. Margaret, Middlesex, with his sister Mary Harness and his first cousin Jemima Harness, daughter of his uncle William. He died on November 11, 1869 while on a visit to one of his former curates in Battle, Sussex. At the time of his death he living at the same address at 3 Hyde Park Terrace; he is buried in Bath.
[Sources:Originally, a 17th-century insulting nickname for those who supported
First Master of
"is my countrywoman,", that is, a neighbor. Later in
"the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembers", but that Jane was by the 1810s extremely quiet, which impressed Mitford:
"tillSource: L’Estrange.Pride and Prejudice showed what a precious gem was hidden in that unbending case, she was no more regarded in society than a poker or a fire-screen, or any other thin upright piece of wood or iron that fills its corner in peace and quietness. The case is very different now; she is still a poker--but a poker of whom every one is afraid. It must be confessed that this silent observation from such an observer is rather formidable. Most writers are good-humoured chatterers--neither very wise nor very witty:--but nine times out of ten (at least in the few that I have known) unaffected and pleasant, and quite removing by their conversation any awe that may have been excited by their works. But a wit, a delineator of character, who does not talk, is terrific indeed!"
for importuning a young male servant at Spa in August 1825(ODNB). He had been travelling in Italy after the deaths of a son and daughter from consumption in 1824, and remained in exile with his wife until his death in 1836.
A friend of
Cox organized the very Liberal political activity in
Married to
"a large family followed";
"large family"is crossed out in pencil, and he has written
"several children". In an attempt to establish the original for the story character,
"the wife of John Brent"on
"a fit". Elsewhere among
Hygeiathat would become Ludlow, Kentucky. Source: ODNB.
the Elder, he produced his first play at Haymarket Theatre run by his father, and later he took over the management of that theatre. He was appointed by the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Montrose, to be the Examiner of Plays, and was known for his severe censorship of profane language. He prevented
Anna Matildawith
Della Crusca) and
Laura Maria, among others. Della Cruscan publisher
The "dandy" Mitford pokes fun at in her letters of
Culpepperin her journal and letters, the majority of legal documents spell the name as
Culpeper.
Culpepperin her journal and letters.
Carteretta Cornelia. Her date of death is unknown; more research is needed.
a particularly ugly, noisy pug, that barked at every body that came into the house, and bit at most.
Lived with
Drummond of Hawthornden, Drummond was a Scottish lyric poet with royalist sympathies. He is one of the sixteen poets and writers whose heads appear on the
British peer and Whig politician who supported his family’s traditionally reformist causes such as Catholic emancipation, the abolition of slavery and improvements to factory working conditions. Friend of George IV, known as the "Bachelor Duke." He inherited eight estates including Chiswick House in London and Chatsworth and the village of Edensour in Devonshire, totaling more than 200,000 acres. Served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under both George IV (1827-28) and William IV (1830-34) and therefore also as Licensor of Plays. A patron of arts and cultural organizations, he established the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew as a national botanic garden and helped found the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
According to
Elford worked as a banker at Plymouth Bank (Elford, Tingcombe and Purchase)
in
He
married his first wife,
English author, actor, and Haymarket Theatre manager. Comic actor and
satirical pamphleteer and playwright, called The English
Aristophanes
. He wrote
British theater proprietor and Royal Navy officer, and a former Grand Jury
acquaintance of
"Foxite radicalism"and synonymous with populist causes. The young Mary Russell Mitford was an avowed Fox admirer, as were many Whig families in the decades following his death in 1806.
Best known for writing
English painter and author (1786-1846) Published Autobiography in 3 vols. (1853) John Keats named him in several poems.
He is the most delightful critic in the [world]-- puts all his taste, his wit, his deep thinking, his matchless acuteness into his subject, but he does not put his whole heart & soul into it [. . . ] What charms me most inMr. Haslitt is the beautiful candour which he bursts forth sometimes from his own prejudices [ . . . ] I admire him so ardently that when I begin to talk of him I never know how to stop. I could talk on for an hour in a see saw of praise and blame as he himself does ofBeaumont &Fletcher & some of his old [favourites].
Recognized for his collaboration with his brother-in-law
A royalist sympathizer, Sir Robert pursued a profitable political career after the Restoration, in addition to becoming successful poet, dramatist, and critic. Source: DNB.
James I of England and James IV of Scotland. British monarch (19 June 1566-27 Mar. 1625) Born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland to Mary ("Queen of Scots"). King of Scotland until 1603 and the first Stuart king of England. Considered responsible for creating the first united Kingdon of Great Britain.
British author. (1803-1857)
Irish actor (1750-1828). Comedian at Drury Lane. See Old Drury Lane, vol. 2, p. 51-53
English actor (1761-1816). Specialized in comic roles. Frequently called
"Dora" or "Dolly" Jordan. Longtime mistress of
English actor (1787-1833). English actor. Considered the greatest actor of his era. Born Westminster, London
Last name is supplied by
British actor and author (1809-1893). Member of Kemble acting clan, daughter of Charles Kemble, niece of Sarah Siddons.
British actor (1757-1823). Member of Kemble acting clan, brother of Sarah Siddons.
British actress, later Mrs. Charles Kemble. Acted under "Miss deCamp." (sometimes spelled "duCamp.") Married actor Charles Kemble 2 July 1806. Starred in a travestied version of
,"plain Ben"
, or"Ben Emmery"
. Source:"Dick"
Son of John and Sarah Kirby, and brother of
Irish author and actor (1784-1862). Born Cork, Ireland; Died Torquay, England. Known as "Sheridan" Knowles. Friend of Hazlitt, Lamb, and Coleridge. His father James Knowles was the cousin of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Wrote William Tell (1825) for Macready. Also wrote The Hunchback (Covent Garden, 1832). Later became a Baptist preacher.
German author (1761-1819).
English author (1758-1828). Author of
British essayist. (10 Feb. 1775-27 Dec. 1834) Born London and died Edmonton, Middlesex. Best known for his Essays of Elia (1823-1833), many of which originally appeared in the
Wrote under L.E.L. or "Miss Landon". Contributed to many giftbooks and
annuals in 1830s. Born Chelsea, London. Married
"Children of the Village: Young Master Ben"
A business person who worked for
English actor. (1776-1846) Specialized in comedy; most famous role was Paul
Pry.
English actor (1793-1873) Born London, died Cheltenham. Appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Appeared in Sheridan Knowles’s William Tell (1825) and Bulwer-Lytton’s Money (1840)
Mahound and Termagaunteas stereotypically violent Islamic gods.
English author (1564-1593) Wrote The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (play)
English author (1583-1640). Associate of
English actor (1791-1874) Born Shrewsbury, Died London. A celebrated child actor, known as "Master Betty" and the "Young Roscius." Appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Played Young Norval in Douglas as well as adult roles such as Hamlet.
"the Magistrates’ Clerk". More research needed.
Listed among the gentry of
"pretty little Spaniel with long curling hair--so white & delicate & ladylike".
"Patriot"shoemaker,
"Mr. and Mrs. M. and dear B.". (
"Dear B."would be their son,
"Violeting"
"Mr. and Mrs. M. and dear B.". (
"Dear B."would be their son,
John Moore, M.D. (1729-1802) wrote A View of Society and Manners in Italy (1781)
group of women following Montagu’s salon. In theBluestocking
Sunday Schoolsto teach reading.
English author and theater manager (1764-1838) Born in Durham. Author of Speed the Plough (play, 1798)
“Jacob Newberry, attorney, of 35 Great Queen Street Lincoln’s Inn Fields [London] and Friar Street, Reading" ( #17, p. 109, note 32)
Irish author and actor (1747-1833) Author of
Irish actor (1791-1872). Later Lady Becher (married Mr., afterwards Sir William Becher). Born Drogheda, Ireland. Died Ballygiblin, Ireland.
English actor (1788-1849?) specializing in comedy. Born Mary Ann Ivers, daughter of Mr. William Ivers. Born in London, Feb. 25, 1788. Married to Mr. Thomas Orger in July 1804. Performed at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. See "Mrs. Orger." The Biography of the British Stage. New York: Collins and Hannay, 1824. 187-188.
British author. (3 Mar. 1652-14 Apr. 1685). Born in Trotton, near Midhurst, Sussex; died London. Dramatist and poet whose best-known works include The Orphan and The Soldier’s Fortune (1680) and Venice Preserved (1682).
Charles Fyshe Palmer was baptised on April 24, 1769, the son of
A Whig politician, Palmer began running for Parliament elections as the
member for "vastly
like a mop-stick, or, rather, a tall hop-pole, or an extremely long
fishing-rod, or anything that is all length and no substance."
Mitford also mentions Palmer in connection with a legal issue surrounding
Madelinaand
Madalina, although
Madelinaappears to be the more common and standard spellling of the name, as an anglicization of the French Madeline. For more on the Palmers, see note 2 in The Browning’s Correspondence rendering of
Roman natural historian, author of
Studied at the School of Athens, and was a priest at Delphi. Most famous
works are
English author (1786-1872). Wrote many farces over a sixty-year career
English author (1688-1744)
English actor (1742-1818).
British author and policitician. Although Praed began his career at
Cambridge with Whig sympathies, he was returned to parliament for St.
Germans in 1830 as a
British author. MRM profiles him in Recollections (1854))
Son of William and Sarah Rapley. Baptismal data as noted by
Golden Age. Best known for his portraits in oil, particularly his many self-portraits, he also painted landscapes and narratives, including biblical and mythological scenes. He was also a skilled printmaker, employing etching as well as dry point techniques. See The Met’s Rembrandt site at
English monarch (1157-1199). House of Plantaganet. Son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Also known as Richard Coeur de Lion or Richard the Lionhart.
British auctioneer and theater patron (1778-1847). Acquaintance of
English school teacher, author, and
In
German author (1759-1805) Wrote Die Räuber or The Robbers (play, 1781),
Fiesco (play, 1783), and Wilhelm Tell or William Tell play, 1804). Early in
her playwriting career,
British actor, author, theater manager (1798-1889). Appeared with
English author and actor (1564-1616)
England’s first family of writers. See the Shelley-Godwin Archive’s biographical page on the group and their circle.
English author, politician, and theater manager(1751-1816) Managed Drury Lane. A prominent Whig politician.
British actor (1755-1831). Born Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales. Died London. Considered the best tragic actress of her era, better than her three actor-brothers. Member of the Kemble acting clan. Most famous role was Lady Macbeth.
British actress.(1799?- 8 Feb. 1858) Specialized in tragedy, performed at
Poet, parodist, playwright, and successful stockbroker, friend of
Horace Smith and Percy Shelley drafted a competing pair of sonnets on
Egyptian antiquities, each published in
(ca. 496 BC-406 BC) Born in Colonus (near Athens) Greece and died in
Athens. Sophocles is best known for
Bricklayer and beer retailer of
The eldest daughter of
Thomas and Rachel had five children: Francis, Mary, Katharine, Thomas Noon
[II], and William Wordsworth. In 1832, the family lived at 26 Henrietta
Street, St Andrew, Holborn and St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury. In 1837,
they lived at 56 Russell Square, St. George, Bloomsbury. On May 1, 1843,
Rachael and the five children were all baptized into the Church of England.
After the death of her husband, she lived at Margate, Kent, where she died
on
Close friend, literary mentor, and frequent correspondent of
Talfourd was educated at the newly-established Mill Hill school, a
dissenting academy in Reading, from 1808 to 1810. He attended Dr.
Talfourd’s literary works include his plays
b. 1781 d. 1864.
"Capers With K"
(1795?-1850?) British musician and librettist/lyricist. Wrote
English author (1770-1804) Died Cork, of consumption. Most successful work, The Honeymoon (or Honey Moon), began its run just before his death.
"Dr. Tubb"
Richard Valpy (the fourth of that name) was the eldest son of Richard Valpy
[III] and Catherine Chevalier. He was born on December 7, 1754 at St.
John’s, Jersey, Channel Islands. He was a friend and literary mentor to
Richard Valpy was married twice and had twelve children, eleven of whom
lived to adulthood. His first wife was
(1694-1778) French Enlightenment author, critic, essayist, historian, and
philosopher. Best-known today for his satirical novel
British actor. (1792-1840). Used the professional name "Mr. Warde".
Appeared at
"our celebrated shoemaker & Patriot"in a
"gentleman"in the
"Aunt Martha"
English author (1580-1634) Born and died London.. Wrote The Duchess of Malfi (play)
Blacksmith recorded by "no place,"
and his name does not appear in the 1854
edition of the Directory. Source:
English actor (1777-1856). Performed at
"The Hard Summer"
character in
character in
Greyhound dog who is featured as the
Character in
English Prairie. A second edition of Sketches appeared in 1819. In his preface, Fearon claims to be an unbiased observer and reporter and implicitly contrasts himself with other writers on the topic:
My Reports were originally composed neither with a view to fame nor profit,--neither to exalt a country, to support a party, nor to promote a settlement. I have had every motive to speak what I thought the truth, and none to conceal or pervert it.The volume is dedicated to
The Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, and the dedication is dated
. AsPlaistow, Essex .October 2, 1818
Such [claims afford] Fearon room for statements that seem to emerge from differing, often contradictory ideological predilections. Sometimes he presents himself as an ardent convert to republicanism. At other times he is so fastidious in manners and appearance that he seems to the guardian of an older English probity Americans have recklessly abandoned
A popular and influential monthly magazine for women that ran
Sources: English Press, Then and Now. ; WorldCat ; "The Lady's Magazine and the Emergence of Women as Active Participants in the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Press." ; "Lady's Magazine" in Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, vol. 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1940).
Founded on
"John Thelwall ’sPanoramic Miscellany : The Lecturer as Journalist."
One of two plays written by Jean Racine (along with Esther), for the students at St. Cyr.
A satirical version of
Controversial play by the French author