+
Collectives
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@@ -132,65 +132,65 @@
Aug 1820
Tuesday 1st August
-
Worked at my gown--wrote to Mr. Haydon--walked
- with Granny.
+
Worked at my gown--wrote to Mr. Haydon--walked
+ with Granny.
Wednesday 2nd
-
Worked at my gown--read the London
- Magazine--walked with Drum.
+
Worked at my gown--read the London
+ Magazine--walked with Drum.
Thursday 3rd
-
Mrs. Dickinson called--worked at my gown
- with poor Lucy--walked with Drum.
+
Mrs. Dickinson called--worked at my gown
+ with poor Lucy--walked with Drum.
Friday 4th
-
Went to Reading with Drum--called at Mrs.
- Valpy's &c.--pleasant morning--came home to dinner--Mr. Dickinson drank tea here.
+
Went to Reading with Drum--called at Mrs.
+ Valpy's &c.--pleasant morning--came home to dinner--Mr. Dickinson drank tea here.
Saturday 6th
-
At home--Mr. Sherwood called--did a great deal of work--walked with
- Granny.
+
At home--Mr. Sherwood called--did a great deal of work--walked with
+ Granny.
Sunday 7th
-
At home--read Warbeck of Wolfstein--very good--walked
- with Drum--last day of Lucy's being here, poor thing!
+
At home--read Warbeck of Wolfstein--very good--walked
+ with Drum--last day of Lucy's being here, poor thing!
Monday 8th
-
At home--poor dear Lucy was married from our house at Shinfield
- Church to Mr. Hill--the
- wedding party Mr. & Mrs.
- Hill, Mr. Goddard who gave her away, &
- Charles Sweetser her brother all dined at our house, & then went off to drink tea
- at her Mother's, & so home at
- night to Silchester--God bless her, poor
+
At home--poor dear Lucy was married from our house at Shinfield
+ Church to Mr. Hill--the
+ wedding party Mr. & Mrs.
+ Hill, Mr. Goddard who gave her away, &
+ Charles Sweetser her brother all dined at our house, & then went off to drink tea
+ at her Mother's, & so home at
+ night to Silchester--God bless her, poor
dear thing! She lived with us twelve years--a most faithful, affectionate creature
- as ever lived upon earth--we were all very fond of her, especially Drum & I--the Moncks called--walked with Drum & Granny.
+ as ever lived upon earth--we were all very fond of her, especially
Drum & I--the Moncks called--walked with
Drum &
Granny.
Tuesday 9th
-
At home--heard from Miss James--wrote to Miss James--went to dine at Coley to keep little Bligh's birthday--the
+
At home--heard from Miss James--wrote to Miss James--went to dine at Coley to keep little Bligh's birthday--the
Sherwoods came in the evening--a very pleasant day.
Wednesday 10th
-
At home--Heard from Mr. Haydon & Mrs.
- Rowden--worked at my black gown for the poor Duchess of
- York's death--poor dear Molly
- was spayed--she never said a word, poor love--walked with Drum.
+
At home--Heard from Mr. Haydon & Mrs.
+ Rowden--worked at my black gown for the poor Duchess of
+ York's death--poor dear Molly
+ was spayed--she never said a word, poor love--walked with Drum.
Thursday 10th
@@ -198,241 +198,241 @@
Thursday 10th
(I have been in a mistake all through this page as to date)Mitford was indeed incorrect about most of the dates on this page from
Saturday August 5 through Wednesday August 10. Consulting a perpetual calendar,
we see that the numbers of Mitford's dates for this week were ahead by
- one. Finished my gown tail--wrote to Mrs.
- Rowden--Mr. Dickinson
- called--walked with Drum & the
- pets--poor Molly very bad.
+ one. Finished my gown tail--wrote to
Mrs.
+ Rowden--
Mr. Dickinson
+ called--walked with
Drum & the
+ pets--poor
Molly very bad.
Friday 11th
-
Dressed my flowers--helped finish my gown--walked with Drum & the pets--poor little Molly very bad but very loving to me, dear little
+
Dressed my flowers--helped finish my gown--walked with Drum & the pets--poor little Molly very bad but very loving to me, dear little
angel--God bless her!
Saturday 12th
-
At home--did a great deal of
- work--dear Molly better--Lucy called--did not see her--out walking with
- Granny.
+
At home--did a great deal of
+ work--dear Molly better--Lucy called--did not see her--out walking with
+ Granny.
Sunday 13th
-
At home--heard from Eliza Webb--wrote to Mr. Dickinson & Mr. Haydon--the Dickinsons called--Molly better--walked with Drum & the pets.
+
At home--heard from Eliza Webb--wrote to Mr. Dickinson & Mr. Haydon--the Dickinsons called--Molly better--walked with Drum & the pets.
-
Saw ten glow-worms in the ditch between
+
Saw ten glow-worms in the ditch between
Captain King's & Will
- Howell's--glow-worms very plentiful
+ Howell's--glow-worms very plentiful
this year, especially in that place.
Monday 14th
-
At home--worked at my gown
- trimming--walked with dear Drum.
+
At home--worked at my gown
+ trimming--walked with dear Drum.
Tuesday 15th
-
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--dear Drum went to Town--got a
- Cast of Napolean & an Angola tippet from Miss
- James, dear Soul, through the Valpys, but did not get a letter she sent me at the same time--hope
- it is not lost--wrote to Miss
- Valpy--Captain Valpy
- called--worked at my gown--walked with dear Granny--saw the brightest glow-worm I
- ever saw in my life in Mr. Body's
+
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--dear Drum went to Town--got a
+ Cast of Napolean & an Angola tippet from Miss
+ James, dear Soul, through the Valpys, but did not get a letter she sent me at the same time--hope
+ it is not lost--wrote to Miss
+ Valpy--Captain Valpy
+ called--worked at my gown--walked with dear Granny--saw the brightest glow-worm I
+ ever saw in my life in Mr. Body's
lane--as bright as a star.
Wednesday 16th
-
At home--heard from Drum & Mr.
- Haydon--worked a great deal--walked to Bertram House--looked very pretty--a great
- many firtops fallen.
+
At home--heard from Drum & Mr.
+ Haydon--worked a great deal--walked to Bertram House--looked very pretty--a great
+ many firtops fallen.
Thursday 17th
-
At home--heard from dear Drum--worked at my gown trimming--Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
+
At home--heard from dear Drum--worked at my gown trimming--Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
called, wanted me to go home with them--did not go.
Friday 18th
-
At home--went to Wokingham to meet dear Drum--called at the Newells
- & Westbrooks--had a famous dinner at Wokingham, capital Venison pasty--saw
- Mr. Fyshe Palmer--came home with
- Drum in the evening--wrote to Miss James.
+
At home--went to Wokingham to meet dear Drum--called at the Newells
+ & Westbrooks--had a famous dinner at Wokingham, capital Venison pasty--saw
+ Mr. Fyshe Palmer--came home with
+ Drum in the evening--wrote to Miss James.
Saturday 19th
-
At home--heard from Miss James, Miss
- Nooth, Miss Brooke &
- Mrs. Jolliffe--wrote to Miss
- James--did a great deal of work & walked with Granny.
+
At home--heard from Miss James, Miss
+ Nooth, Miss Brooke &
+ Mrs. Jolliffe--wrote to Miss
+ James--did a great deal of work & walked with Granny.
Sunday 20th
-
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--Captain
- Tuppen called--wrote to Captain
- Tuppen, Miss James, Miss Emily James, Miss
- Nooth & Mr. Haydon--went
- walking with Drum.
+
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--Captain
+ Tuppen called--wrote to Captain
+ Tuppen, Miss James, Miss Emily James, Miss
+ Nooth & Mr. Haydon--went
+ walking with Drum.
Monday 21st
-
At home--rained all day--could not
+
At home--rained all day--could not
stir--did a great deal of work & read Dr. Drake's
- Winter Nights--good.
+
Winter Nights--good.
Tuesday 22nd
-
At home--heard from Sir William--wrote to Miss Brooke--poor dear Luce sent me some flowers--walked with Drum.
+
At home--heard from Sir William--wrote to Miss Brooke--poor dear Luce sent me some flowers--walked with Drum.
Wednesday 23rd
-
At home--went to Reading--called on the Valpys (both), Mrs. Anstruther, Mrs.
+ At home--went to Reading--called on the Valpys (both), Mrs. Anstruther, Mrs.
Tuppen, Mrs. Marsh, &c--dined at
- Mrs. Newbery's--came home in the evening--Mrs.
- Dickinson & Miss Eliza
- Webb called whilst I was out--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson with a proof, &
+ Mrs. Newbery's--came home in the evening--Mrs.
+ Dickinson & Miss Eliza
+ Webb called whilst I was out--wrote to Mrs. Dickinson with a proof, &
Mrs. Jolliffe.
Thursday 24th
Went coursing to Mortimer Westend, where poor dear
- Lucy joined us--Moses killed two hares
- & a rabbit--a delightful day--came home to dinner--Harry & Mrs. Marsh called--wrote to
- Sir William Elford & Eliza Webb--read the Festival of
+ Lucy joined us--Moses killed two hares
+ & a rabbit--a delightful day--came home to dinner--Harry & Mrs. Marsh called--wrote to
+ Sir William Elford & Eliza Webb--read the Festival of
Flora--very pretty.
Friday 25th
-
Waited at home for Lady Madelina--Mr.
- Body called--Lady Mad. did
+
Waited at home for Lady Madelina--Mr.
+ Body called--Lady Mad. did
not--had a note from Mr. MacFarlane with his Poem of
the Wanderer--finished the work for my new gowns.
Saturday 26th
-
At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--went into Reading to call on Lady Madelina Palmer--found her very agreeable--saw a great many
- people--came home with the
+
At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--went into Reading to call on Lady Madelina Palmer--found her very agreeable--saw a great many
+ people--came home with the
Rigbys--wrote to Mrs. Rigby &
- Mrs. Dickinson.
+
Mrs. Dickinson.
Sunday 27th
-
Mrs. Dickinson called--Lucy & Mr.
- Hill dined here--poor little Anne, our Cook, went away--wrote to Mr.
+ Mrs. Dickinson called--Lucy & Mr.
+ Hill dined here--poor little Anne, our Cook, went away--wrote to Mr.
MacFarlane.
Monday 28th
-
At home--Captain Tuppen & Mr. Wilson called--walked
- about with Granny, chatted with Richard Body.
+
At home--Captain Tuppen & Mr. Wilson called--walked
+ about with Granny, chatted with Richard Body.
Tuesday 29th
-
At home--walked with dear Drum & dear Granny & the pets to Arborfield Mill
- over the tumbling bay--ducked Molly--a
- charming walk--saw Mrs. & Miss Brooke
- returning from Southampton, &
- Richard Body--read Mrs. Graham's Residence in the Mountains
- east of Rome--not good--wrote to Eliza
- Webb.
+
At home--walked with dear Drum & dear Granny & the pets to Arborfield Mill
+ over the tumbling bay--ducked Molly--a
+ charming walk--saw Mrs. & Miss Brooke
+ returning from Southampton, &
+ Richard Body--read Mrs. Graham's Residence in the Mountains
+ east of Rome--not good--wrote to Eliza
+ Webb.
Wednesday 30th
-
At home--heard from Miss Nooth--worked at my frill--walked with dear
- Granny--wrote to Miss Nooth.
+
At home--heard from Miss Nooth--worked at my frill--walked with dear
+ Granny--wrote to Miss Nooth.
Thursday 31st
-
At home--went coursing with dear
- Drum to Mortimer Common--Moses
- killed 4 hares & a rabbit--capital sport--delightful day--Mr. Dickinson & Captain
- Tuppen called whilst I was out--finished my letter to Miss Nooth.
+
At home--went coursing with dear
+ Drum to Mortimer Common--Moses
+ killed 4 hares & a rabbit--capital sport--delightful day--Mr. Dickinson & Captain
+ Tuppen called whilst I was out--finished my letter to Miss Nooth.
Gloss of Names Mentioned
Nature
-
+
glow-worm
- type: species
- type: genus
- type: family
-
A nocturnal beetle found throughout Europe and Asia, a member of the bioluminescent
+ A nocturnal beetle found throughout Europe and Asia, a member of the bioluminescent
family of insects commonly called lightning bugs or fireflies. The female forms are wingless, and thus became known as worms. Found in old-growth meadows, verges, hedgerows, and heaths, peaking in June and
July. A favorite subject for poets from at least the early-modern period; in Mitford's
time, a common subject, particularly for sonnets, by authors who include Charlotte
- Smith, Anna Maria Porter, William Wordsworth, and John Clare.
+ Smith, Anna Maria Porter, William Wordsworth, and John Clare.
-
+
fir
-
One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
+ One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
Firs (Abies) are a genus of approximately fifty species of evergreen coniferous
trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North
and Central America, Europe,
Asia, and North Africa. Unlike
other conifers, firs bear erect cones that are raised above the branches like
- candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
+ candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
-
+
-
+
-
+
Places
Publications
Persons, Personas, and Characters
-
+
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Jr.
- Haydon Benjamin Robert
- Plymouth, Devonshire, England
- London, England
-
Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
+ Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
Royal Academy, who was famous for
contemporary, historical, classical, biblical, and mythological scenes, though
- tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
- 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
+ tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
+ 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
mutual friend.
He
killed himself in 1846.
-
+
-
+
Mitford
Russell
@@ -443,31 +443,31 @@
Ashe, Hampshire, England
Three Mile Cross, parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England
-
- Mary Russell was the youngest child of
- the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
+
+ Mary Russell was the youngest child of
+ the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
his second wife, Mary Dicker; she was born about 1750 in Ashe, Hampshire. (Her
birth date is as yet unverified; period sources indicate that she was ten years
older than her husband George, born in 1760.) Through the Russells, she was a
distant relation of the Dukes of Bedford (sixth creation, 1694). She had two
siblings, Charles William and Frances; both predeceased her and their parents,
- which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
+ which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
her family’s entire estate upon her mother’s death in 1785. Her father’s rectory in Ashe was only a
short distance from Steventon, and so she was acquainted
- with the young Jane Austen. She married
- George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
+ with the young Jane Austen. She married
+ George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their
addresses as Old Alresford. Their only daughter,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
- Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
+ Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
+ Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
Three Mile Cross in the parish of Shinfield,
Berkshire. Her obituary in the 1830
New
- Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
+ Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
-
+
George Mitford
- George Mitford Esq.
@@ -477,59 +477,59 @@ George Mitford
-
+
- Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
+
Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
Although later sources would suggest that he was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh
medical school, there is no evidence that he obtained a medical degree and he did
- not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
+ not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
he served a medical apprenticeship with family members.
- He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
+
He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
at Broad Street in New Alresford. Their only child to live to adulthood,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
+ Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
owners and publishers. He was active in Whig politics and later served as a local
- magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
+ magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
-
+
-
+
Mrs. Dickinson
- Catherine Allingham Dickinson
- Middlesex, England
- St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
-
Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
+ Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
on August 2, 1807 at St. Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived in Swallowfield, Berkshire, where
their daughter Frances was born, and where they were visited by the Mitford family.
According to Mitford, Catherine Dickinson was fond of match-making among her friends
and acquaintances. (See
- Mitford's February 8th, 1821 letter to Elford
- . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source: L'Estrange).
+
Mitford's
February 8th, 1821 letter to
Elford
+ . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source:
L'Estrange).
-
+
Lucy Sweetser Hill
- Hill Sweatser Lucy
- Stratfield Saye, Berkshire, England
-
Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
+ Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
household who, on 7 August 1820 married
- Charles Hill. She is the basis for
- the title character in the Our Village story. Source:
- Needham Papers,
- Reading Central Library.
+
Charles Hill. She is the basis for
+ the title character in the
Our Village story. Source:
+
Needham Papers,
+ Reading Central Library.
-
+
-
+
Charles Dickinson
- Dickinson Charles
@@ -540,47 +540,47 @@ Charles Dickinson
-
Friend of the Mitford family. He was the son of Vikris Dickinson and Elizabeth Marchant.
+ Friend of the Mitford family. He was the son of Vikris Dickinson and Elizabeth Marchant.
The Dickinson family were Quakers who lived in the vicinity of Bristol, Gloucestershire.
- On August 3, 1807, he married Catherine Allingham at St Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield,
+ On August 3, 1807, he married Catherine Allingham at St Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield,
Berkshire, where their daughter Frances was born, and where the Mitfords visited them.
Charles Dickinson owned a private press he employed to print literary works by his
friends (See letters to Elford from March 13, 1819 and June 21, 1820). He wrote and
- published an epic poem in sixty-six cantos, The Travels of Cyllenius, in 1795. Upon his uncle's death, Charles Dickinson inherited the considerable wealth
- his extended family had amassed in the West Indies.
+ published an epic poem in sixty-six cantos,
The Travels of Cyllenius, in 1795. Upon his uncle's death, Charles Dickinson inherited the considerable wealth
+ his extended family had amassed in the West Indies.
-
+
Mr. Sherwood
-
Practiced medicine in Reading. He was a
- friend of John Berkeley Monck, and likely
- others in the Reading political
- scene. Sources:
- Needham Papers, Reading Central Library
- ;
- History of Parliament Online. ReadingBorough
- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/reading.
-
-
-
+
Charles Hill
-
Schoolmaster at Silchester,
- Berkshire, England. Spouse of Mitford servant Lucy Hill, whose marriage to him caused her to
- leave her position in the Mitford household. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.
+
-
+
-
+
Elizabeth James
- Elizabeth Mary James
@@ -588,18 +588,18 @@ Elizabeth James
- Bath, Somerset, England
- 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey, England
-
Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
+ Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
died in 1818 and her mother in 1835. After her parents’ deaths, she lived with
her two younger sisters, Emily and Susan, in Green Park Buildings, Bath,
Walcot, Somerset; High Street, Mortlake, Surrey; and 3 Pembroke Villas,
- Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
+ Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
referring to Mitford’s diary, letters were also addressed to her at Bellevue,
Lower Road, Richmond (Coles 26). She was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond,
Surrey. In the 1841 census, she is listed as living on independent means; in the 1851
census, as landholder; in the 1861 census, she as railway
- shareholder.
+ shareholder.
-
+
Frances Rowden St. Quintin
- Rowden St. Quintin Frances Arabella Fanny
@@ -607,88 +607,83 @@ Frances Rowden St. Quintin
-
Educator, author, and Mitford
- tutor. Also taught Caroline Lamb and
- L.E.L.. Worked at St. Quintin School at 22 Hans Place, London, started by M. St. Quintin, a French emigre. St. Quintin and his first wife originally ran a school in Reading;
- Frances Rowden became his second wife after his first wife's death. In
- The Queens of Society
- by Grace and Philip Wharton, the authors note that, while unmarried, Frances Rowden
- styled herself Mrs. Rowden (1860: 148). Rowden wrote poetry, including
- Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany (1801) and
- The Pleasures of Friendship: A Poem, in two parts (1810, rpt. 1812, 1818); also wrote textbooks, including
- A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Dieties (1820, illus. Caroline Lamb), and
- A Biographical Sketch of the Most Distinguished Writers of Ancient and Modern Times (1821, illus. Caroline Lamb). (See
- Landon's Memoirs
- ; See also
- L'Estrange, ed. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself,(21)
- .
-
-
+
Educator, author, and Mitford
+ tutor. Also taught Caroline Lamb and
+ L.E.L.. Worked at St. Quintin School at 22 Hans Place, London, started by M. St. Quintin, a French emigre. St. Quintin and his first wife originally ran a school in Reading;
+ Frances Rowden became his second wife after his first wife's death. In
+ The Queens of Society
+ by Grace and Philip Wharton, the authors note that, while unmarried, Frances Rowden
+ styled herself Mrs. Rowden (1860: 148). Rowden wrote poetry, including
+ Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany (1801) and
+ The Pleasures of Friendship: A Poem, in two parts (1810, rpt. 1812, 1818); also wrote textbooks, including
+ A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Dieties (1820, illus. Caroline Lamb), and
+ A Biographical Sketch of the Most Distinguished Writers of Ancient and Modern Times (1821, illus. Caroline Lamb). (See
+ Landon's Memoirs
+ ; See also
+ L'Estrange, ed. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself,(21)
+ .
+
+
Molly
-
Mitford's dog, whom she describes in a letter of 1820-11-27 as a pretty little Spaniel with long curling hair--so white & delicate & ladylike.
+
Mitford's dog, whom she describes in a letter of 1820-11-27 as a pretty little Spaniel with long curling hair--so white & delicate & ladylike.
-
+
Eliza Webb
- Webb Elizabeth Eliza
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
- Sandgate, Kent, England
-
Elizabeth Webb, called Eliza, was a neighbor and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Eliza Webb was the youngest daughter of James Webb and Jane Elizabeth
+ Elizabeth Webb, called Eliza, was a neighbor and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Eliza Webb was the youngest daughter of James Webb and Jane Elizabeth
Ogbourn. She was baptized privately on March 3, 1797, and publicly on June 8, 1797 in
Wokingham, Berkshire. She is the sister of Mary Elizabeth and Jane Eleanor
Webb. In 1837 she married Henry Walters, Esq., in Wokingham, Berkshire. In
-
- Needham’s papers, he
+
+ Needham’s papers, he
notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on
Broad street, presumably in Wokingham. Source: See
- Needham’s letter to Roberts on November
+ Needham’s letter to Roberts on November
27, 1953
- .
+ .
-
+
Valpy
-
A friend of MRM, and
+ A friend of MRM, and
one of Dr. Richard Valpy’s as yet unmarried daughters by his second wife,
Mary Benwell, though it is unclear which of his
daughters this is. All of Dr. Valpy’s daughters eventually married, and of the
daughters by his second wife,
- Mary was married by 1810
+ Mary was married by 1810
, so the reference must be to either Frances (unknown wedding date),
- Penelope, or Catherine. Penelope and
+ Penelope, or Catherine. Penelope and
Catherine appear to have shared a double wedding on 10 October 1823
- .
+ .
-
+
Anthony Blagrave Valpy
- Valpy Anthony Blagrave Captain, RN
- Reading, Berkshire, England
- Blagdon, Somerset, England
-
Son of Dr. Richard Valpy and Mary Benwell. Spouse of Anna Harris Valpy. They had four children. He became a captain in the Royal Navy and later retired
- to Blagdon, Somerset with his family.
+
-
+
Richard Body
- Body Richard
- Arborfield, Berkshire, England
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
-
- Needham tentatively identifies him as Mitford's landlord. Listed in 1841 census as a farmer residing in Wokingham, Shinfield parish; also listed as gentleman in Reading directories. Buried 12 March 1842. Source: ancestry.com.
+
+ Needham tentatively identifies him as Mitford's landlord. Listed in 1841 census as a farmer residing in Wokingham, Shinfield parish; also listed as gentleman in Reading directories. Buried 12 March 1842. Source: ancestry.com.
-
-
+
Charles Fyshe Palmer
- Palmer Charles Fyshe
@@ -697,11 +692,11 @@ Charles Fyshe Palmer
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
-
+
Charles Fyshe Palmer was the son of
Charles Fyshe Palmer and Lucy
- Jones. He married Lady Madelina Gordon Sinclair in 1805 at Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton,
+ Jones. He married Lady Madelina Gordon Sinclair in 1805 at Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton,
Herefordshire
. They lived at Luckley House, Wokingham,
Berkshire and at East Court, Finchampstead,
@@ -712,51 +707,51 @@ Charles Fyshe Palmer
House.
A Whig politician, Palmer began running for Parliament elections as the
- member for Reading
+ member for Reading
after 1816, and appears to have served off and
on in that role until 1841. He led the
Berkshire meetings to protest British government’s handling of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. On March 16, 1820, Palmer ran for a seat in Parliament against
- two other candidates. The votes ran: John
- Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland(395 votes.) Mitford’s
- letters around this time indicate she much preferred his opponent J. B. Monck, and she had earlier satirized
+ two other candidates. The votes ran: John
+ Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland(395 votes.) Mitford’s
+ letters around this time indicate she much preferred his opponent J. B. Monck, and she had earlier satirized
Palmer in 1818 as 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
- the Billiard Club, in her letter to Talfourd of 31 August 1822
+ the Billiard Club, in her letter to Talfourd of 31 August 1822
. Mitford also mentions the ways that Palmer’s political opponents
sometimes undermined his Whig reformist positions by referencing the noble
- privileges (and money) he accrued by marrying the Lady Madelina Gordon in 1805.
-
+ privileges (and money) he accrued by marrying
the Lady Madelina Gordon in
1805.
+
-
+
Charlotte Nooth
-
A friend of Dr. Richard Valpy, who resided at Kew, Surrey, but often visited Paris. She wrote a poem to Dr.
- Valpy and published volumes of poetry in 1815 & 1816, including a verse tragedy, as well as a novel, Eglantine, published by A.J. Valpy
+
A friend of Dr. Richard Valpy, who resided at Kew, Surrey, but often visited Paris. She wrote a poem to Dr.
+ Valpy and published volumes of poetry in 1815 & 1816, including a verse tragedy, as well as a novel, Eglantine, published by A.J. Valpy
-
+
Miss Brooke
-
A correspondent of Mitford's, to whom she writes at 11 East Cliff, Brighton. William Colessuggests that this could be a summer address, and that she was a resident of Reading. She was courted by Dr. Valpy in October 1823. Source: Letter from William Coles to Needham, 10 November 1957
- ,
- Needham Papers, . Forename unknown. More research needed.
-
-
+
-
+
-
+
Emily James
- James Emily
@@ -764,15 +759,15 @@ Emily James
- 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey
-
Friend of Mary Russell Mitford, and sister to Elizabeth James and Susan James and cared for pupils with her. She
+ Friend of Mary Russell Mitford, and sister to Elizabeth James and Susan James and cared for pupils with her. She
was born about 1782 in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna
Haycock. Her father died in 1818 and her mother in 1835. After her parents’
deaths, she lived with her two sisters in Green Park Buildings, Bath, Walcot,
Somerset; High Street, Mortlake, Surrey; and 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond,
Surrey. She died on August 29, 1863, at 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey and
- was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey.
+ was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey.
-
+
Sir William Elford
- Elford William Sir baronet Recorder for Plymouth Recorder for Totnes Member of Parliament
@@ -786,31 +781,31 @@ Sir William Elford
-
+
- According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
- Mitford’s father, and
- Mitford met him for the first time in the
+
According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
+ Mitford’s father, and
+ Mitford met him for the first time in the
spring of 1810 when he was a widower nearing the
age of 64. They carried on a lively correspondence until his death
in 1837.
Elford worked as a banker at Plymouth Bank (Elford, Tingcombe and Purchase)
- in Plymouth, Devon, from its
+ in Plymouth, Devon, from its
founding in 1782. He was elected a member of
Parliament for Plymouth as a
- supporter of the government and Tory William
- Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
+ supporter of the government and Tory William
+ Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
in Plymouth in 1806, he was elected member of Parliament for Rye and served
from July 1807 until his resignation in July 1808. For his service in
Parliament as a supporter of Pitt, he was made a baronet in 1800. After his
- son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
+ son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
secure a stable government post for him but never succeeded. Mayor of
Plymouth in 1796 and Recorder for Plymouth from 1797 to 1833, he was also
Recorder for Totnes from 1832 to 1834. Sir William served as an officer in
the South Devon militia from 1788, eventually attaining the rank of
- Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
- William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
+ Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
+ William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
who exhibited at the Royal Society from 1774 to 1837; he
exhibited still lifes and portraits but preferred landscapes. He was elected
to the Royal Society Academy in 1790. He was also a
@@ -819,31 +814,31 @@
Sir William Elford
alternative to yeast.
He
- married his first wife, Mary Davies
+ married his first wife, Mary Davies
of Plympton, on January 20, 1776 and they had
- one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
- Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
- first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
- Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
+ one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
+ Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
+ first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
+ Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
Walrond of the Coldstream Guards.
His
- only son Jonathan died in 1823, leaving him without an heir.
-
+ only son
Jonathan died in
1823, leaving him without an heir.
+
-
+
Moses
-
One of Mitford's greyhounds at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
Henry Marsh
-
MRM's letters in December 1820 indicate that Henry Marsh was involved in a local political
- tiff with Henry Hart Milman. The rift between Henry Marsh and H.H. Milman is well documented. See The History of Parliament online.
+
MRM's letters in December 1820 indicate that Henry Marsh was involved in a local political
+ tiff with Henry Hart Milman. The rift between Henry Marsh and H.H. Milman is well documented. See The History of Parliament online.
-
+
Madelina Gordon Sinclair Palmer
- Palmer Sinclair Gordon Madelina Madalina the Lady
@@ -853,11 +848,11 @@ Madelina Gordon Sinclair Palmer
- Gordon Castle, Bellie, Moray, Scotland
- Chapel Street, Grosvenor Place, London, England
-
Lady Madelina Gordon was born on June 10, 1772,
+ Lady Madelina Gordon was born on June 10, 1772,
the daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and Jane Maxwell, at
Gordon Castle, Bellie, Moray, Scotland. Her first husband was Robert Sinclair,
7th Baronet Sinclair; they married in 1789 and had one child, John Gordon
- Sinclair. Her second husband was the Reading Whig politician Charles Fyshe Palmer. They married in 1805 at
+ Sinclair. Her second husband was the Reading Whig politician Charles Fyshe Palmer. They married in 1805 at
Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Herefordshire. They lived at Luckley House,
Wokingham, Berkshire and at East Court, Finchampstead, Berkshire. Through her
siblings, Lady Madelina was connected to several of the most influential
@@ -871,43 +866,43 @@ Madelina Gordon Sinclair Palmer
Her sister Georgiana Gordon became Duchess of Bedford
through marriage to John Russell, Duke of Bedford. Her
brothers were George Duncan Gordon, who became 5th Duke of
- Gordon, and Lord Alexander Gordon. Charles Fyshe Palmer’s marriage to Lady Madelina
+ Gordon, and Lord Alexander Gordon. Charles Fyshe Palmer’s marriage to Lady Madelina
thus gained him access to aristocratic houses, including the Holland House. Lady Madelina’s name is
variously spelled Madelina and Madalina, although Madelina
appears 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 Mitford’s letter
- of 12 March 1842 to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
+ of 12 March 1842 to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- .
-
+
Anne
-
Cook at Bertram House in 1820. Surname unknown.
+
-
+
Maria Dundas Graham, Lady Callcott
- Maria, Lady Callcott Callcott Graham Dundas Maria
- Cockermouth, Cumberland, England
- Kensington Gravel Pits, London, England
-
- Mitford writes of this adventurous woman as Mrs. Graham and references her travel publications,
- Journal of a Residence in India of 1812
- and her journal, Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome: during the year 1819
- . She was known for her multiple publications on her travels in India, Chile, and
- Brazil, and as Maria Graham, she published the first English biography of the artist Nicholas Poussin: Memoirs of the Life of Nicholas Poussin (1820).. A polymathic enthusiast, she traveled widely in her life, and met her first husband, Lieutenant Thomas Graham, on board the HMS Cornelia bound to Bombay on a trip with her father and siblings in 1809
+
+ Mitford writes of this adventurous woman as Mrs. Graham and references her travel publications,
+ Journal of a Residence in India of 1812
+ and her journal, Three Months Passed in the Mountains East of Rome: during the year 1819
+ . She was known for her multiple publications on her travels in India, Chile, and
+ Brazil, and as Maria Graham, she published the first English biography of the artist Nicholas Poussin: Memoirs of the Life of Nicholas Poussin (1820).. A polymathic enthusiast, she traveled widely in her life, and met her first husband, Lieutenant Thomas Graham, on board the HMS Cornelia bound to Bombay on a trip with her father and siblings in 1809
. During an extended trip to South America,
Thomas Graham died on a voyage from Brazil to Valparaíso, Chile on 9 April 1822
- , after which Maria resided in Chile and Brazil, where she served as governess to the Brazilian emperor's daughter, Donna Maria. Her description of an earthquake in Quintero, Brazil influenced
- Charles Lyell's explanations in Principles of Geology (1830) of land mass formation by what we would now call tectonic activity. After her return to England in 1826, she met and married the landscape artist Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844), who was knighted in 1837, making her Lady Callcott for the last years of her life. Source: ODNB.
+ , after which Maria resided in
Chile and Brazil, where she served as governess to the Brazilian emperor's daughter,
Donna Maria. Her description of an earthquake in
Quintero, Brazil influenced
+ Charles Lyell's explanations in Principles of Geology (1830) of land mass formation by what we would now call tectonic activity. After her return to
England in 1826, she met and married the landscape artist
Augustus Wall Callcott (1779-1844), who was knighted in
1837, making her
Lady Callcott for the last years of her life. Source: ODNB.
Collectives
diff --git a/docs/journal-view/Dec-1818-to-Jan-1819.html b/docs/journal-view/Dec-1818-to-Jan-1819.html
index dfc12fd..569e5a6 100644
--- a/docs/journal-view/Dec-1818-to-Jan-1819.html
+++ b/docs/journal-view/Dec-1818-to-Jan-1819.html
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@
1820
Dec 1818 to Jan 1819
the 1st we were
- living at Bertram House--dear
- Granny, dear Drum & I--Our servants poor Lucy, Jane (who
- is going away) & George--our pets--Dear
- Mossy--his sister May Fly--Nelly--Moses--(greyhounds) Mob
- a borrowed greyhound--Whim our squinting spaniel who came
- from Lockinge--Miranda our dear beautiful greyhound puppy--Selim our Persian Cat, Poll a tabby do--& 22
- Bantams The 3 old ones given me by poor
- Jesse Cliff.
+ living at
Bertram House--dear
+
Granny, dear
Drum & I--Our servants poor
Lucy,
Jane (who
+ is going away) &
George--our pets--Dear
+
Mossy--his sister
May Fly--
Nelly--
Moses--(
greyhounds)
Mob
+ a borrowed
greyhound--
Whim our squinting
spaniel who came
+ from
Lockinge--
Miranda our dear beautiful
greyhound puppy--
Selim our Persian
Cat,
Poll a
tabby do--& 22
+
Bantams The 3 old ones given me by poor
+
Jesse Cliff.
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@
Thursday Decr 31th
-
Went with Papa & Eliza Webb to a dance at Mrs. Dickinson's very splendid--very
- delightful--much laughing--Mr. Crowther
+
Went with Papa & Eliza Webb to a dance at Mrs. Dickinson's very splendid--very
+ delightful--much laughing--Mr. Crowther
not to be forgotten.
@@ -157,20 +157,20 @@
-
At Farley Hill--Happy day--Mrs. D's singing--Where'er you walk--Mr. D's reading--Count Ugolino--
+
At Farley Hill--Happy day--Mrs. D's singing--Where'er you walk--Mr. D's reading--Count Ugolino--
-
Manchester House
-
Exmouth.
+
Manchester House
+
Exmouth.
-
Sonnet
+
- Farley Hill
+ Farley Hill
Jany 1st 1819. To Mrs. Dickinson
@@ -214,36 +214,36 @@
Saturday 2
-
Another happy day--at Farley
- Hill--Reading &
- home.
+
Another happy day--at Farley
+ Hill--Reading &
+ home.
Sunday 3
-
At home--told dear Mama all about the Ball--read BurkeMitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published
- beginning in 1801. & the Reviews the B.C. & the E.R.
+
At home--told dear Mama all about the Ball--read BurkeMitford is likely reading
+ the Rivington edition, published
+ beginning in 1801. & the Reviews the B.C. & the E.R.
Mon. 4
-
At home--wrote to Miss James--letter not to go this week--And to
- Miss Brooke. read the Antiquary XX.
+
At home--wrote to Miss James--letter not to go this week--And to
+ Miss Brooke. read the Antiquary XX.
Tuesday 5
-
Read some of Miss Edgeworth's
- Popular tales XX some of Burke.Mitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published
- beginning in 1801. Still at home.
+
Read some of Miss Edgeworth's
+ Popular tales XX some of Burke.Mitford is likely reading
+ the Rivington edition, published
+ beginning in 1801. Still at home.
@@ -251,80 +251,80 @@
Read Do. Do.
- Edgeworth's Popular
- tales and some Burke.
- Still at home.
+
Edgeworth's Popular
+ tales and some
Burke.
+ Still at
home.
Thursday 7
-
Read Fearon's America X--still at home--Got & read this pretty book X
+
Read Fearon's America X--still at home--Got & read this pretty book X
Friday 8
-
Wrote to Sir William Elford not to go
- till next week--Read Burke.Mitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published
- beginning in 1801.still at home.
+
Wrote to Sir William Elford not to go
+ till next week--Read Burke.Mitford is likely reading
+ the Rivington edition, published
+ beginning in 1801.still at home.
Saturday 9
-
Read Nightmare Abbey XX Still at
- home.
+
Read Nightmare Abbey XX Still at
+ home.
Sunday 10
-
Wrote to Miss Webb--not to go
- till Tuesday. read more of Burke.Mitford is likely reading
- the Rivington edition, published
- beginning in 1801.
+
Wrote to Miss Webb--not to go
+ till Tuesday. read more of Burke.Mitford is likely reading
+ the Rivington edition, published
+ beginning in 1801.
Mon. 11
-
At home--worked some gown
- trimming--& wrote a letter to Mr.
- Haydon.
+
At home--worked some gown
+ trimming--& wrote a letter to Mr.
+ Haydon.
Tuesday 12
-
At home. heard from dear Mrs. Dickinson--sent off letters to
- Sir W. Elford
- Mr. Haydon, Miss
- James & Miss
- Webb.
+
At home. heard from dear Mrs. Dickinson--sent off letters to
+ Sir W. Elford
+ Mr. Haydon, Miss
+ James & Miss
+ Webb.
Wednesday 13
-
Heard from dear Miss James--went Fir topping--wrote a
- sonnet & letter to Mrs.
- Dickinson--at home.
+
Heard from dear Miss James--went Fir topping--wrote a
+ sonnet & letter to Mrs.
+ Dickinson--at home.
Thursday 14
-
At home. Wrote to dear Miss James Read Bisset's Life of Burke--very
+
At home. Wrote to dear Miss James Read Bisset's Life of Burke--very
bad weather, could not stir.
@@ -332,20 +332,20 @@
Friday 15
-
At home all day doing nothing but
- finish my letter to dear Miss James
- & read BurkeMitford
- is likely reading the Rivington edition,
- published beginning in 1801.--Burke a sad turncoat.
+
At home all day doing nothing but
+ finish my letter to dear Miss James
+ & read BurkeMitford
+ is likely reading the Rivington edition,
+ published beginning in 1801.--Burke a sad turncoat.
Saturday 16
-
Went to Reading--had a most
- delightful chat with Miss
- Brooke--bought things at Marshes--saw a number of people--came home to dinner quite well & was
+
Went to Reading--had a most
+ delightful chat with Miss
+ Brooke--bought things at Marshes--saw a number of people--came home to dinner quite well & was
exceedingly ill (sick & purged) all night.
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@
Sunday 17
-
Rather better--Lucy a famous nurse--in
- bed almost all day--had a charming letter from Mr.
- Haydon & read Malcolm's
- Anecdotes of the 17th Century.
+
Rather better--Lucy a famous nurse--in
+ bed almost all day--had a charming letter from Mr.
+ Haydon & read Malcolm's
+ Anecdotes of the 17th Century.
@@ -366,70 +366,70 @@
A great deal better. Amused myself with doing up some gowns against the end of
the mourning
--read
- Burke's works. All day at home.
+
Burke's
works. All day at
home.
Tuesday 19
-
Quite well. Wrote a long note to Miss
- Brooke--read Scott's
- Visit to Paris & played with my
- beautiful puppy Miranda born at
- Stratford on
- Avon.
+
Quite well. Wrote a long note to Miss
+ Brooke--read Scott's
+ Visit to Paris & played with my
+ beautiful puppy Miranda born at
+ Stratford on
+ Avon.
Wednesday 20
-
Received a long letter from Mrs. Rowden
- & began an answer all day at home.
+
Received a long letter from Mrs. Rowden
+ & began an answer all day at home.
Thursday 21
-
Mr. White & Mrs. Tuppen called did not see them--was Fir-topping with Luce & the pets. At home.
+
Mr. White & Mrs. Tuppen called did not see them--was Fir-topping with Luce & the pets. At home.
Friday 22
-
Lord Bacon, 1561.
+
Lord Bacon, 1561.
-
All day at home finished my packet
- for Mrs. Rowden & read Burke's works.
+
All day at home finished my packet
+ for Mrs. Rowden & read Burke's works.
Saturday 23
-
All day at home
- Firtopping--began Florence Macarthy--very much amused by it.
+
All day at home
+ Firtopping--began Florence Macarthy--very much amused by it.
Sunday 24
-
Got a letter from dear Miss James
- answered it--went with dear Drum to
- look for primroses--did not find any--Finished
- Florence Macarthy.
+
Got a letter from dear Miss James
+ answered it--went with dear Drum to
+ look for primroses--did not find any--Finished
+ Florence Macarthy.
Monday 25
-
Mrs. Dickinson came to see us all in
- the rain--She was quite delighted with Selim & Miranda's
+
Mrs. Dickinson came to see us all in
+ the rain--She was quite delighted with Selim & Miranda's
play.
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@
Tuesday 26
-
Went to Reading--saw a great many
- people--bought my new crimson bombazine--came home to dinner Poor Whim
+
Went to Reading--saw a great many
+ people--bought my new crimson bombazine--came home to dinner Poor Whim
lost.
@@ -446,11 +446,11 @@
Wednesday 27
-
At home. Dear Drum went to London & took my letters to Mrs.
- Rowden & Miss
- James.
- Read the Duchesse d'Angoulime's
- journal while in the Temple
+
At home. Dear Drum went to London & took my letters to Mrs.
+ Rowden & Miss
+ James.
+ Read the Duchesse d'Angoulime's
+ journal while in the Temple
@@ -458,75 +458,75 @@
Thursday 28
-
At home. Poor Jeremy Chamberlaine the shoemaker
- brought me some primroses & violets in pots--which he found in the fields.
+
At home. Poor Jeremy Chamberlaine the shoemaker
+ brought me some primroses & violets in pots--which he found in the fields.
Friday 29
-
Whim found again.--Selim nearly killed a white
- kitten we have got for Sir W.
- Elford.--I found today the first primrose this year in the hedge at the bottom of the park meadow.
+
Whim found again.--Selim nearly killed a white
+ kitten we have got for Sir W.
+ Elford.--I found today the first primrose this year in the hedge at the bottom of the park meadow.
Saturday 30
-
At home all day. Read Junius--famous peppering--nothing so good
- now.She is likely reading 1772 The Letters of Junius by a pseudonymous Junius, rather than the Roman ancient
- world author Junius.
- Mossy very amiable.
+
At home all day. Read Junius--famous peppering--nothing so good
+ now.She is likely reading 1772 The Letters of Junius by a pseudonymous Junius, rather than the Roman ancient
+ world author Junius.
+ Mossy very amiable.
Sunday 31
-
Dear Drum came back again. Heard from
- Eliza Webb--wrote to her in answer.
- At home all day.
+
Dear Drum came back again. Heard from
+ Eliza Webb--wrote to her in answer.
+ At home all day.
Gloss of Names Mentioned
Nature
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
fir
-
One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
+ One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
Firs (Abies) are a genus of approximately fifty species of evergreen coniferous
trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North
and Central America, Europe,
Asia, and North Africa. Unlike
other conifers, firs bear erect cones that are raised above the branches like
- candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
+ candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
-
+
primrose
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ primrose
- type: species
- type: family
-
One of Mitford’s favorite
- flowers, blooms in spring in Berkshire.
+ One of Mitford’s favorite
+ flowers, blooms in spring in Berkshire.
Mitford likely refers to Primula vulgaris, a species of flowering plant in the
family Primulaceae, native to western and southern
Europe, commonly called the English primrose or common primrose.
@@ -546,25 +546,25 @@ primrose
closely related to the true primroses (genus Primula). Mitford also mentions
the evening primrose in her writing. Evening primroses have been cultivated in
Europe since the early seventeenth century and are now naturalized in some
- parts of Europe and Asia.
+ parts of Europe and Asia.
-
+
violet
-
One of Mitford’s favorite
+ One of Mitford’s favorite
flowers (as it was of many of her contemporaries), blooms in spring in
- Berkshire. Mentioned in the 1811 Poems as well as in Our Village Mitford likely refers to wild
+ Berkshire. Mentioned in the 1811 Poems as well as in Our Village Mitford likely refers to wild
forms of the Viola, a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae.
It is the largest genus in the family, containing more than 500 species. Most
species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
The term pansy is normally used for those multi-coloured, large-flowered
cultivars which are used as bedding plants. The terms viola and violet are
- used for small-flowered annuals or perennials, including the species.
+ used for small-flowered annuals or perennials, including the species.
Places
Publications
Persons, Personas, and Characters
-
+
Mitford
Russell
@@ -575,31 +575,31 @@
Ashe, Hampshire, England
Three Mile Cross, parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England
-
- Mary Russell was the youngest child of
- the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
+
+ Mary Russell was the youngest child of
+ the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
his second wife, Mary Dicker; she was born about 1750 in Ashe, Hampshire. (Her
birth date is as yet unverified; period sources indicate that she was ten years
older than her husband George, born in 1760.) Through the Russells, she was a
distant relation of the Dukes of Bedford (sixth creation, 1694). She had two
siblings, Charles William and Frances; both predeceased her and their parents,
- which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
+ which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
her family’s entire estate upon her mother’s death in 1785. Her father’s rectory in Ashe was only a
short distance from Steventon, and so she was acquainted
- with the young Jane Austen. She married
- George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
+ with the young Jane Austen. She married
+ George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their
addresses as Old Alresford. Their only daughter,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
- Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
+ Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
+ Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
Three Mile Cross in the parish of Shinfield,
Berkshire. Her obituary in the 1830
New
- Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
+ Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
-
+
George Mitford
- George Mitford Esq.
@@ -609,161 +609,161 @@ George Mitford
-
+
- Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
+
Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
Although later sources would suggest that he was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh
medical school, there is no evidence that he obtained a medical degree and he did
- not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
+ not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
he served a medical apprenticeship with family members.
- He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
+
He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
at Broad Street in New Alresford. Their only child to live to adulthood,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
+ Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
owners and publishers. He was active in Whig politics and later served as a local
- magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
+ magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
-
+
-
+
Lucy Sweetser Hill
- Hill Sweatser Lucy
- Stratfield Saye, Berkshire, England
-
Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
+ Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
household who, on 7 August 1820 married
- Charles Hill. She is the basis for
- the title character in the Our Village story. Source:
- Needham Papers,
- Reading Central Library.
+
Charles Hill. She is the basis for
+ the title character in the
Our Village story. Source:
+
Needham Papers,
+ Reading Central Library.
-
+
Jane
-
Maidservant at Bertram House, who left the Mitford's service in early . Surname unknown.
+
Maidservant at Bertram House, who left the Mitford's service in early . Surname unknown.
-
+
George
-
Manservant at Bertram House in 1819; dismissed on September 15, 1820, when the Mitfords moved to Three Mile Cross, a much smaller establishment. Surname unknown.
+
Manservant at Bertram House in 1819; dismissed on September 15, 1820, when the Mitfords moved to Three Mile Cross, a much smaller establishment. Surname unknown.
-
+
Mossy
-
Mitford’s dog; He died on Saturday, August 21, 1819 at Bertram
- House. Mossy was a nickname for Moss Trooper.
-
+
Mitford’s dog; He died on Saturday, August 21, 1819 at Bertram
+ House. Mossy was a nickname for Moss Trooper.
+
-
+
May Fly
-
One of Mitford's greyhounds at Bertram House in 1819. Sister of Mossy.
+
-
+
Nelly
-
One of Mitford's greyhounds at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
Moses
-
One of Mitford's greyhounds at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
Mob
-
One of Mitford's greyhounds at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
Whim
-
Mitford's spaniel at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
Miranda
-
A greyhound owned by Mitford,
+ A greyhound owned by Mitford,
described by her as blue all sprinkled with little white spots just like a
starry night in her 13 February 1819 letter to
- Haydon.
+
Haydon.
-
+
Selim
-
Mitford's ferocious white cat.
+
Mitford's ferocious white cat.
-
+
Poll
-
Mitford's tabby cat at Bertram House in 1819.
+
-
+
-
+
Eliza Webb
- Webb Elizabeth Eliza
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
- Sandgate, Kent, England
-
Elizabeth Webb, called Eliza, was a neighbor and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Eliza Webb was the youngest daughter of James Webb and Jane Elizabeth
+ Elizabeth Webb, called Eliza, was a neighbor and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Eliza Webb was the youngest daughter of James Webb and Jane Elizabeth
Ogbourn. She was baptized privately on March 3, 1797, and publicly on June 8, 1797 in
Wokingham, Berkshire. She is the sister of Mary Elizabeth and Jane Eleanor
Webb. In 1837 she married Henry Walters, Esq., in Wokingham, Berkshire. In
-
- Needham’s papers, he
+
+ Needham’s papers, he
notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on
Broad street, presumably in Wokingham. Source: See
- Needham’s letter to Roberts on November
+ Needham’s letter to Roberts on November
27, 1953
- .
+ .
-
+
Mrs. Dickinson
- Catherine Allingham Dickinson
- Middlesex, England
- St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
-
Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
+ Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
on August 2, 1807 at St. Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived in Swallowfield, Berkshire, where
their daughter Frances was born, and where they were visited by the Mitford family.
According to Mitford, Catherine Dickinson was fond of match-making among her friends
and acquaintances. (See
- Mitford's February 8th, 1821 letter to Elford
- . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source: L'Estrange).
+
Mitford's
February 8th, 1821 letter to
Elford
+ . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source:
L'Estrange).
-
+
Mr. Crowther
-
+
The dandy Mitford pokes fun at in her letters of
9 and 10 January, 1819
- . Possibly husband to Isabelle Crowther. According to Coles, his forename may be Phillip; Coles is not completely confident that the dandy Mr.
+ . Possibly husband to Isabelle Crowther. According to Coles, his forename may be Phillip; Coles is not completely confident that the dandy Mr.
Crowther and Mr. Phillip Crowther are the same person. The second Mr. Crowther is
- a correspondent of Mitford's, whom she writes to at Whitley cottage, near Reading. He may also have resided at Westbury on Trim near Bristol. William Coles is uncertain of whether Crowtheris the same Phillip Crowthermentioned in Mitford's Journal. Source: William Coles, Letter to Needham, 10 November 1957, NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.
-
+ a correspondent of
Mitford's, whom she writes to at
Whitley cottage, near
Reading. He may also have resided at
Westbury on Trim near
Bristol.
William Coles is uncertain of whether
Crowtheris the same
Phillip Crowthermentioned in
Mitford's
Journal. Source:
William Coles, Letter to
Needham,
10 November 1957,
NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.
+
-
+
Charles Dickinson
- Dickinson Charles
@@ -774,24 +774,24 @@ Charles Dickinson
-
Friend of the Mitford family. He was the son of Vikris Dickinson and Elizabeth Marchant.
+ Friend of the Mitford family. He was the son of Vikris Dickinson and Elizabeth Marchant.
The Dickinson family were Quakers who lived in the vicinity of Bristol, Gloucestershire.
- On August 3, 1807, he married Catherine Allingham at St Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield,
+ On August 3, 1807, he married Catherine Allingham at St Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield,
Berkshire, where their daughter Frances was born, and where the Mitfords visited them.
Charles Dickinson owned a private press he employed to print literary works by his
friends (See letters to Elford from March 13, 1819 and June 21, 1820). He wrote and
- published an epic poem in sixty-six cantos, The Travels of Cyllenius, in 1795. Upon his uncle's death, Charles Dickinson inherited the considerable wealth
- his extended family had amassed in the West Indies.
+ published an epic poem in sixty-six cantos,
The Travels of Cyllenius, in 1795. Upon his uncle's death, Charles Dickinson inherited the considerable wealth
+ his extended family had amassed in the West Indies.
-
+
Count Ugolino
-
Character from Dante’s
- Inferno. Guilty of treason.
+
-
+
Edmund Burke
- Edmund Burke
@@ -805,15 +805,15 @@ Edmund Burke
-
Member of Parliament within the conservative wing of the Whig Party, he supported
+ Member of Parliament within the conservative wing of the Whig Party, he supported
Catholic Emancipation, the impeachment of Warren Hastings, and the aims of the American
Revolution; he later opposed the aims of the French Revolution and broke with the
Foxite Whigs. Known for his oratorical and authorial skills, he authored a work on
aesthetics, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and
Beautiful, as well as works of political philosophy such as Reflections on the Revolution
- in France. He founded the Annual Review. Mitford reports reading a collection of Burke's works in early 1819, including his An Account of the European Settlements in America.
+ in France. He founded the Annual Review.
Mitford reports reading a collection of Burke's works in early
1819, including his
An Account of the European Settlements in America.
-
+
Elizabeth James
- Elizabeth Mary James
@@ -821,29 +821,29 @@ Elizabeth James
- Bath, Somerset, England
- 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey, England
-
Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
+ Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
died in 1818 and her mother in 1835. After her parents’ deaths, she lived with
her two younger sisters, Emily and Susan, in Green Park Buildings, Bath,
Walcot, Somerset; High Street, Mortlake, Surrey; and 3 Pembroke Villas,
- Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
+ Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
referring to Mitford’s diary, letters were also addressed to her at Bellevue,
Lower Road, Richmond (Coles 26). She was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond,
Surrey. In the 1841 census, she is listed as living on independent means; in the 1851
census, as landholder; in the 1861 census, she as railway
- shareholder.
+ shareholder.
-
+
Miss Brooke
-
A correspondent of Mitford's, to whom she writes at 11 East Cliff, Brighton. William Colessuggests that this could be a summer address, and that she was a resident of Reading. She was courted by Dr. Valpy in October 1823. Source: Letter from William Coles to Needham, 10 November 1957
- ,
- Needham Papers, . Forename unknown. More research needed.
-
-
+
-
+
Maria Edgeworth
- Edgeworth Maria
@@ -852,11 +852,11 @@ Maria Edgeworth
-
British author and educator. Best known for
- Castle Rackrent (1800); also
- wrote children's novels and educational treatises.
+
British author and educator. Best known for
+ Castle Rackrent (1800); also
+ wrote children's novels and educational treatises.
-
+
Henry Bradshaw Fearon
- Henry Bradshaw Fearon
@@ -865,10 +865,10 @@ Henry Bradshaw Fearon
-
English surgeon who wrote Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern
- and Western States of America. While his birthplace is unknown, the dedication to the volume is dated from Plaistow, Essex.
+
-
+
Sir William Elford
- Elford William Sir baronet Recorder for Plymouth Recorder for Totnes Member of Parliament
@@ -882,31 +882,31 @@ Sir William Elford
-
+
- According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
- Mitford’s father, and
- Mitford met him for the first time in the
+
According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
+ Mitford’s father, and
+ Mitford met him for the first time in the
spring of 1810 when he was a widower nearing the
age of 64. They carried on a lively correspondence until his death
in 1837.
Elford worked as a banker at Plymouth Bank (Elford, Tingcombe and Purchase)
- in Plymouth, Devon, from its
+ in Plymouth, Devon, from its
founding in 1782. He was elected a member of
Parliament for Plymouth as a
- supporter of the government and Tory William
- Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
+ supporter of the government and Tory William
+ Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
in Plymouth in 1806, he was elected member of Parliament for Rye and served
from July 1807 until his resignation in July 1808. For his service in
Parliament as a supporter of Pitt, he was made a baronet in 1800. After his
- son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
+ son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
secure a stable government post for him but never succeeded. Mayor of
Plymouth in 1796 and Recorder for Plymouth from 1797 to 1833, he was also
Recorder for Totnes from 1832 to 1834. Sir William served as an officer in
the South Devon militia from 1788, eventually attaining the rank of
- Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
- William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
+ Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
+ William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
who exhibited at the Royal Society from 1774 to 1837; he
exhibited still lifes and portraits but preferred landscapes. He was elected
to the Royal Society Academy in 1790. He was also a
@@ -915,63 +915,63 @@
Sir William Elford
alternative to yeast.
He
- married his first wife, Mary Davies
+ married his first wife, Mary Davies
of Plympton, on January 20, 1776 and they had
- one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
- Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
- first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
- Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
+ one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
+ Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
+ first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
+ Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
Walrond of the Coldstream Guards.
His
- only son Jonathan died in 1823, leaving him without an heir.
-
+ only son
Jonathan died in
1823, leaving him without an heir.
+
-
+
Mary Webb
- Webb Mary Elizabeth
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
-
Close friend and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Webb was the daughter of James Webb. and Jane Elizabeth Ogbourn. Baptized on
+ Close friend and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Webb was the daughter of James Webb. and Jane Elizabeth Ogbourn. Baptized on
April 15, 1796 in Wokingham, Berkshire. Sister of
- Elizabeth (called Eliza) and Jane
- Eleanor Webb and niece of the elder Mary Webb,
- Aunt Mary. In
- Needham’s papers, he
+ Elizabeth (called Eliza) and Jane
+ Eleanor Webb and niece of the elder Mary Webb,
+ Aunt Mary. In
+ Needham’s papers, he
notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on
Broad street, presumably in Wokingham, Berkshire. She
was the wife of Thomas Hawkins as she is referred to thus in probate
papers of 1858 regarding the wills of her sister Eliza Webb Walter and her
- husband Henry Walter. Date of death unknown. More research needed.
+ husband Henry Walter. Date of death unknown. More research needed.
-
+
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Jr.
- Haydon Benjamin Robert
- Plymouth, Devonshire, England
- London, England
-
Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
+ Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
Royal Academy, who was famous for
contemporary, historical, classical, biblical, and mythological scenes, though
- tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
- 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
+ tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
+ 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
mutual friend.
He
killed himself in 1846.
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
John Scott
- John Scott
@@ -981,11 +981,11 @@ John Scott
-
Journalist and editor who revived The London Magazine in 1820 and edited it until his death on 27 February 1821. Died as the result of complications from a gunshot wound received in a duel fought
- on 16 February with Jonathan Henry Christie (John Gibson Lockhart's agent) at Chalk Farm. The duel resulted from an escalation of attacks and counterattacks between the editors
- of the London and Blackwood's Magazines over Blackwood's characterizations of a Cockney School.
+
-
+
Frances Rowden St. Quintin
- Rowden St. Quintin Frances Arabella Fanny
@@ -993,33 +993,33 @@ Frances Rowden St. Quintin
-
Educator, author, and Mitford
- tutor. Also taught Caroline Lamb and
- L.E.L.. Worked at St. Quintin School at 22 Hans Place, London, started by M. St. Quintin, a French emigre. St. Quintin and his first wife originally ran a school in Reading;
- Frances Rowden became his second wife after his first wife's death. In
- The Queens of Society
- by Grace and Philip Wharton, the authors note that, while unmarried, Frances Rowden
- styled herself Mrs. Rowden (1860: 148). Rowden wrote poetry, including
- Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany (1801) and
- The Pleasures of Friendship: A Poem, in two parts (1810, rpt. 1812, 1818); also wrote textbooks, including
- A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Dieties (1820, illus. Caroline Lamb), and
- A Biographical Sketch of the Most Distinguished Writers of Ancient and Modern Times (1821, illus. Caroline Lamb). (See
- Landon's Memoirs
- ; See also
- L'Estrange, ed. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself,(21)
- .
+
Educator, author, and Mitford
+ tutor. Also taught Caroline Lamb and
+ L.E.L.. Worked at St. Quintin School at 22 Hans Place, London, started by M. St. Quintin, a French emigre. St. Quintin and his first wife originally ran a school in Reading;
+ Frances Rowden became his second wife after his first wife's death. In
+ The Queens of Society
+ by Grace and Philip Wharton, the authors note that, while unmarried, Frances Rowden
+ styled herself Mrs. Rowden (1860: 148). Rowden wrote poetry, including
+ Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany (1801) and
+ The Pleasures of Friendship: A Poem, in two parts (1810, rpt. 1812, 1818); also wrote textbooks, including
+ A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Dieties (1820, illus. Caroline Lamb), and
+ A Biographical Sketch of the Most Distinguished Writers of Ancient and Modern Times (1821, illus. Caroline Lamb). (See
+ Landon's Memoirs
+ ; See also
+ L'Estrange, ed. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself,(21)
+ .
-
+
-
+
-
+
Sir Francis Bacon
- Francis Bacon Sir
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ Sir Francis Bacon
-
A writer and philosopher who made important methodological contributions to science,
+ A writer and philosopher who made important methodological contributions to science,
particularly championing empiricism. His philosophical works include the Novum Organum Scientiarum (New Organon), Advancement of Learning, Essays, and New Atlantis. A nephew of the powerful Elizabethan politician William Cecil, Lord Burleigh (or
Burghley), he served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies at various
times, as an advisor to Elizabeth's doomed favourite and failed usurper Robert Devereux,
@@ -1041,30 +1041,30 @@ Sir Francis Bacon
he was prosecuted for corruption and barred from further public service. He has been
controversially reputed to be homosexual, on the grounds that a fellow M.P. called
one of his (Bacon's) servingmen his catamite and bed-fellow. In 1845 (during Mitford's lifetime), this passage was published for the first time.
-
+
-
+
-
+
-
+
white kitten
-
Female white kitten belonging to Mitford that she proposes to give to Elford. Mitford variously proposes to name the kitten Selima (after the kitten's father
- Selim) or Grizzy (after the character in Ferrier's novel Marriage). Unknown whether Elford eventually takes the kitten. More research needed.
+
Female white kitten belonging to Mitford that she proposes to give to Elford. Mitford variously proposes to name the kitten Selima (after the kitten's father
+ Selim) or Grizzy (after the character in Ferrier's novel Marriage). Unknown whether Elford eventually takes the kitten. More research needed.
-
+
-
+
Junius
- Lucius Junius Brutus
@@ -1075,9 +1075,9 @@ Junius
-
+
+
Collectives
diff --git a/docs/journal-view/Dec-1819.html b/docs/journal-view/Dec-1819.html
index 6885fe0..ee8de93 100644
--- a/docs/journal-view/Dec-1819.html
+++ b/docs/journal-view/Dec-1819.html
@@ -132,235 +132,235 @@
Dec 1819
Wednesday 1
-
At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland--Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
- came & dined here--dear Drum came
- home in the evening--a very
- pleasant day--wrote in the morning to Drum
- at night to Granny.
+
At home--heard from Mrs. Hofland--Mr. & Mrs. Dickinson
+ came & dined here--dear Drum came
+ home in the evening--a very
+ pleasant day--wrote in the morning to Drum
+ at night to Granny.
Thursday 2
-
At home--Heard from dear Granny
- Mr. Johnson, & Sir Williamwith an excellent letter enclosed
- from Lord Ashburton to Mr. Waristoun which I transcribed. Wrote to dear
- Granny--read the Eclectic & British Critic Reviews.
+
At home--Heard from dear Granny
+ Mr. Johnson, & Sir Williamwith an excellent letter enclosed
+ from Lord Ashburton to Mr. Waristoun which I transcribed. Wrote to dear
+ Granny--read the Eclectic & British Critic Reviews.
Friday 3
-
Luigi Pulci, 1431.
+
Luigi Pulci, 1431.
-
At home--Captain Tuppen came to course with Drum--wrote to Mrs.
- Dickinson, Mr. Johnson,
- Mrs. Hofland, & dear Granny--read Memoirs of
- the Rev. H. Martyn.
+
At home--Captain Tuppen came to course with Drum--wrote to Mrs.
+ Dickinson, Mr. Johnson,
+ Mrs. Hofland, & dear Granny--read Memoirs of
+ the Rev. H. Martyn.
Methodistical.
Saturday 4
-
At home--Sent a hare & some beetroot with my note to
- Mrs. Dickinson--Heard from dear
- Granny & Mary Webb--wrote to Sir William--read memoirs of H. Martyn.
+
At home--Sent a hare & some beetroot with my note to
+ Mrs. Dickinson--Heard from dear
+ Granny & Mary Webb--wrote to Sir William--read memoirs of H. Martyn.
Sunday 5
-
At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--Luce washed Molly who looked
- like a little snowball sweet love--wrote to Granny--read Decision--rather
+
At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--Luce washed Molly who looked
+ like a little snowball sweet love--wrote to Granny--read Decision--rather
methodistical but clever & interesting.
Monday 6
-
At home--wrote to Mr. Palmer--heard from dear Granny--went firtopping--got a great many--a sweet dear little Bobby came to me to be fed & ate as I threw it
+
At home--wrote to Mr. Palmer--heard from dear Granny--went firtopping--got a great many--a sweet dear little Bobby came to me to be fed & ate as I threw it
to him sweet lamb.
Tuesday 7
-
At home--Heard from Mrs. Dickinson--went Fir topping--begin to get scarce--fed my Bobbies under the trees--read Florence Macarthy.
+
At home--Heard from Mrs. Dickinson--went Fir topping--begin to get scarce--fed my Bobbies under the trees--read Florence Macarthy.
Wednesday 8
-
Milton, 1608.
+
Milton, 1608.
-
At home--Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Haydon & Granny--read Life of Princess Charlotte by Booth--a catch penny thing.
+
At home--Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Haydon & Granny--read Life of Princess Charlotte by Booth--a catch penny thing.
Thursday 9
-
At home--Heard from Granny--wrote to Mary Webb & the
- Butcher--went firtopping--fed a great many
- Bobbies dear lambs.
+
At home--Heard from Granny--wrote to Mary Webb & the
+ Butcher--went firtopping--fed a great many
+ Bobbies dear lambs.
Friday 10
-
At home--heard from Mr. Fyshe Palmer--fed my Bobbies a great many poor dears came to the board at the Window to eat
- it being a snow--Wrote to dear Granny &
- Miss James.
+
At home--heard from Mr. Fyshe Palmer--fed my Bobbies a great many poor dears came to the board at the Window to eat
+ it being a snow--Wrote to dear Granny &
+ Miss James.
Saturday 11
-
At home--sent dear Miss Morse to Mr.
- Haydon--heard from Mary
- Webb & Granny--fed a great
- many Bobbies & other birds off my board.
+
At home--sent dear Miss Morse to Mr.
+ Haydon--heard from Mary
+ Webb & Granny--fed a great
+ many Bobbies & other birds off my board.
Sunday 12
-
At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--fed a great many bobbies & other birds--read
- Blackwood's Magazine--famous--& the Life of
+ At home--walked with dear Drum & the pets--fed a great many bobbies & other birds--read
+ Blackwood's Magazine--famous--& the Life of
Sand--pretty well.
Monday 13
-
At home--heard from dear Granny & Mr.
- Johnson--went with dear Drum
- to Reading--called at the Brookes--Whites--Newberys & Valpys--came home to dinner--a pleasant day--fed my bobbies.
+
At home--heard from dear Granny & Mr.
+ Johnson--went with dear Drum
+ to Reading--called at the Brookes--Whites--Newberys & Valpys--came home to dinner--a pleasant day--fed my bobbies.
Tuesday 14
-
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--called at the Dickinsons--came home to
- dinner--read Clan Albyn--a pretty thing only too
- Highlandish--fed my dear bobbies & a great many
+
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--called at the Dickinsons--came home to
+ dinner--read Clan Albyn--a pretty thing only too
+ Highlandish--fed my dear bobbies & a great many
others--poor lambs.
Wednesday 15
-
At home--dear Granny came back in great trim from Winchester--God bless her!--fed my poor
- Bobbies & other birds.
+
At home--dear Granny came back in great trim from Winchester--God bless her!--fed my poor
+ Bobbies & other birds.
Thursday 16
-
At home--my Birthday--went Firtopping with Drum
- & the Pets--fed my Bobbies both at the window &
- in the Plantations--the dear Bobbies very tame sweet loves eat as I threw bread to
+
At home--my Birthday--went Firtopping with Drum
+ & the Pets--fed my Bobbies both at the window &
+ in the Plantations--the dear Bobbies very tame sweet loves eat as I threw bread to
them.
Friday 17
-
At home--received the Statesman from Mr.
- Johnson with a peppering of Frank
- Cowslade--curled Granny's
- Wigs--fed my Bobby's--poor Jessy Cliff brought us a present of a very fine pig--wrote to Mary
- Webb.
+
At home--received the Statesman from Mr.
+ Johnson with a peppering of Frank
+ Cowslade--curled Granny's
+ Wigs--fed my Bobby's--poor Jessy Cliff brought us a present of a very fine pig--wrote to Mary
+ Webb.
Saturday 18
-
At home--went firtopping--fed my Bobbies--read The Carib Chief by Horace
- Twiss--a tolerable Tragedy--& Dr. Franklin's
- Correspondence--famous.
+
At home--went firtopping--fed my Bobbies--read The Carib Chief by Horace
+ Twiss--a tolerable Tragedy--& Dr. Franklin's
+ Correspondence--famous.
Sunday 19
-
At home--fed my Bobbies--read Dr. Franklin's Correspondence which
- is excellent--& Bubb Doddington's Diary which is Corruption itself.
+
At home--fed my Bobbies--read Dr. Franklin's Correspondence which
+ is excellent--& Bubb Doddington's Diary which is Corruption itself.
Monday 20
-
Sir Isaac Newton, 1647.
+
Sir Isaac Newton, 1647.
-
At home--went firtopping with Molly & the
- other Pets--read Mr.
- Quillinan's Sacrifice of Isabel--an elegant Poem--very
+
At home--went firtopping with Molly & the
+ other Pets--read Mr.
+ Quillinan's Sacrifice of Isabel--an elegant Poem--very
short.
Tuesday 21
-
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--worked at my shirt--fed my Bobbies at the Window--read Mordaunt--an excellent old Novel.
+
At home--heard from Mr. Haydon--worked at my shirt--fed my Bobbies at the Window--read Mordaunt--an excellent old Novel.
Wednesday 22
-
At home. Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed a charming Bobby in the
- plantation--read Memoirs of the Marquis
- of Montrosea very great man & great poet!--did some
+
At home. Heard from Miss James--went firtopping--fed a charming Bobby in the
+ plantation--read Memoirs of the Marquis
+ of Montrosea very great man & great poet!--did some
tatting.
Thursday 23
-
At home--Heard from Mary Webb & Heard from Miss Nooth--went firtopping--Mr. Dickinson
- called--wrote to Mary Webb &
- lent Charles Knyvett six of Dr.
- Russell's sermons.
+
At home--Heard from Mary Webb & Heard from Miss Nooth--went firtopping--Mr. Dickinson
+ called--wrote to Mary Webb &
+ lent Charles Knyvett six of Dr.
+ Russell's sermons.
Friday 24
-
At home--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to
- Miss James--read Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the slave trade. Good.
+
At home--went firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to
+ Miss James--read Clarkson's History of the Abolition of the slave trade. Good.
Saturday 25
-
At home--received a proof sheet from Mr. Dickinson, corrected it & wrote a
- note to him. Walked with dear Drum--fed my
- bobbies--read the Munster
- Cottage boy Middling.
+
At home--received a proof sheet from Mr. Dickinson, corrected it & wrote a
+ note to him. Walked with dear Drum--fed my
+ bobbies--read the Munster
+ Cottage boy Middling.
Sunday 26
-
At home--heard from Sir William--went Firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Johnson--read the
- Munster Cottage Boy.
+
At home--heard from Sir William--went Firtopping--fed my bobbies--wrote to Mr. Johnson--read the
+ Munster Cottage Boy.
Monday 27
-
At home--walked out with Drum & my pets--fed my Bobbies--read Rhoda--pretty
- good but too dismal--Molly a sweet lamb.
+
At home--walked out with Drum & my pets--fed my Bobbies--read Rhoda--pretty
+ good but too dismal--Molly a sweet lamb.
Tuesday 28
-
At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--fed my bobbies--wrote to Sir William
- Elford & Miss Nooth--read
- Queenhoo Hall--good.
+
At home--heard from Mrs. Dickinson--fed my bobbies--wrote to Sir William
+ Elford & Miss Nooth--read
+ Queenhoo Hall--good.
Wednesday 29
-
At home--walked with dear Drum in the Snow--fed my bobbies--worked at my shirt--read M.
- Visconti's Catalogue of pictures &c
- in the Louvre.
+
At home--walked with dear Drum in the Snow--fed my bobbies--worked at my shirt--read M.
+ Visconti's Catalogue of pictures &c
+ in the Louvre.
Thursday 30
-
At home--heard from --went
- to Reading with Drum--called at Mr.
- Harris's, the Rowdens, Brookes, Marshes, Whites, Newbery's & Jolyffe's--came home to dinner--a very pleasant morning.
+
At home--heard from --went
+ to Reading with Drum--called at Mr.
+ Harris's, the Rowdens, Brookes, Marshes, Whites, Newbery's & Jolyffe's--came home to dinner--a very pleasant morning.
Friday 31
-
At home--Heard from Miss Webb--wrote to Mrs. Rowden & Heard from Miss Nooth--fed my Bobbies--tried a pattern upon some net--wrote to Mr. Haydon.
+
At home--Heard from Miss Webb--wrote to Mrs. Rowden & Heard from Miss Nooth--fed my Bobbies--tried a pattern upon some net--wrote to Mr. Haydon.
Gloss of Names Mentioned
Nature
-
+
-
+
beetroot
- type: species
@@ -368,29 +368,29 @@ beetroot
- type: family
-
Garden plant grown primarily for its edible roots, but also for its edible leaves,
+ Garden plant grown primarily for its edible roots, but also for its edible leaves,
sometimes known as chard or beet greens. Cultivated in the ancient world for food
and for medicinal use. Other important subspecies are sugar beet, grown to make table
- sugar, and mangelwurzel, an animal fodder crop.
+ sugar, and mangelwurzel, an animal fodder crop.
-
+
fir
-
One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
+ One of Mitford’s favorite trees.
Firs (Abies) are a genus of approximately fifty species of evergreen coniferous
trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North
and Central America, Europe,
Asia, and North Africa. Unlike
other conifers, firs bear erect cones that are raised above the branches like
- candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
+ candles; at maturity, the cones disintegrate to release winged seeds.
-
+
robin redbreast
- type: species
@@ -399,24 +399,24 @@ robin redbreast
-
Small songbird, native to Europe, now considered a type of Old World flycatcher. In
+ Small songbird, native to Europe, now considered a type of Old World flycatcher. In
Mitford's time, believed to be part of the thrush family, along with nightingales.
Not to be confused with the American robin, a new World thrush, this bird is sometimes
referred to as an English robin in North America. Frequently referenced in British folk tales and popular culture,
the bird became associated with the Christmas holiday in the mid-nineteenth century.
The bird's name derives from the male forename Robin or Robert, which led to nicknames
of Bob and Bobby. Robins in Great Britain are generally less wary of humans than their counterparts
- in continental Europe. Mitford calls the tame robins she feeds her bobbies.
+ in continental Europe. Mitford calls the tame robins she feeds her bobbies.
-
+
Places
Publications
Persons, Personas, and Characters
-
+
Barbara Wreaks Hofland
- Hofland Wreaks Barbara
@@ -424,23 +424,53 @@ Barbara Wreaks Hofland
- Richmond-on-Thames
-
Novelist and writer of children’s books popular in England and
+ Novelist and writer of children’s books popular in England and
America, Barbara Hofland was a native of Sheffield,
Yorkshire, where she published poems from July 1794 in the local
- newspaper, The Sheffield Iris. Her first
+ newspaper, The Sheffield Iris. Her first
marriage to Thomas Bradshawe Hoole left her widowed and in
poverty, raising a son, Frederic, on her own, and she supported herself by
publishing poems and children’s books, and by running a girl’s school in
Harrogate. second marriage was to the artist
- Thomas Christopher Hofland. (Source:
- ODNB)
+
Thomas Christopher Hofland. (Source:
+ ODNB)
-
-
-
-
+
+
Charles Dickinson
+
+ - Dickinson Charles
+ - Mr. Dickinson
+ - Pickwick Lodge, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
+ - Farley Hill, near Swallowfield, Berkshire, England
+
+
+
+
+
Friend of the Mitford family. He was the son of Vikris Dickinson and Elizabeth Marchant.
+ The Dickinson family were Quakers who lived in the vicinity of Bristol, Gloucestershire.
+ On August 3, 1807, he married Catherine Allingham at St Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield,
+ Berkshire, where their daughter Frances was born, and where the Mitfords visited them.
+ Charles Dickinson owned a private press he employed to print literary works by his
+ friends (See letters to Elford from March 13, 1819 and June 21, 1820). He wrote and
+ published an epic poem in sixty-six cantos, The Travels of Cyllenius, in 1795. Upon his uncle's death, Charles Dickinson inherited the considerable wealth
+ his extended family had amassed in the West Indies.
+
+
+
Mrs. Dickinson
+
+ - Catherine Allingham Dickinson
+ - Middlesex, England
+ - St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
+
+
Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
+ on August 2, 1807 at St. Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived in Swallowfield, Berkshire, where
+ their daughter Frances was born, and where they were visited by the Mitford family.
+ According to Mitford, Catherine Dickinson was fond of match-making among her friends
+ and acquaintances. (See
+ Mitford's February 8th, 1821 letter to Elford
+ . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source: L'Estrange).
-
+
George Mitford
- George Mitford Esq.
@@ -450,25 +480,25 @@ George Mitford
-
+
- Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
+
Father of Mary Rusell Mitford, George Mitford was the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. The family name is sometimes recorded as Midford. Immediate family called him by nicknames including Drum, Tod, and Dodo. He was a member of a minor branch of the Mitfords of Mitford Castle in Northumberland.
Although later sources would suggest that he was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh
medical school, there is no evidence that he obtained a medical degree and he did
- not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
+ not generally refer to himself as Dr. Mitford, preferring to style himself Esq.. In 1784, he is listed in a Hampshire directory as surgeon (medicine) of Alresford. His father and grandfather worked as apothecary-surgeons and it seems likely that
he served a medical apprenticeship with family members.
- He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
+
He married Mary Russell on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford; they later came to live
at Broad Street in New Alresford. Their only child to live to adulthood,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
+ Alresford, Hampshire. He assisted Mitford's literary career by representing her interests in London and elsewhere with theater
owners and publishers. He was active in Whig politics and later served as a local
- magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
+ magistrate. He coursed greyhounds with his friend James Webb.
-
+
-
+
Mitford
Russell
@@ -479,31 +509,31 @@
Ashe, Hampshire, England
Three Mile Cross, parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England
-
- Mary Russell was the youngest child of
- the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
+
+ Mary Russell was the youngest child of
+ the Rev. Dr. Richard Russell and
his second wife, Mary Dicker; she was born about 1750 in Ashe, Hampshire. (Her
birth date is as yet unverified; period sources indicate that she was ten years
older than her husband George, born in 1760.) Through the Russells, she was a
distant relation of the Dukes of Bedford (sixth creation, 1694). She had two
siblings, Charles William and Frances; both predeceased her and their parents,
- which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
+ which resulted in Mary Russell inheriting
her family’s entire estate upon her mother’s death in 1785. Her father’s rectory in Ashe was only a
short distance from Steventon, and so she was acquainted
- with the young Jane Austen. She married
- George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
+ with the young Jane Austen. She married
+ George Mitford or Midford on October 17, 1785 at New Alresford,
Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their
addresses as Old Alresford. Their only daughter,
- Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
+ Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years
later on December 16, 1787 at New
- Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
- Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
+ Alresford, Hampshire. Mary
+ Russell died on January 2, 1830 at
Three Mile Cross in the parish of Shinfield,
Berkshire. Her obituary in the 1830
New
- Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
+ Monthly Magazine gives New Year’s day as the date of her death.
-
+
John Johnson
- Johnson John Mr.
@@ -511,11 +541,11 @@ John Johnson
- Timothy Trueman
-
Friend who leaves his collection of political books to Northmore upon his death in 1821. Mitford helps his
- sister, Miss Johnson, sort out the
- books that are part of the estate, according to her letter of 1 July 1821. Lived at Seymour Court near Great Marlow before his death. Mitford reports meeting Mr. Johnson and Mr. Northmore for the first time in March 1819 in a letter to Elford. She describes him as one of those
+ Friend who leaves his collection of political books to Northmore upon his death in 1821. Mitford helps his
+ sister, Miss Johnson, sort out the
+ books that are part of the estate, according to her letter of 1 July 1821. Lived at Seymour Court near Great Marlow before his death. Mitford reports meeting Mr. Johnson and Mr. Northmore for the first time in March 1819 in a letter to Elford. She describes him as one of those
delightful old men that render age so charming--mild playful kind &
- wise--talking just as Isaac Walton would
+ wise--talking just as Isaac Walton would
have talked if we were to [have] gone out fishing with him.
The Gentleman’s
Magazine obituary lists his full name as John Johnson, esq. and gives his
@@ -526,11 +556,11 @@ John Johnson
under the signature of Timothy Trueman (381). The Monthly Repository of
Theology and General Literature 16 (1821), lists the same death date and notes
that he was author of various political letters and essays in Mr. B. Flower’s
- Political Register and other periodical works, under the signature of Timothy
+ Political Register and other periodical works, under the signature of Timothy
Trueman
- (314).
+ (314).
-
+
Sir William Elford
- Elford William Sir baronet Recorder for Plymouth Recorder for Totnes Member of Parliament
@@ -544,31 +574,31 @@ Sir William Elford
-
+
- According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
- Mitford’s father, and
- Mitford met him for the first time in the
+
According to L’Estrange, Sir William was first a friend of
+ Mitford’s father, and
+ Mitford met him for the first time in the
spring of 1810 when he was a widower nearing the
age of 64. They carried on a lively correspondence until his death
in 1837.
Elford worked as a banker at Plymouth Bank (Elford, Tingcombe and Purchase)
- in Plymouth, Devon, from its
+ in Plymouth, Devon, from its
founding in 1782. He was elected a member of
Parliament for Plymouth as a
- supporter of the government and Tory William
- Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
+ supporter of the government and Tory William
+ Pitt, and served from 1796 to 1806. After his election defeat
in Plymouth in 1806, he was elected member of Parliament for Rye and served
from July 1807 until his resignation in July 1808. For his service in
Parliament as a supporter of Pitt, he was made a baronet in 1800. After his
- son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
+ son Jonathan came of age, he tried to
secure a stable government post for him but never succeeded. Mayor of
Plymouth in 1796 and Recorder for Plymouth from 1797 to 1833, he was also
Recorder for Totnes from 1832 to 1834. Sir William served as an officer in
the South Devon militia from 1788, eventually attaining the rank of
- Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
- William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
+ Lieutenant Colonel; the unit saw active service in Ireland during the Peninsular Wars. Sir
+ William was a talented amateur painter in oils and watercolors
who exhibited at the Royal Society from 1774 to 1837; he
exhibited still lifes and portraits but preferred landscapes. He was elected
to the Royal Society Academy in 1790. He was also a
@@ -577,18 +607,18 @@
Sir William Elford
alternative to yeast.
He
- married his first wife, Mary Davies
+ married his first wife, Mary Davies
of Plympton, on January 20, 1776 and they had
- one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
- Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
- first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
- Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
+ one son, Jonathan, and two daughters,
+ Grace Chard and Elizabeth. After the death of his
+ first wife, he married Elizabeth Hall
+ Walrond, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Maine Swete
Walrond of the Coldstream Guards.
His
- only son Jonathan died in 1823, leaving him without an heir.
-
+ only son
Jonathan died in
1823, leaving him without an heir.
+
-
+
Alexander Baring, Baron Ashburton
- Baring Alexander 1st Baron Ashburton
@@ -600,20 +630,20 @@ Alexander Baring, Baron Ashburton
-
Influential financier, politician, and government official. Head of Baring Brothers,
+ Influential financier, politician, and government official. Head of Baring Brothers,
Merchants, which later operated as Barings Bank, which upon its collapse in 1995 was
Britain's oldest merchant bank. Barings also served as Member of Parliament for Taunton
and later, for North Essex, and as Master of the Mint, President of the Board of Trade,
and Ambassador to the United States. In 1842, as Ambassador, he was responsible for
the Ashburton Treaty, which delimited the frontiers between British North America
- and the USA.
+ and the USA.
-
+
-
+
Luigi Pulci
- Luigi Pulci
@@ -622,71 +652,56 @@ Luigi Pulci
-
Forentine poet, patronized by the Medici family.
+
Forentine poet, patronized by the Medici family.
-
+
-
-
Mrs. Dickinson
-
- - Catherine Allingham Dickinson
- - Middlesex, England
- - St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England
-
-
Catherine Allingham was the daughter of Thomas Allingham. She married Charles Dickinson
- on August 2, 1807 at St. Giles, South Mimms, Middlesex. They lived in Swallowfield, Berkshire, where
- their daughter Frances was born, and where they were visited by the Mitford family.
- According to Mitford, Catherine Dickinson was fond of match-making among her friends
- and acquaintances. (See
- Mitford's February 8th, 1821 letter to Elford
- . Her husband Charles died in 1827, when her daughter was seven. Source: L'Estrange).
-
-
+
-
+
Mary Webb
- Webb Mary Elizabeth
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
-
Close friend and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Webb was the daughter of James Webb. and Jane Elizabeth Ogbourn. Baptized on
+ Close friend and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Webb was the daughter of James Webb. and Jane Elizabeth Ogbourn. Baptized on
April 15, 1796 in Wokingham, Berkshire. Sister of
- Elizabeth (called Eliza) and Jane
- Eleanor Webb and niece of the elder Mary Webb,
- Aunt Mary. In
- Needham’s papers, he
+ Elizabeth (called Eliza) and Jane
+ Eleanor Webb and niece of the elder Mary Webb,
+ Aunt Mary. In
+ Needham’s papers, he
notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on
Broad street, presumably in Wokingham, Berkshire. She
was the wife of Thomas Hawkins as she is referred to thus in probate
papers of 1858 regarding the wills of her sister Eliza Webb Walter and her
- husband Henry Walter. Date of death unknown. More research needed.
+ husband Henry Walter. Date of death unknown. More research needed.
-
+
Lucy Sweetser Hill
- Hill Sweatser Lucy
- Stratfield Saye, Berkshire, England
-
Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
+ Beloved servant for twelve years in the Mitford
household who, on 7 August 1820 married
- Charles Hill. She is the basis for
- the title character in the Our Village story. Source:
- Needham Papers,
- Reading Central Library.
+
Charles Hill. She is the basis for
+ the title character in the
Our Village story. Source:
+
Needham Papers,
+ Reading Central Library.
-
+
Molly
-
Mitford's dog, whom she describes in a letter of 1820-11-27 as a pretty little Spaniel with long curling hair--so white & delicate & ladylike.
+
Mitford's dog, whom she describes in a letter of 1820-11-27 as a pretty little Spaniel with long curling hair--so white & delicate & ladylike.
-
+
Charles Fyshe Palmer
- Palmer Charles Fyshe
@@ -695,11 +710,11 @@ Charles Fyshe Palmer
- Wokingham, Berkshire, England
-
+
Charles Fyshe Palmer was the son of
Charles Fyshe Palmer and Lucy
- Jones. He married Lady Madelina Gordon Sinclair in 1805 at Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton,
+ Jones. He married Lady Madelina Gordon Sinclair in 1805 at Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton,
Herefordshire
. They lived at Luckley House, Wokingham,
Berkshire and at East Court, Finchampstead,
@@ -710,31 +725,31 @@ Charles Fyshe Palmer
House.
A Whig politician, Palmer began running for Parliament elections as the
- member for Reading
+ member for Reading
after 1816, and appears to have served off and
on in that role until 1841. He led the
Berkshire meetings to protest British government’s handling of the Peterloo Massacre in 1819. On March 16, 1820, Palmer ran for a seat in Parliament against
- two other candidates. The votes ran: John
- Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland(395 votes.) Mitford’s
- letters around this time indicate she much preferred his opponent J. B. Monck, and she had earlier satirized
+ two other candidates. The votes ran: John
+ Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland(395 votes.) Mitford’s
+ letters around this time indicate she much preferred his opponent J. B. Monck, and she had earlier satirized
Palmer in 1818 as 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
- the Billiard Club, in her letter to Talfourd of 31 August 1822
+ the Billiard Club, in her letter to Talfourd of 31 August 1822
. Mitford also mentions the ways that Palmer’s political opponents
sometimes undermined his Whig reformist positions by referencing the noble
- privileges (and money) he accrued by marrying the Lady Madelina Gordon in 1805.
-
+ privileges (and money) he accrued by marrying
the Lady Madelina Gordon in
1805.
+
-
+
-
+
John Milton
- John Milton
@@ -746,10 +761,10 @@ John Milton
-
English poet and polemical essayist who wrote in support of Parliamentary and Puritan
- causes, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667).
+
English poet and polemical essayist who wrote in support of Parliamentary and Puritan
+ causes, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667).
-
+
Elizabeth James
- Elizabeth Mary James
@@ -757,55 +772,55 @@ Elizabeth James
- Bath, Somerset, England
- 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey, England
-
Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
+ Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. Her father
died in 1818 and her mother in 1835. After her parents’ deaths, she lived with
her two younger sisters, Emily and Susan, in Green Park Buildings, Bath,
Walcot, Somerset; High Street, Mortlake, Surrey; and 3 Pembroke Villas,
- Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
+ Richmond, Surrey. According to Coles,
referring to Mitford’s diary, letters were also addressed to her at Bellevue,
Lower Road, Richmond (Coles 26). She was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond,
Surrey. In the 1841 census, she is listed as living on independent means; in the 1851
census, as landholder; in the 1861 census, she as railway
- shareholder.
+ shareholder.
-
+
Benjamin Robert Haydon, Jr.
- Haydon Benjamin Robert
- Plymouth, Devonshire, England
- London, England
-
Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
+ Benjamin Robert Haydon was a painter educated at the
Royal Academy, who was famous for
contemporary, historical, classical, biblical, and mythological scenes, though
- tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
- 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
+ tormented by financial difficulties. He painted William Wordsworth’s portrait in 1842. MRM was introduced to him at his London studio in the spring of
+ 1817, and Sir William Elford was a
mutual friend.
He
killed himself in 1846.
-
+
-