Site Index of Named Entities in the Digital Mitford Archive Digital Mitford Editors Elisa Beshero-Bondar Mary Russell Mitford Society: Digital Mitford Project University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Elisa Beshero-Bondar Data extraction and compiling by Elisa Beshero-Bondar Proofing and corrections by Elisa Beshero-Bondar Site Index for the Digital Mitford project. Date: 2017-10-15T11:00:33.309-04:00. Extracted by Elisa Beshero-Bondar. Count of all @xml:ids in the current file: 1527. First digital edition in TEI P5, launched on 19 August 2013. Digital Mitford: The Mary Russell Mitford Archive Greensburg, PA, USA 2013 Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License Any special notes on this text? (optional)

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Booth Alison Advisory Board University of Virginia Professor of English, Booth directs the Collective Biographies of Women (CBW) project at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities and Scholars’ Lab, with supported from the English Department, an ACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship, and an NEH Level II Startup Grant, Office of Digital Humanities. An annotated bibliography, led to a relational database of the more than 1200 books and 8000 persons represented in the 13,000 biographical chapters in those books. See . With a stand-aside XML schema, Biographical Elements and Structure Schema, the project team analyzes the narrative conventions of women’s biographies in documentary social networks, focusing on sample collections of types of personae. In 2015-2016, CBW collaborates with Social Networks in Archival Contexts to enhance access to archival records of women worldwide. Booth’s research on nineteenth-century transatlantic literary reception history includes a chapter on Mitford and women writers in the completed book, "Homes and Haunts: Visting Writers’ Shrines and Countries." Drayton Alexandra Ph.D. Consultant University of St Andrews One of the Digital Mitford project’s founding editors, Alexandra Drayton earned a Ph.D. from the University of St Andrews. She has consulted the team on prosopography details in letters encoding and the 1824 first edition of Our Village. Research interests include: representations of Gypsies in Romantic and Victorian literature and art, the picturesque and the work of Mary Russell Mitford. Algee-Hewitt Mark Consultant: Data Visualization Group Advisory Board Stanford Literary Lab Colombo Amy Editor Virginia Commonwealth University Gates Amy L. Ph.D. Editor Assistant Professor of English Missouri Southern State University Amy L. Gates is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Missouri Southern State University. Her teaching and research are centered around eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature, with a focus on British Romanticism. For the Digital Mitford project, she works on letters and is the editor of Mitford’s play Inez de Castro. Aymee Lynn Woody Woody Aymee Lynn Research Assistant University of Montevallo Aymee Lynn Woody received her Bachelor’s in English from the University of Montevallo in 2016. She is currently working towards her Master’s degree in Education at Montevallo and is slated to graduate in May of 2018. In her spare time, Aymee enjoys reading, writing, quilting, sewing, and embroidery. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Annie Gill Gill Annie Research Assistant University of Montevallo Annie Gill is a Theatre major and English minor at the University of Montevallo. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Stewart Brooke Ann Research Assistant Green Scholar, B. A. in English Literature, in progress (expected 2018) University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Brooke A. Stewart is a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a Digital Studies Certificate. Brooke is currently working on another digital archive that focuses on Emily Dickinson. Her project, Emily Dickinson , looks closely at Dickinson’s original poem manuscripts and compares them to published versions, which often differ in significant ways from Dickinson’s original work. Brooke is a member of the honor societies Phi Eta Sigma and Sigma Tau Delta, and she is an active participant in Habitat for Humanity on her campus. She is currently working as a research assistant on the Digital Mitford Project. Collins Younes Courtney Research Assistant State University of New York, Potsdam Courtney Younes Collins plans to graduate in 2017 with a B.A. in English: Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is working as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Fall 2017. She plans to go on to graduate work and teaching in Elementary Education. Bolton Carol Advisory Board Programme Director: English Loughborough University Parisian Catherine M. Consultant University of North Carolina Pembroke Catherine M. Parisian is a book historian and bibliographer whose research has focused on a a range of subjects including the first White House library, Frances Burney, Alice in Wonderland, and eighteenth-century book trade ledgers. She is an associate professor in the Department of English, Theatre, and Foreign Languages at UNC Pembroke, where she teaches principles of literary studies, women’s literature and composition. Cox Catherine S. Consultant University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown Catherine S Cox teaches at the University of Pittsburgh’s Johnstown campus, offering classes in biblical and medieval literature and culture, history of the English language, and contemporary critical theory, her areas of professional publication as well. She recently joined the Mitford project, which she sees as an exciting opportunity to create digital resources in a collaborative environment. Robinson David Consultant Grinnell College: Information Technology Birnbaum David J. Consultant: Data Visualization Group Advisory Board University of Pittsburgh Hitt Daniel Consultant University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Primary research interest: contemporary reception of 19th Century American authors, specifically Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe, by European readers. Other interests: issues in composition, the writing process, manuscripts, early short stories, Mitford’s connection to Hawthorne, and Dark Romanticism. Schierenbeck Daniel Editor Professor of English University of Central Missouri Daniel Schierenbeck has published essays on Romantic authors including Jane Austen, William Blake, Charles and Mary Lamb, Mary Mitford, Mary Shelley, and Jane West. He is currently at work on project that examines the impact of conservative religous discourse on the cultural politics and aesthetics of early ninteenth-century British literature. Saglia Diego Advisory Board Università degli Studi di Parma Beshero-Bondar Elisa Principal Investigator and Technical Coordinator Founding Editor Director, Center for the Digital Text and Associate Professor of English, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Elisa Beshero-Bondar organized the Digital Mitford project in the spring of 2013. She has written and maintains the project’s adapation of the TEI, and she manages the coding and programming involved in storing, publishing, and sharing the project’s editions and prosopography data. With Gregory Bondar, she has worked on photographing Mitford’s manuscripts at the Reading Central Library and the John Rylands Library, and she is involved in editing letters and plays, and in training editors and assistants in TEI XML and related coding and programming for the project at the Digital Mitford Coding School. Dr. Beshero-Bondar researches British Romanticism in poetry and drama from the 1790s - 1830s. Her book about women Romantic poets, Women, Epic, and Transition in British Romanticism, was published by the University of Delaware Press in 2011. Her published articles in ELH, Genre, Philological Quarterly, and The Wordsworth Circle investigate the poetry of Robert Southey, Mary Russell Mitford, and Lord Byron in context with 18th- and 19th-century views of revolution, world empires, natural sciences, and theater productions. An active member of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), she was elected to serve on from 2016 to 2017 on the TEI Technical Council, an eleven-member international committee that supervises amendments to the TEI Guidelines. Dr. Beshero-Bondar is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Digital Text at Pitt-Greensburg, where she helps coordinate a Digital Studies certificate program for undergraduates. Parsons Elaine Frantz Consultant Duquesne University Raisanen Elizabeth Ph.D. Drama Founding Editor University of Oregon Elizabeth Raisanen is the Director of Undergraduate Advising and an Instructor of Literature in the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. A specialist in the women writers of the British Romantic era, Elizabeth’s research interests also extend to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature, Romantic drama, and the Digital Humanities. She has presented papers on Mitford’s plays at the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, the Wordsworth Summer Conference, and the British Women Writer’s Conference, and her article on Mitford’s play Rienzi appeared in European Romantic Reviewin 2011 . Other essays on Romantic women writers have appeared (or are forthcoming) in Women’s Studies and an edited collection on Mary Wollstonecraft. Elizabeth has also taught undergraduate students how to transcribe, code, and conduct research on a collection of Mitford’s letters stored at Reading Central Library. Hood Eric Ph.D. Founding Editor Adrian College Eric Hood is an Assistant Professor at Adrian College and holds a PhD from the University of Kansas. He specializes in literary theory, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British poetry (particularly, the epic), and intellectual networks. Burwick Frederick Advisory Board University of California, Los Angeles Bondar Gregory Manuscript Archaeology Founding Editor Penn State University University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Greg Bondar has photographed over 800 of Mitford’s letters in the Reading Central Library, the John Rylands Library in Manchester, and elsewhere. He maintains the Digital Mitford project’s database documenting over 2700 individual letters and manuscripts. He teaches courses in Anthropology and Archaeology for Penn State Greater Allegheny and the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg campuses, and occasionally teaches Digital Humanities for Pitt. His research involves archaeological excavations at Tell Timai in Egypt, San Jose de Moro in Peru, and analyzing stone tools with Penn State’s nuclear reactor. While he has only been involved with Digital Humanities applications since 2013, he spent many years marking up ethnographic data in the mid-1990s. Price Jordan Research Assistant University of Montevallo Jordan Price earned his Bachelor’s in English at the University of Montevallo in May 2017. He is from Huntsville, Alabama. He worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Bawden John Ph.D Associate Professor of History Research Assistant University of Montevallo John Bawden is Associate Professor of History at the University of Montevallo. He teaches courses in various areas of Latin American History, as well as courses in Digital History. His publications have appeared in The Latinamericanist and The Journal of Latin American Studies. His book, The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century, was published by the University of Alabama Press in 2016. Fish Julie Research Assistant State University of New York, Potsdam Julie Fish plans to graduate in 2017 with a B.A. in English: Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is working as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Spring and Fall 2017. Her interests include bibliographical studies and book history, and she plans to pursue graduate studies in Library and Information Science. Rovira James Ph.D. Editor Tiffin University James Rovira teaches British literature, Creative Writing: Poetry, Creative Writing: Creative Non-Fiction, and Literary Theory at Tiffin University in Tiffin, OH. His research interests include William Blake, Søren Kierkegaard, British and Danish history and literature, poetry, and theory. His book, Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety is available in both hardcover and paperback from Bloomsbury/Continuum. He currently lives in the greater Columbus area with his wife Sheridan and his children Penn, Grace, and Zoe. Horanic Jonathan Michael Research Assistant Green Scholar, B.A. in English Literature, in progress (expected 2018) University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Jonathan M. Horanic is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English Literature with Secondary Education and History minors, and a Digital Studies Certificate at Pitt-Greensburg. He is currently working on another on-going digital archive that focuses on the curation and visulization of graveyard records at Brush Creek Cemetery in Irwin, PA. His project, theGraveyard , involves the collection and study of data collected from on-site gravestone inscriptions, burial records, and gravesite maps. Jonathan is a member of the international English honor society Sigma Tau Delta, and a research assistant on the Digital Mitford Project. Bourrier Karen Consultant University of Calgary Karen Bourrier is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. She is currently working on a biography and digital edition of the letters of best-selling Victorian novelist Dinah Mulock Craik. She is very pleased to be part of Digital Mitford. Donovan-Condron Kellie Ph.D. Founding Editor Poetry Adjunct Lecturer in Arts & Humanities Babson College Kellie Donovan-Condron is a Founding Editor and Poetry Section Editor for Digital Mitford. She writes primarily about the intersection of urban literature and the Gothic in the Romantic era. Her research interests are an interdisciplinary mix of literature, history, and material culture. Additional areas of particular interest include women’s writing, consumerism and consumption in literature, Southern Gothic, and questions about genre and social networking. In the summer of 2013, she was selected to be a summer scholar in the National Endowment for the Humanities seminar "Reassessing Romanticism." She is coding Mitford’s epic poem Blanch for the Digital Mitford Archive, and has co-authored with Elisa Beshero-Bondar an article analyzing Mitford’s correspondence network across her lifetime. Previously, she worked on a grant to digitize a collection of 17th- and 18th-century maps and ephemeral materials through the Tufts University Perseus Project. Wilson Lisa M. Managing Editor Bibliography and Correspondence Founding Editor State University of New York at Potsdam Lisa Wilson is Professor in the Department of English and Communication at SUNY Potsdam, where she has taught since 2005. She is also the Director of interdisciplinary Learning Communities for the campus, and currently serves as Chair of Faculty Senate. Her areas of interest include transatlantic Romantic and Victorian era literature, particularly women’s writing and popular forms such as the Gothic novel and the literary ballad. She is also interested in book history and bibliographical studies, particularly in the study of authorship in the long nineteenth century (1780-1900). She has published in European Romantic Review, Romanticism on the Net (now RaVon), Romantic Circles, Romantic Textualities, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a monograph on Romantic-period authorship and literary celebrity. Her work on Digital Mitford thus far includes editing and coding Mitford’s “Introduction” to her collected Dramatic Works (1854), a critical memoir that recounts the author’s influences and experiences at Covent Garden and Drury Lane in the 1820s and 30s. It also includes researching Mitford’s publication history for the site’s working bibliography, particularly tracking the migration of Mitford’s stories from their first publication to their later reappearances in collections and periodicals. A Founding Editor of Digital Mitford, she and her team of student research assistants have been at work since 2013 on transcribing, coding, and researching Mitford’s letters from 1819 to the early 1820s. Hughes Megan Abigail Consultant Green Scholar, B.A. in English Literature and English Writing, Minor: Visual and Performing Arts University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg M.F.A. in progress Loyola Marymount University Megan Hughes was Elisa Beshero-Bondar’s Green Scholar (or research assistant) before she graduated from Pitt-Greensburg in 2014. She is studying and pursuing a career in screen writing for television at Loyola Marymount University. Creech Melinda Consultant Graduate Assistant Baylor University PhD in progress at Baylor University, Graduate Assistant at the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University O’Donnell Molly C. Editor University of Nevada, Las Vegas Molly O’Donnell is the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, President’s Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. She has recently contributed to Victoriographies and the Norton Anthology, and was formerly associate faculty at Notre Dame of Maryland University. Her dissertation uses contemporary sociolinguistics to examine the nineteenth-century tales novel as a useful mode for exploration in the areas of genre, narrative, and gender studies. Zimmer Mary Erica Consultant: Data Visualization Group Editorial Institute, Boston University Mary Erica Zimmer comes to Digital Mitford through her interests in scholarly editing, data visualization, textual scholarship, literary influence, and media change. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Editorial Studies at Boston University’s Editorial Institute and is also associated with several projects through the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Early Modern Digital Agendas group (). Klamer Melissa Editor Ph.D. English in progress, expected 2018.Michigan State University Melissa Klamer is a Ph.D. student in English at Michigan State University, and is currently a Research Assistant working with MATRIX: Center for the Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. Her research focuses on Victorian women’s life writing, particularly letters and diaries. Smith Martha Nell Advisory Board University of Maryland The founding Director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, or MITH, Martha Nell Smith is Professor of English and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland. She has published and contributed extensively to print and digital textual scholarship of Emily Dickinson and her circle, especially Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson. She launched the Dickinson Electronic Archives in 1997 and with Lara Vetter she is developing Emily Dickinson’s Correspondences: A Born-Digital Textual Inquiry. Murray M. Stephanie Consultant Carnegie Mellon University Joukovsky Nicholas Advisory Board Penn State University Allard Olivia Research Assistant B. A. in Communication, in progress (expected 2017) State University of New York at Potsdam Olivia Allard expects to graduate in 2017 with a B.A. in Communication from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is also completing a minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. She has worked as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant since Spring 2015. In fall 2015, she wrote a book history of Mitford’s 1824 Our Village as a final project for Dr. Wilson’s undergraduate course in Victorian literature. Duck Patricia M. Advisory Board University of Pittsburgh Reed Quinton A. Research Assistant Consultant University of Montevallo Quinton Reed is an alumnus of the University of Montevallo, where he attended from 2013 to 2017. He currently serves as the editor for Gold Orchid Publishing in Ceredigion, Wales, and is a freelance editor and copywriter in Portland, Oregon. His areas of interest include psychoanalytical and disability studies, particularly in postmodern literature, as well as Gothic and dystopian literature. He is also interested in the life sciences, particularly zoology and anatomy, and the significance of animals and illness in literature. He worked on the Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017, and continues to assist the project in a consulting role. Parker Rebecca Jeanne Editor Loyola University Chicago Rebecca Parker is pursuing an M.A. in Digital Humanities at Loyola University in Chicago. She graduated with a B.A. in English Literature and Social Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, where she has worked as an assistant for the Center for the Digital Text. She is currently working on a digital archive of her own. Her project, The Restoration of Nell Nelson, started in spring 2014 as research for her capstone thesis in history. The Nell Nelson archive intends to restore the importance of a female investigative reporter that exposed the harmful effects of industrialization in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century. Parker’s interest in Digital Humanities stemmed from her involvement on the Digital Mitford Project working as Dr. Beshero-Bondar’s Green Scholar. She is helping to prepare a digital edition of Mary Russell Mitford’s journal of 1819-1823. Nesvet Rebecca Ph.D. Founding Editor Assistant Professor of English University of Wisconsin, Green Bay Rebecca Nesvet’s other digital humanities projects include the general editorship of a student-produced edition of James Malcolm Rymer’s <hi rend="italic">The String of Pearls, or the Barber of Fleet-street</hi> (1850), the first complete documentary edition of this source of the legend of Sweeney Todd; and <hi rend="italic">Science and Art, a Farce</hi> , by Malcolm Rymer (1820), edited by James Malcolm Rymer (1842), in Scholarly Editing: The Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing 38 (2017). Nesvet’s research on James Malcolm Rymer, Romanticism, travel literature, and drama appears in the Keats-Shelley Journal, Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism, Notes and Queries, Studies in Travel Writing, Women’s Writing, The Review of English Studies, Literature Compass, Shakespearean International Yearbook, and, in Romania, American, British, and Canadian Studies. She won the International Conference on Romanticism’s 2012 Lore Metzger Award for the best graduate paper. She is a Founding Editor for Digital Mitford. Sylvan Baker Baker Sylvan Research Assistant University of Montevallo Sylvan Baker graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Montevallo in May 2017, and will be attending the University of Nevada-Reno for graduate school in the fall. Before attending Montevallo, Sylvan spent a year and a half in Ireland with her mom (who thankfully is living back here in the US now), and she gained a lot of cultural knowledge and a love for the Irish countryside. At UM, she found a love for studying nature and the environment in texts, especially in Romantic texts. She has thoroughly enjoyed the Lake Poets and Mitford’s connections to the natural landscape in "Our Village.” She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Susannah Ritchey Ritchey Susannah Research Assistant University of Montevallo Originally from Maylene, Alabama, Susannah Ritchey earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Montevallo in May 2017, with a major in English and a minor in History. She plans to attend graduate school to specialize in Restoration literature. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Webb Samantha Ph.D Professor of English Founding Editor Fiction University of Montevallo Samantha Webb is Professor of English, specializing in British Romantic literature, with a particular focus on the intersection of food, agricultural politics, and ecology. She has published in The European Romantic Review, Romanticism, Essays in Romanticism, and elsewhere. At the University of Montevallo, she teaches courses in British Romantic literature, children’s literature, folk and fairy tales, and global literature. She is a Founding Editor and Fiction Section Editor for Digital Mitford. Cantwell Sara Consultant B.F.A. in Creative Writing, completed 2014. M. A. in English and Communication, completed 2017. State University of New York, Potsdam Sara Cantwell received her B.F.A. in Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Potsdam in May 2014. She specializes in the writing of poetry and creative non-fiction. In fall 2015, she began work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam and joined the Digital Mitford project as a Research Assistant. She completed her M.A. thesis in 2017, which included a book history and analysis of the later poetry of Jorie Graham. In Fall 2017, she joins the Department of English and Communication at SUNY Potsdam as an Adjunct Instructor and continues on Digital Mitford as an Editor. She continues to work on Mitford’s 1827 sonnets, her self-representation as a creative writer, and her representation and appropriation in contemporary culture. Garrett Shekneko Research Assistant University of Montevallo Shekneko Garrett is pursuing a Master’s degree in Secondary Education in English at the University of Montevallo, after earning her undergraduate degree in English from Talladega College in May 2013. She aspires to become a teacher, and to coach basketball, softball, volleyball, or cheerleading. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Sara Perry Perry Sara Research Assistant University of Montevallo Sara Perry is an English major and Game Studies and Design minor at the University of Montevallo, hailing from the tiny town of Deatsville, Alabama. She has a passion for reading, crafts, and games, and plans on pursuing a career in game design after graduation. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Courtney Shawntel Research Assistant State University of New York, Potsdam Shawntel Courtney plans to graduate in 2018 with a B.A. in English: Writing and a minor in Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is working as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018. Her interests include scholarly editing and British and American fiction of the Romantic period. Triplette Stacey Ph.D. Consultant Assistant Professor of Spanish and French University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Stacey Triplette, Assistant Professor of Spanish and French at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the literature of medieval and early modern Spain, France, and England. Her articles have been published in Cervantes and Bulletin of Spanish Studies, and she has forthcoming essays in La corónica and an edited volume titled Connecting Past and Present: Exploring the Influence of the Spanish Golden Age in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries. She is currently working on a book titled Reading Chivalry in Spain, England, and France, which explores the influence of Amadís de Gaula and other medieval chivalric works on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writers including Miguel de Cervantes, Beatriz Bernal, Ana Caro, Nicholas de Hebreray, and Mary Wroth. Lombardi Thomas Consultant: Data Visualization Group Washington and Jefferson College Beck Temani Research Assistant University of Montevallo Temani Beck is completing her Master’s degree in Education at the University of Montevallo. She worked on the Digital Mitford Archive while enrolled in Samantha Webb’s Digital Romanticism course in Spring 2017. Archives Holding Mitford’s Papers Baylor University, Armstrong Browning Library Holds 3 letters, among correspondence written and received by the Victorian poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Featuring materials from the collection of the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University and the holdings of Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Berkshire Record Office Holds 11 letters, as well as transcripts of Mitford papers--possibly of material at the Huntingdon. The majority of the letters in this collection are addressed to William Cox Bennett, and one to Chorley. British Library Holds around 125 letters, as well as manuscripts of Mitford’s plays submitted to the Examiner’s Office after 1825, including Charles I, Foscari, Rienzi, Inez de Castro, and Sadak and Kalasrade. Boston Public Library Holds 17 letters. Cambridge University: Fitzwilliam Museum ? No record at the Cambridge FW library archive. National Archives lists that they hold "1841-6: letters (34) from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Duke University Rubenstein Library Holds unspecified quantity of letters from MRM to Sir John Easthope, from 1807 to 1846. Eton College ? No record found at library, but National Archives lists they hold letters from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Florida State University Special Collections Holds 4 letters from MRM to unspecified recipients. The Women’s Library, Glasgow 2 letters from MRM, 1835 and 1852. Houghton Library, Harvard Holds over 300 letters, including letters from Benjamin Robert Haydon to MRM, as well as MRM to various recipients including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thomas William Parsons, James Thomas Fields, Thomas Noon Talfourd, and William Cox Bennett. Some transcriptions of these letters may be at the Berkshire Records Office. Huntington Library Holds over 252 letters of MRM spanning 1821 to 1855, including letters to Francis Bennoch from 1837 to 1855. University of Iowa Special Collections Possibly 50 letters here, both from and to MRM, including letters from Francis Bennoch and Thomas Noon Talfourd. Massachusetts Historical Society 10 letters from Catherine Maria Sedgwick to MRM, apparently in microfilm. New York Public Library 74 letters in 4 collections here, spanning 1814 to 1854. 70 letters in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature are described as "a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, and portraits of the author." 10 letters in the Pforzheimer Collection, to William Cox Bennett, to Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (a memorial to Amelia Opie), and to Abraham Hayward. Oxford University, Balliol College Archives 2 letters from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to MRM. Oxford University, Bodleian Library 83 letters from MRM to Thomas Noon Talfourd. Reading Central Library The principal archive of Mary Russell Mitford’s personal papers and related documents, holding approximately 1,000 manuscripts and a nearly comprehensive collection of her publications. John Ruskin Library, Lancaster Holds 11 letters from John James Ruskin to MRM, written between 1848 and 1854. The John Rylands Library The John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester holds 180 of Mitford’s letters from 1821 to 1843, including most of her correspondence to Thomas Noon Talfourd. National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections ? No record found at this library, but the National Archives lists letters from MRM to Blackwoods magazine, spanning 1826 to 1854. Check the Location Register of English Literary Manuscripts. University of Texas, Ransom Center 1 letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning. University of Reading Special Collections Something may be here, but there’s an apparently erroneous National Archives listing of 800 letters from MRM to Sir William Elford spanning 1806 to 1855. Possibly these are actually at Reading Central Library. University of Virginia Special Collections 20+ letters from MRM to various recipients including William Cox Bennet and Frances Trollope. Letters to MRM from Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Francis Trollope, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library, Special Collections Robert Browning’s letters to Elizabeth Barrett, presumably some of which mention MRM. Wordsworth Trust 14 letters from MRM, spanning 1825 to 1843, 13 of which are to Francis Wrangham and 1 to Captain Osbaldeston. Yale University, Beineke Library Two collections: The first contains 119 letters spanning 1817 to 1851, from MRM to Charles Boner (19 letters, 1845-1849), to Barbara Hofland (42 letters, 1817-1838), Mrs. William Edwards Partridge, née L. O. H. Anderdon (57 letters, 1837-1851). The second collection contains letters from MRM to various recipients on Our Village, as well as manuscripts of poems and drama.
Parker Ashante Research Assistant B. A. in Literature/Writing and in Communication, completed 2015. State University of New York at Potsdam Ashante Parker graduated in December 2015 with a B.A., majoring in both in Literature/Writing and in Communication from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She began work as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Fall 2015, tasked with researching and developing Site Index entries. Calderwood Austin Research Assistant M. A. in English and Communication, in progress 2015. State University of New York, Potsdam Austin Calderwood is at work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam. As part of Dr. Wilson’s Fall 2015 graduate course, "Book History in a Digital Age," he worked on a class project to edit the sonnets from Mitford’s Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems (1827). Murray Chelsie Research Assistant M. A. in English & Communication, 2013 State University of New York, Potsdam Chelsie Murray received her B.A. in Psychology and her M.A. in English & Communication from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She completed her M.A. in 2013; her thesis focused on the book and reception history of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden and The Little Princess . She worked as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Summer 2013, writing some of the earliest Site Index entries to emerge from the editing of the Introduction to Mitford’s Dramatic Works. LaSalle Corie Research Assistant M. A. in English and Communication, in progress 2015. State University of New York, Potsdam Corie LaSalle is at work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam. As part of Dr. Wilson’s Fall 2015 graduate course, "Book History in a Digital Age," she worked on a class project to edit the sonnets from Mitford’s Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems (1827). Huang Chi-Ya Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Chi-Ya Huang was studying psychology in UCLA. She also worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Beckman Ella Research Assistant UCLA Ella Beckman is an undergraduate at UCLA and plans to graduate in 2017. She is a native of Sacramento and is double majoring in Political Science and Spanish. After she graduates, she plans to attend law school and to one day become a public defender. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Amos Gracia Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Gracia Amos was a fourth year undergraduate at UCLA, finishing a degree in English with a concentration in poetry. Her areas of interest include mythology, intermedia, critical theory, and postmodern poetry. She has been a poetry editor for Westwind, UCLA’s journal of the literary arts, and currently publishes a zine with LA-based artists’ collective which she co-founded, Nothing New Publications. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Lown Hailey Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Hailey Lown was a third year transfer student at UCLA. She is originally from the state of Maryland. Hailey is an English major, concentrating on British literature and the classics. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Long Heather Research Assistant State University of New York, Potsdam Sarsfield Heather Consultant B.A., English Literature, completed 2014State University of New York at Potsdam M.A., Gaelic Studies, started Fall 2017University of Cork Heather Sarsfield received her BA in English Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam in December 2014; she worked on the Digital Mitford project as a Research Assistant from Fall 2013 to Fall 2014. Her undergraduate honors thesis in English focused on Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan, a contemporary of Mary Russell Mitford. In fall 2017, she begins a M.A. in Gaelic Studies at the University of Cork, and returns to Digital Mitford as an Editor. Burwell Jaime Breanna Research Assistant M.A. in English & Communication, in progress State University of New York, Potsdam M.L.S., completed 2015 University at Buffalo Jaime Burwell is a native of northern New York. She received her B.A. in English Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam in 2011 and completed an M.L.S. from the University at Buffalo in 2015. She is also at work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam; her M.A. thesis focuses on the changing reception of early eighteenth-century novelist and playwright Eliza Haywood. Jaime has worked on the Digital Mitford project since 2014. She is particularly interested in British women’s authorship and reception during the long eighteenth century, and has given scholarly presentations on Mitford’s reception and on the representation of 18th- and 19th-century British women’s writing in online archives. Murphy Kristen Research Assistant M. A. in English and Communication, in progress 2015. State University of New York, Potsdam Kristen Murphy is at work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam. As part of Dr. Wilson’s Fall 2015 graduate course, "Book History in a Digital Age," she worked on a class project to edit the sonnets from Mitford’s Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems (1827). Kohli Mehaque Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Mehaque Kohli was a fourth year International Development Studies major at UCLA. She is originally from New Delhi, India, where she was born and completed her high school education. After graduation she hopes to work with the UN and start her own nonprofit in India someday. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Paine Margo Research Assistant B.A., Literature/Writing & Secondary English Education, completed 2015. State University of New York, Potsdam Margo Paine graduated in May 2015 from the State University of New York at Potsdam with her B.A. in Literature/Writing and Secondary English Education. She worked with the Digital Mitford Project during Fall 2014. LoRusso Natalie Claire Consultant B.A., English: Literature, 2015 State University of New York at Potsdam M.L.I.S, 2017 Syracuse University Natalie LoRusso graduated in May 2015 with a B.A. in English Literature from the State University of New York at Potsdam; she also completed minors in Classical Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. She worked as a Research Assistant on Digital Mitford from Spring 2014 to Spring 2015. She completed a Master’s in library and information science at Syracuse University in 2017 and returns to Digital Mitford as an Editor.

Hebert Nathaniel Research Assistant B. A. in Literature/Writing and in Communication, completed 2015. State University of New York at Potsdam Nathan Hebert graduated in December 2015 with a B.A., majoring in both in Literature/Writing and in Communication from the State University of New York at Potsdam. He worked as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Fall 2015, tasked with researching and developing Site Index entries. Sasu Perdita Research Assistant B. A. in Communication, in progress (expected 2016) State University of New York at Potsdam Perdita Sasu graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in Communication from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She began work as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Fall 2015, tasked with documenting the physical copies of Mitford’s works in Dr. Wilson’s collection. Tang Rebecca Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Rebecca Tang was a fourth-year student at UCLA, majoring in English with a particular interest in 19th-century Romantic poetry. Interested in archival work, she was drawn to the Digital Mitford project in order to learn more about the editing and coding process. After graduation, Rebecca hopes to go into the editing and publishing business for book and magazine companies. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Harnish Tracy Lynn Research Assistant B.F.A. in Creative Writing, completed 2014. M. A. in English and Communication, in progress 2016. State University of New York, Potsdam Tracy Harnish is a native of northern New York. She received her B.F.A. in Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Potsdam in May 2014. She specializes in the writing of creative non-fiction and of historical screenplays. She is at work on an M.A. in English and Communication from SUNY Potsdam; her M.A. thesis focuses on the changing reception of the story of Olive Oatman, a woman held captive and tattooed by Native American tribes in the American West in the 1850s. Tracy has worked on the Digital Mitford project from Fall 2013 to Fall 2015. She presented with Dr. Wilson on Digital Mitford at the 2015 EC/ASECS meeting in West Chester, PA. Hays Toni Research Assistant UCLA In 2014, Toni Hays was a student at UCLA, majoring in English Literature with a particular focus on aestheic theory. She is particularly interested in the application of aesthetic theory to British literature of the late Victorian and Modernist periods. She believes in a holistic approach to literature where one combines an understanding of context and content to inform critical analysis. She is also commited to the provision and accessiblity of scholarly research. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Barr William Research Assistant B.A. in History, English Literature, & Sociology, in progress (expected 2016) State University of New York at Potsdam William Barr is a transfer student who expects to graduate in 2016 with a B.A. in English Literature, History, and Sociology from the State University of New York at Potsdam. He worked on Digital Mitford in Fall 2014. Sainbert Wilmina Research Assistant B. A. in Literature/Writing, completed 2016 State University of New York at Potsdam Wilmina Sainbert graduated in 2016 with a B.A. in Literature/Writing from the State University of New York at Potsdam. She is from Valley Stream, New York, and plans to begin graduate study in the teaching of English as a second language. She worked as a Digital Mitford Research Assistant in Spring and Summer 2015. Xiong Robin Research Assistant UCLA Robin Xiong is Xiong Junwen from China. In 2014, she was an undergraduate student in UCLA majoring in Pre-Asian Studies. Robin loves movies and photography. She worked on Digital Mitford in 2014. Coles William Allan Wrote his PhD Dissertation to the Dept. of English at Harvard University of August 1956 as an edition of the correspondence of Mary Russell Mitford and Thomas Noon Talfourd, representing parts of the collections at the John Rylands Library and the Harvard and Yale special collections. Coles taught at the University of Virginiauntil 1958, when he moved to the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He corresponded extensively with Francis Needhamin the 1950s, during the course of which they exchanged research on contextual information, and shared transcriptions of Mitford’s letters. Some of Coles’s letters are preserved among Needham’s papers, held at the Reading Central Library . William Harness near Wickham, Hampshire the deanery at Battle literary religious

A lifelong friend of Mary Russell Mitford who knew her from their childhood in the 1790s, Harness launched the first major effort to collect and edit Mitford’s letters into a series of volumes, which was completed by his assistant, Alfred Guy Kingan L’Estrange a year after Harness’s death, and published as The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, Related in a Selection from her Letters to her Friends. This collection was originally intended to be six volumes, but was cut back to three by the publishers, to Harness’s distress.

Harness and Byron were also friends from their schooling at Harrow, as Byron sympathized with Harness’s experience of a disabled foot, crushed in an accident in early childhood. Byron considered dedicating the first two cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage to Harness, but refrained so as not to taint Harness’s reputation as he was taking orders as an Anglican curate. Harness admired and encouraged Mitford’s playwrighting in particular, and she commented that he was one of the few of her friends who thought she should prioritize the drama over prose. When William Macready was attacked in an anonymous Blackwood’s Magazine piece in 1825 for his demands and rudeness to Mitford over revisions to Rienzi, Macready assumed that Harness was the author of the anonymous piece, though in 1839 after many years of distance, Harness assured Macready in person that he was not the writer, though he may have shared word of the poor treatment his friend had endured.

William Harness was born on March 14, 1790 in Wickham, Berkshire to John Harness, M.D. and Sarah Dredge; he was baptized at Whitchurch, Hampshire on April 13, 1790. He received his B.A. in 1812 and his M.A. in 1816 from Christ’s College, Cambridge. He served as curate at Kelmeston, Hampshire (1812) and Dorking (1814-1816). He was preacher at Trinity Chapel, Conduit Stree, London and minister and lecturer at St. Anne’s in Soho. He was Boyle lecturer in London (1822) and was curate at Hampstead from 1828 to 1844. In 1825, he published an eight-volume edition of Shakespeare, including a biography; his friends would later endow a prize in his name at Cambridge for the study of Shakespearean literature. He also authored numerous essays and reviews, some for the Quarterly Review. From 1844 to 1847 he was minister of Brompton Chapel in London. He undertook to raise the funds to build the church of All Saints, Knightsbridge, in the parish of St. Margaret’s Westminster, which opened in 1849, and became perpetual curate of that congregation. At the 1851 and 1861 censuses, he lived at 3 Hyde Park Terrace, Westminster St. Margaret, Middlesex, with his sister Mary Harness and his first cousin Jemima Harness, daughter of his uncle William. He died on November 11, 1869 while on a visit to one of his former curates in Battle, Sussex. At the time of his death he living at the same address at 3 Hyde Park Terrace; he is buried in Bath.

[Sources: Duncan-Jones, Miss Mitford and Mr. Harness (1955). Lord Byron and His Times: ] L’Estrange Alfred Guy Kingan L’Estrange was a curate working for William Harness, and assisted him with the first edition of Mary Russell Mitford’s letters until Harness’s death, at which point L’Estrange took over the editing and produced the collection of letters as the three-volume The Life of Mary Russell Mitford under his own name. [Sources: Frances Needham’s notes on Mitford’s papers and the Harness/L’Estrange edition. VIAF ] Needham Francis R Francis R. Needham was librarian and secretary to the Duke Wellington (based at Stratfield Saye in Hampshire). He was a passionate Mitfordian and worked tirelessly to try and collect Mitford’s letters. He corresponded with W. A. Coles and W. J. Roberts, two Mitford biographers, and may have also corresponded with Vera Watson, the most reliable of Mitford’s biographer. He attempted to set up a Mitford Society and is largely responsible for the Mitford collection at Reading Central Library unknown Someone, apparently other than Mitford, who occasionally left notes in a spidery thin hand to explain or document details in Mitford’s letters in the margins of her pages, noted in the manuscripts held at Reading Central Library. This may be William Harness or A. G. L’Estrange. unknown Someone, apparently other than Mitford who left grey pencil marks on her letters now in the Reading Central Library’s collection, apparently to catalog the letters. unknown Someone, apparently other than Mitford, perhaps cataloging letters and describing them, who left grey pencil marks on her letters now in the The John Rylands Library collection. unknown Someone, apparently other than Mitford, perhaps cataloging letters and describing them, who left red crayon marks on her letters now in the Reading Central Library’s collection. Roberts William James literary biographer Early twentieth-century Mitford biographer and author of Mary Russell Mitford: The Tragedy of a Blue Stocking. He corresponded with Francis Needham while compiling his biography; some of that correspondence is preserved among the latter’s own papers held at the Reading Central Library. Watson Vera Early Mitford critic and author of the biography Mary Russell Mitford Scholar
Organizations Relevant to Mitford’s World Americans people of the former British colonies recently become the United States in Mitford’s day, or more generally of North America. Billiard Club A club that George Mitford and perhaps Mr. Palmer are members of. House of Bourbon . Dynasty that ruled France from 1589-1792 and 1814-30. Cavaliers . Colloquialism for the Monarchist faction in the English Civil Wars (1642-51). Court of Chancery Court founded in Norman England, adjudicating equity cases with a tradition of leniency. This court had powers to cancel debts in cases of poverty. Church of England . The English national church, generally adhering to the Anglican (Protestant) Communion since the reign of Henry III. Clarendon Press the Cockney School Satirical term coined by an anonymous Blackwood’s article of October 1817 targeting a circle of intellectuals, writers, and artists specifically including John Keats, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, and Benjamin Robert Haydon. Court of King’s Bench One of the high courts of England that heard both criminal and civil cases. Located in Westminster Hall since 1318. For detailed historical information, see Wikipedia entry. Drover family A family who, according to Francis Needham’s notes, lived on Minster Street. Eton College Boarding school for boys, located in Eton, Berkshire. Hampden Club Radical men’s political clubs founded by Major John Cartwright, Mr. Johnson andThomas Northmore. They were intended to bring together middle-class reformers with working-class radicals in order to achieve reformist aims such as universal male suffrage. High Court of Justice Commissioners of the High Court of Justice Commissioners . The Commissioners of the High Court of Justice tried Charles I for treason. Those who convicted him and signed the death warrant were subsequently termed the Regicides[See Britannica.] Holland House circle Holland House set At this time, Holland House in Kensington was the home of Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland, Whig politician. His house became a center for liberal and Whig politicians, writers, and artists. In 1813, Mitford dedicated her Narrative Poems on the Female Character to <persName ref="#Fox_HRV">Lord Holland</persName> . See Coles, #16, p. 92, note 4. House of Commons . The "lower" house of the bicameral Parliament, the Commons was established in the mid-thirteenth century. House of Lords In Mitford’s time, the "upper" house of the bicameral Parliament of Great Britain. Italians People from Italy The Society of Jesus A male religious congregation of the Catholic Church. Their missionary efforts between the 16th and 17th centuries played a significant role in the transmission of knowledge and culture between China and the West. the Kembles Marylebone Cricket Club Founded in Londonin 1787, the Marylebone Cricket Club ("MCC") is still in existence today. It owns and has been based at Lord’s Cricket Ground in St John’s Wood, London since 1814. It was formerly the governing body for cricket worldwide, as well as in England and Wales, and retains the copyright for the Laws of Cricket, first published in 1788. House of Medici Dynasty that ruled various Italian territories from 1434 to 1737, excepting in 1494-1512 and 1527-30, and also provided France with several queens. Minerva Press Press operated by William Lane from 1790 to 1820. Minerva Press was a major publisher of Gothic novels and other popular fiction. Mitford Mary Russell Mitford and her parents, and members of her household. Mr.and Mrs.Mitford the Moncks, family of John Berkeley Monck Members of Parliament New Model Army Parliamentary army founded in 1645; victor in the English Civil War. Palmerite Supporter of Charles Fyshe Palmer in the Reading elections of March 16, 1820. the Parfitt’s Parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; supreme legislative body in England. Court of Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII and his Cardinals, from 1800 to 1823. The court was driven to exile in Savona between 1809 and 1813, but restored to Rome after a treaty with Napoleon. Prelacy Prelates . Colloquially, the Archbishops and bishops of the Church of England. [See Britannica.] the Presybterian faction Peace Party Faction in Parliament during the English Civil War which sought peace and negotiation with King Charles I. Its members were not all Presbyterian by religious persuasion, but they sought support for Presbyterianism as a state sanctioned church. They were opposed by the Independents and leaders of the New Model Army. [Source: BCW Project] Privy Council . Councillors to the British king or queen. Richmond Coach or Stage Royal Academy of Arts The private arts institution The Royal Academy of Arts was founded by George III on 10 December 1768, at the behest of architect Sir William Chambers. Chambers and other artists and architects sought to establish a British national "society for promoting the Arts of Design," a society that would sponsor an annual exhibition (later the Summer Exhibition) as well as a School of Design (later the Royal Academy Schools.) Thirty-four founding members were elected; today, the society elects no more than 80 members at one time as Royal Academicians (Members of the Royal Academy, RA). During Mitford’s time, the Royal Academy was housed at Somerset House, a building designed and built by Chambers beginning in 1776 and likely not completed until after 1819. The institution moved to Trafalgar Square in the 1830s, to share space with the newly-founded National Gallery, and remained there until 1867. Mitford’s friend and correspondent Benjamin Robert Haydon, was a Member of the Royal Academy. the people of Scotland Scotch Scots Scotchmen Scriblerus Club Scriblerians London organization of prominent writers, including Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Henry Fielding, John Arbuthnot, and John Gay among others. The Scriblerians organized in 1715 and disbanded in 1745 after the deaths of its founders, Pope and Swift. The club’s various members often wrote under "Scriblerus" pseudonyms. Slade Mitford mentions the Slades in her letter to Thomas Noon Talfourd of June 21, 1821, as distant relatives involved in a court case over the execution of their father’s will, a case taken on by Talfourd, and which was settled before it got to a jury. William Colesinquires for information about them in a letter to Needham. He cites an article that appeared in the Reading Mercury on July 7, 1822. Source: Unpublished letter from William Coles to Needham, January 20, 1958, Reading Central Library . Taylor and Hessey London publishers at 93 Fleet Street, began around 1819. The firm included John Taylor and J. A. Hessey Tory Party Conservative Party

Originally, a 17th-century insulting nickname for those who supported James II’s right to the throne of England, even though he was Catholic. The term connoted "Irish Catholic outlaw." The term was adopted by the party, which became generally affiliated with the interests of the country gentry, Anglicanism, and support of the divine right of kings. The party was loosely affiliated until the late 18th century, when William Pitt the Younger emerged as the leader of a revitalized party. The Conservative Party, founded in 1834 by Sir Robert Peel, absorbed and organized the Tory Party and retained the party nickname.

 Twickenham Coach or Stage Valpy the Valpys Dr. Richard Valpy and his family, including his first and second wife, his daughters, including Penelope and Catherine one or more of whom were friends with with Mary Russell Mitford, and his sons, including John Valpy. Webb A family in Wokingham connected with a brewery there, frequent correspondents with Mary Russell Mitford in the 1810s and 1820s. Weylandite Weyland supporter; On March 16, 1820, an election in Reading was held. There were three candidates: John Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland(395 votes.)http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/reading the Whig party Historical Persons Giuseppe Acerbi Joseph Acerbi Signor Acerbi Castel Goffredo, Italy traveller literary naturalist composer Author of Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland to the North Cape, in the years 1798 and 1799. George Pownoll Adams General Sir Knight Commander of Hanover (KCH) General Sir George Pownoll Adams, KCH Totnes, Devon, England military Husband of Elizabeth Elford, second daughter of Dr. Richard Valpy. He was baptized at Totnes, Devon, on January 1, 1779 and so was likely born in late 1778. He died in April 1856 at East Budleigh, Devon. George was the younger son of merchant William Adams (1752-1811), MP for Plympton Erle (1796-1801) and for Totnes (1801-1811), and Mary Chadder. He was the younger brother of William Dacres Adams (1775-1862), who became Private Secretary to two Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom: Pitt the Younger (1804–1806) and the Duke of Portland (1807-09). William Dacres Adams inherited the estate of Bowden in the parish of Ashprington, near Totnes in Devon, from his father, who had purchased it from the Trist family about 1800; William Dacres Adams allowed George and his family to live there after his own marriage. Bowden House, the Georgian mansion located on the former estate, is currently a grade I listed building. Joseph Addison Addison Joseph Millstone, Wiltshire, England; Holland House, London, England writer politician English politician and writer who, with his friend Sir Richard Steele, edited the journal The Spectator. John Leycester Adolphus Adolphus John Leycester legal literary Aeschylus 525 BC Eleusis, Greece 455 BC Gela, Sicily playwright Ancient writer of tragedies, the earliest of the three celebrated progenitors of classical tragedy, including Euripides and Sophocles against both of whom he successfully competed for prize-winning plays in ancient Greece. His plays are some of the earliest existing examples of tragedy, though the genre likely predates him. Aeschylus, like Euripides and Sophocles, served in military roles to fight the Persians. Author of the historical tragedy, Persians (472 BC), as well as the Oresteia (458 BC, the only complete trilogy cycle of plays from ancient Greece, Aeschylus was credited by the librarians at Alexandria with writing Prometheus Bound, though the authorship is now disputed. Mitford knew and discussed the eighteenth-century translation of Aeschylus’s plays by Robert Potter . Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Albert Prince Consort Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Windsor Castle, Berkshire Queen Victoria’s first cousin and spouse, whose death at the age of 48 led her to a prolonged period of mourning as the "Widow at Windsor." Alexander I Pavlovich Aleksandr St. Petersburg, Russia Taganrog ruler Emperor of Russia, 1801-25 Alfieri Vittorio Count Asti, Piedmont region Florence playwright literary Credited with reviving Italian tragedy in the eighteenth century, Alfieri’s plays included Filippo, Polinice, Antigone, Virginia,and the highly acclaimed Saul. He also authored an ode on American Independence and a satirical poem, The Antigallican, on the French Revolution. Alfred Alfred the Great King of England Wantage King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons. In addition to his military victories, including the defeat of the Danes at the Battle of Edington, Alfred is known as a wise governmental administrator and proponent of learning and literacy. Source: DNB. Sir William Allan Allan William Sir Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland artist Allan was a artist who painted portraits of Scott, Byron, and Burns, as well as Scottish, English, and Russian historical subjects. Mitford was aware through Benjamin Robert Haydon of his painting, The Broken Fiddle. In 1838 he was appointed president of the Royal Scottish Academy, and in 1841 he became the queen’s limner in Scotland and was knighted. Source: ODNB Anacreon Teos, Ionia literary poet Ancient Greek lyric poet, later considered one of nine canonical poets; known for composing bacchanalian and amatory lyrics and hymns. Anne Servant in the Mitford household. Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Annesley Francis Reading educator politian

First Master of Downing College, Cambridge University from 1800 until his death in 1812, Annesley also served as Member of Parliament for the borough of Reading between 1774-1806. In a note among his Mitford papers, Needham identifies Annesley as the basis for the old beau in "Modern Antiques", an identification he cites from Harness, I, 20. See also History of Parliament Online.

 Ludovico Arisoto Reggio Emilia, Italy Ferrara, Italy literary poet playwright courtier diplomat Italian poet, courtier, and diplomat; Author of the epic Orlando Furioso (1516), written in ottava rima. Baring Alexander First Baron Ashburton Longleat, Wiltshire, England John Aubrey Kington St. Michael, Wiltshire, Malmesbury, England Oxford, England literary antiquarian Jane Austen Steventon, Hampshire, England Winchester, Hampshire, England literary novelist Novelist celebrated for her wit and style, whose works investigated women’s social and economic vulnerabilities in English society. During her lifetime she published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815), all anonymously. Northanger Abbey, the first written of her novels (composed in 1798-1799) was published posthumously in 1818 along with her last finished novel, Persuasion. Mitford claims in a letter to Sir William Elford of 3 April 1815 that she has recently discovered Austen "is my countrywoman,", that is, a neighbor. Later in a letter of 2 July 1816 praised Emma in particular among Austen’s novels. She and Elford evidently knew the identity of Austen as the author long before the information was public knowledge, and she claims in the April 3 letter that her mother remembered Jane Austen in her youth as "the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembers", but that Jane was by the 1810s extremely quiet, which impressed Mitford: "till Pride and Prejudice showed what a precious gem was hidden in that unbending case, she was no more regarded in society than a poker or a fire-screen, or any other thin upright piece of wood or iron that fills its corner in peace and quietness. The case is very different now; she is still a poker--but a poker of whom every one is afraid. It must be confessed that this silent observation from such an observer is rather formidable. Most writers are good-humoured chatterers--neither very wise nor very witty:--but nine times out of ten (at least in the few that I have known) unaffected and pleasant, and quite removing by their conversation any awe that may have been excited by their works. But a wit, a delineator of character, who does not talk, is terrific indeed!" Source: L’Estrange. Francis Bacon Sir Francis Bacon Viscount St. Alban knight Attorney General of England and Wales Lord Chancellor of England Strand, London, England Highgate, Middlesex, England philosopher politician legal literary orator naturalist Baillie Joanna Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Hampstead, England literary Successful playwright, authored Poems: Wherein It Is Attempted to Describe Certain Views of Nature and of Rustic Manners (1790) and more than twenty-five plays. Her best-known works are included in Plays on the Passions (1798) and were later collected in The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie(1851). Robert Baldwin printer bookseller publisher Printer of the London Magazine; London printer and bookseller. Partners with Charles Cradock and William Joy; published works with them under Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. Also published under R. Baldwin. See Coles 14. Bannister John Jack Deptford, Kent, England actor theater manager British actor, performed at Haymarket and Drury Lane. Specialized in "low" comic roles. Played Don Whiskerando in The Critic in 1779 and played Joseph Surface in The School for Scandal. Manager of Drury Lane from 1802 to 1815. Mentioned in Michael Kelly’s Memoirs. See John Adolphus, Memoirs of John Bannister (1838). Barrett Browning Barrett Moulton-Barrett Elizabeth Elizabeth Barrett Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kelloe, Durham, England Florence, Italy literary poet Victorian poet, long-time correspondent, mentee, and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Sir John Barrow Barrow John Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Lancashire London explorer author Served as comptroller to Lord Macartney’s embassy to China (1792-4). Known for writing Mutiny on the Bounty (1831), the first published account of the mutiny after William Bligh’s Journal. ODNB Mrs. Bayley Mrs. Bayley, spouse of Peter Bayley. After his sudden death in 1823, she arranged to publish posthumously his poems and to have performed and published his tragedy Orestes in Argos. Peter Bayley Peter Bayley London, England legal literary playwright poet Editor of the The Museum, married to the Mrs. Bayley mentioned in Mitford’s letter to Talfourd of 11 May 1825 . Source: DNB. Beaumont Francis Grace-Dieu, Leicestershire, England London, England literary playwright poet Beaumont George Howland Sir Seventh Baronet member of Parliament for Bere Alston Great Dunmow, Essex, England Coleorton, Leicestershire, England amateur painter art collector Art collector, patron of the arts, and amateur painter; he donated the first collection to form the National Gallery in London. Exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1794 and 1825. Friend and patron to Wordsworth, Haydon, and Thomas Hearne. William Beechey Sir William Beechey Member of the Royal Academy Burford, Oxfordshire, England London, England artist Official portrait painter to Queen Charlotte; he painted many members of the royal family as well as celebrated figures such as Sarah Siddons and Lord Nelson. He specialized in smaller scale full-length portraits. John Bellamy translator Author of The Holy Bible newly translated from the original Hebrew: with notes critical and explanatory, published for the author by subscription in 1818. The Honourable Henry Grey Bennet Bennet Henry Grey Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society Grey Bennet Lake Como, Italy government military legal M.P. for Shrewsbury after 1806 and into the 1820s, known as "Grey Bennett," the brother of Charles Augustus Bennet (1776-1854) who shared his Whig politics and like him belonged to the Whig Brooks’s Club. Advocate of Catholic emancipation and parliament reform. On 16 May 1816, he married Gertrude Frances, daughter of Lord William Russell. Bennet gave up his parliament seat in 1826 amid a cloud of scandal after a threat of prosecution for importuning a young male servant at Spa in August 1825 (ODNB). He had been travelling in Italy after the deaths of a son and daughter from consumption in 1824, and remained in exile with his wife until his death in 1836. Bennett George John Ripon, Yorkshire, England actor Versatile actor who played comic and tragic roles with success. Performed in the provinces, then at Drury Lane from 1825-1826, in Dublin from 1826-28, and at Covent Garden in 1828 before moving to the suburban London theater of Sadler’s Wells. Retired from acting in 1862. Said to have inaugurated a new, more sympathetic and serious style of playing Caliban, which had previously been considered a comic wild man character. Bennett William Cox William Cox Bennett Greenwich, England 4 Eliot Cottages, Blackheath, England literary watchmaker journalist

A friend of Mitford’s late in her life, William Cox Bennett addressed a sonnet to her ("To Mary Russell Mitford" (526), and a poem entitled "Lines Written in Miss Mitford’s Garden" (483) , both of which appeared in his volume, Poems (second edition) of 1862 . She is also mentioned alongside Wordsworth in his poem "The Modern Griselda" (85-101) in that volume.

Cox organized the very Liberal political activity in Greenwich. In 1868 he helped stump for the Liberal William Gladstone in his first successful campaign for Prime Minister. He wrote for the Weekly Dispatch from 1869 to 1870, contributed to the London paper, Figaro , and edied of the literary periodical, The Lark, from 1883 to 1884 . Author of Prometheus the Fire Giver published in 1877 , and Songs for Sailors in 1878 .

Married to Elizabeth Sinnock Bennett and younger sibling of Sir John Bennett. Source: ODNB.

 Bennoch Francis Esq. literary patron poet merchant Scottish silk merchant, amateur poet, and wealthy literary patron. Dedicatee of Mitford’s Dramatic Works (1854), and assisted in publication of Atherton and Other Tales (1854). Also friend and patron of Haydon and Hawthorne. Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort of England Queen Consort of Richard I of England, 1191-1199. Eldest daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. She reportedly accompanied her new husband on his first crusade but they returned separately. Berengaria remained in Europe and later attempted to raise money for his return after he was captured. Became proverbial for wifely faithfulness. James Beresford Upham, Hampshire, England Kibworth, England literary clergyman Berchem Berghem Nicholaes Pieterszoon Haarlem, Holland Amsterdam, Holland artist painter printmaker Dutch landscape painter known for his pastoral subjects and scenes of rural village life in Holland and Italy. His works are signed both as Berghem and Berchem. Mitford employs "Berghem." Elizabeth Hardwick Barley Cavendish St. Loe Talbot Countess of Shrewsbury Bess of Hardwick courtier A very rich and powerful woman in Elizabethan England, Bess of Hardwick married four times, and her last husband, George Talbot, gave her the title Countess of Shrewsbury. While Mary Queen of Scots was held captive and under Talbot’s guard at Sheffield Castle in 1568, Bess befriended her, and the two worked on the Oxburgh Hangings tapestries during the queen’s confinement. After Talbot’s death in 1590 she commissioned the architect Robert Smythson to build Hardwick Hall in Renaisssance style. The Bess of Hardwick’s Letters site archives her complete correspondence from 1550 to 1608. Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick Mickley, Northumberland, England Gateshead, Durham, England artist wood engraver naturalist literary Bewick is one of the most important practitioners of wood engraving as it is now practiced. Although he did not invent the technique, he is the best-known and one of the finest wood engravers employing a technique in which hard boxwood is carved on the end-grain using metal-engraver’s tools. This technique allows for the creation of finer and more detailed engraved images and also results in an engraving block that is more durable than those carved with the grain. Notable works of literary illustration include editions of Oliver Goldsmith’s The Traveller and The Deserted Village, Thomas Parnell’s The Hermit, and William Somervile’s The Chase. His major works as a naturalist include A History of British Birds and A General History of Quadrupeds, as well as a series of editions of Aesop’s Fables. One of Bewick’s specialties was his tail- or tale-pieces, small engraved illustrations used to fill gaps left by page breaks. William Bewick William Bewick Danlington, Durham, England Haughton-le-Skerne, Durham, England artist portrait painter history painter Pupil of Benjamin Robert Haydon for about three years and attended the Royal Academy. Bewick was not a member of the family of Thomas Bewick the illustrator-engraver. Isaac John Bickerstaffe Bickerstaff Dublin, Ireland military literary Irish librettist and writer of musical theater and comic opera in London and for Drury Lane Theatre. Commissioned first in the Northumberland Fusiliers, then in the marines. Author of several very popular comedies, including Thomas and Sally: or the Sailor’s Return , Love in a Village (1762), Love in the City (1767), and the internationally successful play, The Padlock (1768), which was produced in Germany and Hungary. Bickerstaff went into exile from England due to published reports from a blackmailing soldier who accused him of a sodomous encounter. He is known to have travelled in France, Austria, and Italy under assumed names, but his finale whereabouts are unknown. The ODNB cites records that he was receiving army half pay in 1808, and perhaps died shortly thereafter. Bint Hannah Baptized on September 16, 1804 in Shinfield Parish unknown Daughter of Thomas Bint and Sarah Bint. Baptismal and family data as recorded by Needham in his Mitford notes, on a list of Shinfield records. Above Hannah Bint’s baptismal record, Needham has noted, "a large family followed"; "large family" is crossed out in pencil, and he has written "several children". In an attempt to establish the original for the story character, Needham also, on the same sheet of paper, lists a "Hannah Clark" who married a "William Bint" on April 16, 1800. A Bint family blog records that their Hannah Bint became a schoolmistress. Source: The Bint Family of Shinfield Fiction and Mary Russell Mitford, Morris Birkbeck Settle, England Bonpas Creek, Illinois, USA literary politician agricultural experimenter pioneer Quaker, abolitionist, radical reformer in politics and religion, and an agricultural experimenter in the cross-breeding of Merino sheep, Birkbeck emigrated to America in 1817 in order to establish a utopian community in the Illinois territory. Author of Notes on a Journey in America and Letters from Illinois. These much-read works, which presented a utopian, anti-clerical, and anti-aristocratic vision of American settlement, were believed to be instrumental in encouraging many disaffected Europeans to emigrate to the American prairies, and set off a pamphlet war about on the topic of American emigration to the so-called "English Prairie." (See Eaton, Joseph. The Anglo-American Pamphlet War, 1800-1825. New York: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2012). He became president of Illinois’s first agricultural society, worked against the establishment of slavery in the state, and briefly served as Secretary of State for Illinois. He was acquainted with Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Edward Coles, and Robert Owen, himself the founder of another midwestern utopian community in New Harmony, Indiana. William Blake Soho, London, England Charing Cross, London, England literary artist engraver Body Ann farmer A local farmer of Shinfield, farmed at Hyde end farm. Listed among the traders of Shinfield village and parish in 1847 and 1854 in the Post Office Directory of Berkshire , and noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople. Body Richard Needham tentatively identifies him as Mitford’s landlord. Henry St. John Lord Bolinbroke 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Battersea, Surrey, England Battersea, Surrey, England politician James Boswell 9th Laird of Auchinlek Edinburgh, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom literary Bowles William Lisle King’s Sutton, Northamptonshire, England clergy poet literary antiquarian William Lisle Bowles, a clergyman and poet, known for his sonnets as well as his long poems including The Missionary published 1813 , The Grave of the Last Saxon published 1822 and St. John in Patmos published 1833 , was an acquaintance of Mitford’s father for over thirty years. Bowles was a key figure in the Romantic-era sonnet revival. As a literary critic, Bowles ignited the so-called "Pope-Bowles" controversy, a pamphlet war about Alexander Pope’s moral authority and literary significance, upon which Mitfordcomments in her letters. John Bradshaw John Bradshaw Bradshawe legal magistrate Appointed Judge of the Sheriff’s Court at the Guildhall in London, Bradshaw was the presiding judge who sentenced King Charles I to death on 27 January 1649 at Westminster Hall . Brent George innkeeper Three Mile Cross George and Dragon Proprietor or innkeeper of the George and Dragon Inn, Three Mile Cross. Listed among the traders of Shinfield in the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 and 1854 , and noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople. Brent Joel baptized at Shinfield parish buried at Shinfield parish possibly beer retailer Son of John and Anne Brent. Baptismal data as noted by Needham on a list of other Shinfield parish records, and correlated to named characters in Our Village. Among Needham’s Mitfordiana is a cutting from the Reading Mercury for October 10, 1958, reprinting an article from October 17, 1808 that described a spate of local deaths, including that of "the wife of John Brent" on August 8, 1808from "a fit" . Elsewhere among Needham’s notes, he writes that he found no record of marriage, and lists a burial date. The Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 2nd ed., of 1854 lists a Joel Brentas a beer retailer. Sources: Needhamarchive, Reading Central Library; Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 2nd ed., 1854. Brent Eliza Brent Lizzy Three Mile Cross buried at Three Mile Cross There is no family information provided by Needham for Lizzy Brent, but she is likely related to others in the Brent family who are named and unnamed in Our Village. Lizzy Brent was likely the inspiration for Lizzy, the narrator’s three-year old companion on many of her walks in Our Village. Note that her date of birth is tentative: Needham cites the Diary for the birth information but places a question mark next to the date of birth. Source: Needhamarchive, Reading Central Library. Roger Boyle, Lord Broghill Roger Boyle Lord Broghill Baron Boyle of Broghill 1st Earl of Orrerey member of Parliament for Arundel playwright literary military political 25 April 1621 Lismore Castle Waterford Ireland 16 October 1679 Broghill defended his ancestral estate, Lismore Castle against an Irish rebellion in 1641-42, then defied his Royalist family by fighting for the Parliamentary cause in the Civil War. He tortured prisoners and committed other atrocities to intimidate the Royalists in Ireland. After the war, he received confiscated property in Ireland. He changed allegiances again at the Restoration, and supported Charles II. Broghill’s literary works include several stage plays and a novel, Parthenissa (1655). Bromley William baker shopkeeper in Three Mile Cross Baker and shopkeeper of Three Mile Cross. Listed among the traders of Shinfieldin the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 , and noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople. The 1854 edition of the Post Office Directory omits the "shopkeeper" occupation. Miss Brooke 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, Henry Peter Brougham 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Lord Chancellor legal political Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland Cannes, France One of the founders of the Edinburgh Review. Practiced law in Edinburgh and London. Whig reformer and member of Parliament; known for educational and legal reforms. Chief legal advisor to Queen Caroline and defended her in 1820. Betsy Broughton Local beauty, engaged to Mr. Hawley through Mrs. Dickinson’s matchmaking. Brown Benjamin blacksmith postmaster at Three Mile Cross Listed as a blacksmith and postmaster of Three Mile Crossin the 1854 Post Office Directory of Berkshire . Needham notes his name on a list of local tradespeople taken from the 1847 edition, omitting his occupation as postmaster. Browne Thomas London, England Norwich, England medical literary Robert Browning Camberwell, London, England Venice, Italy Victorian poet, married to Elizabeth Barrett Browning. James Bruce of Kinnaird Bruce James Kinnaird House, Kinnaird, Stirlingshire Kinnaird House Traveller in Africa Bruce was only the second European to visit the isolated mountain kingdom of Abyssinia since the 1630s, and he authored the highly popular five-volume Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in 1790 . Brumoy Pierre Father clergy literary French author and Jesuit priest, called "le pere Brumoy," or Father Brumoy, author of Theatre des Greces, later translated by Charlotte Lennox as "The Greek Theatre of Father Brumoy"(2 vols., 1759). According to her letters, Mitford read this work in the original French. Alexander Brunton Minister, Church of Scotland Moderator of the General Assembly, Church of Scotland Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages, University of Edinburgh Professor Very Reverend Alexander Brunton, D.D. Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland clergy scholar Spouse of Mary Brunton. Mary Balfour Brunton Burray, Orkney Islands, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland literary Marcus Junius Brutus June 85 BC Rome, Roman republic 23 October 42Philippi, Macedonia assassin rebel republican senator politician military orator Marcus Junius Brutus Minor or the younger was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus Major or the elder and is usually referred to as "Brutus." He was a senator in the late Roman republic and played a leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. Frederick Bulley Bulley Frederick Reading, Berkshire, England Fairford, Gloucestershire, England academic Born in Reading, Berkshire, the third son of John Bulley and Charlotte Pocock. He obtained his BA (1829), MA (1832), BD (1840) and DD (1855) as a member of Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He became President of Magdalen Collegefrom 5 January 1855 until his death. Bullock William Plymouth, Devon, England Chelsea, England naturalist antiquarian goldsmith jeweller traveller museum curator Collector and systematic organizer of museums, including the Liverpool Museum at Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, which housed artifacts from Captain Cook’s voyages that Bullock had acquired from other collections. An early British traveller to Mexico in 1822, after Mexican independence in 1821, Bullock returned in 1823 with Mexican artifacts that he exhibited at Egyptian Hall, and published catalogs as well as Six Months’ Residence and Travels in Mexico in 1824 . Between 1825 and 1825 he travelled again in Mexico and the United States, where he purchased an estate called The Elms or Elmwood near Cincinnati on the Kentucky border, and laid out an unsuccessful but admired town plan called Hygeia that would become Ludlow, Kentucky. Source: ODNB. Sir Francis Burdett Burdett Francis Sir 5th Baronet of Bramcote member of Parliament Foremarke Hall, Derbyshire, England St. James’s Place, London, England government politician Famous, frequently caricatured Radical and reformist politician, and member of Parliament. Gave many public speeches, protested abuse of prisoners and flogging of soldiers. His harsh critique of the House of Commons for excluding reporters from their debates led to the Commons voting to imprison Burdett in the Tower of London in 1810, where he was committed until June after clashes between crowds of Burdett’s supporters and the army in London. The incident increased his popularity. Burdett introduced a parliamentary reform bill in 1818, condemned the Peterloo Massacre in 1820, and remained politically active into the 1830s. Source: ODNB. Mr. Burgess A "Mr. Burgess" who recommended a particular volume of Sophocles’ plays to MRM, mentioned in her letter to Talfourd of Nov. 12-13 1821 . Edmund Burke Dublin, Ireland Beaconsfield, England literary politician Frances Burney Madamed’Arblay King’s Lynn, England London, England literary Sarah Harriet Burney Miss Burney Lynn Regis, England Cheltenham, England literary Daughter of Charles Burney by his second wife, Elizabeth Allen. Half sister to Frances Burney. Robert Burns Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland Dumfries, Scotland literary poet tax collector farmer Scottish poet, author of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786). Rented and farmed the 170-acre Ellisand Farm, where he built a house and collected and rewrote local songs and ballads from his neighbors. Burns’s poems and songs were mostly published in posthumous collections between 1799 and 1808 . Butler merchant A Reading shop owner and Palmerite mentioned in Mitford’s discussion of the Reading elections in her letter to Sir William Elford of 20 March 1820. Samuel Butler Strensham, Worcestershire, England London, England literary Byron George Gordon Noel sixth Baron Byron Holles Street, London Missolonghi, Greece literary Annabella Anne Isabella Milbanke Noel Byron Baroness Byron Baroness Wentworth Baroness Noel-Byron A. I. Noel Byron Elemore Hall, County Durham, England Thomas Campbell Glasgow, Scotland Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Scottish poet and editor: author of The Pleasures of Hope (1799) and Gertrude of Wyoming (1799). Editor of the New Monthly Magazine from 1821 to 1830, in which capacity he knew Thomas Noon Talfourd as a contributor. See Cyrus Redding’s Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell . Possibly the Mr. Campbell that Mitford mentions in her letter to Talfourd of 13 August 1822 . George Canning George Canning Member of Parliament Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Leader of the House of Commons President of the Board of Control Leader of the House of Commons Treasurer of the Navy Marylebone, Middlesex, London, England Chiswick, Middlesex, London, England politician ambassador orator Tory politician, supporter of William Pitt the Younger, and one of the founders of the political newspaper Anti-Jacobin. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under George IV from 10 April 1827 to 8 August 1827. Chancellor of the Exchequer under George IV from 10 April 1827 to 8 August 1827. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 13 September 1822 to 20 April 1827 and from 25 March 1807 to 11 October 1809. Leader of the House of Commons from 13 September 1822 to 20 April 1827, as successor to his rival Lord Castlereagh. President of the Board of Control (responsible for overseeing the East India Company) from 1816 to 1821. In 1820, he resigned from office in opposition to the treatment of Queen Caroline. Ambassador extraordinary to Portugal from October 1814 to June 1815. Treasurer of the Navy from 10 May 1804 to 23 January 1806. He holds the record for the shortest time in office of any U.K. Prime Minister (119 days). He is buried in Westminster Abbey. John Cartwright Royal Navy officer Major, Nottinghamshire militia Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England London, England political reformer military Supported the aims of the American Revolution and radical and reformist causes in Great Britain. Corresponded with Thomas Jefferson. Wrote a pamphlet in 1776 advocating annual parliaments, the secret ballot, and universal manhood suffrage. Founder of the Society for Constutional Information, which developed into the London Corresponding Society. In 1794, was a witness at the "Treason Trials" supporting Horne Took, Thelwall, and Hardy. Also associated with Sir Francis Burdett, William Cobbett, and Francis Place. In 1812, founded the Hampden Clubs, political clubs designed to bring together like-minded middle-class reformers and working-class radicals. Supporter of Thomas Wooler and The Black Dwarf. The Life and Correspondence of Major Cartwright was published in 1826. Robert Stewart Lord Castlereagh 2nd Marquess of Londonderry Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Leader of the House of Commons Secretary of State for War and the Colonies President of the Board of Control Chief Secretary for Ireland Dublin, Ireland Loring Hall, Kent, England politician MigueldeCervantes Saavedra Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Alcalá de Henares, Spain Madrid, Spain literary military tax collector Alexander Chalmers Abderdeen, Scotland London, England literary Francis Legatt Chantrey Jordanthorpe, England London, England artist sculptor Charles Spencer Charles Spencer critic Since 1991, Charles Spencer has been a theatre critic for the conservative London paper The Daily Telegraph. Charles Spencer-Churchill Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Member of Parliament military politician Second son of George Charles Stuart Charles I King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Scotland Whitehall, London, England king Charles Stuart Charles II King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. St James’s Palace, London, England Whitehall Palace, London, England king The son of the executed King Charles I, Charles II was restored to his father’s kingdoms in 1660, occasioning the naming of his reign the Restoration. Edward Chatfield Edward Chatfield 66 Judd Street, Brunswick Square, London, England painter and author Chatfield was a pupil of Haydonat the same time as William Bewick When Haydon was arrested for debt in June 1823, Chatfield was among those who had put their names to bills for him; reportedly, he was able to pay the debt and did not blame Haydon, who had not accepted any payment for his teaching. Source: DNB. Geoffrey Chaucer London, England London, England literary philosopher astronomer Chorley Fothergill Henry Blackley Hurst, Lancashire, England London, England literary journalist music critic Of Quaker parentage, Chorley worked unhappily in clerical positions and cultivated the arts as a music and literary critic publishing reviews of around 2500 books, weekly reviews of musical performances, and "columns of musical ’gossip’" for The Athenaeum beginning in 1830 through 1868, "the most prolific of all its reviewers," according to the ODNB. Reviewed Nathaniel Hawthorne and Charles Dickens, and promoted the compositions and operas of Rossini, Mendelssohn, Meyerbeer, and Gounod, though he disliked Verdi. Felicia Hemans and E. T. A. Hoffman made lasting impressions on him. Wrote Memorials of Mrs. Hemans, in two volumes, published in 1836 . Served as editor of The Ladies’ Companion in 1850 (after Jane Loudon), and wrote plays, novels, and short stories, though these did not receive much recognition. Correspondent of Mitford, as well as Elizabeth Barrett, Charles Dickens, and Arthur Sullivan. Edited the 1872 edition of Mitford’s correspondence, Letters of Mary Russell Mitford, Second Series . Jonathan Henry Christie John Henry Christie literary Fought the duel on 27 February 1821 with John Scott that resulted in Scott’s death; after a trial in April 1821, he was acquitted of murder; James Traill was his second. Christie was the literary agent of J. G. Lockhart. Meremoth? Clargo? shopkeeper Edward Daniel Clarke Dr. Clarke Professor of Mineralogy at Cambridge University Willingdon, Sussex, England London, England traveller literary naturalist Clarke William baker shopkeeper at Three Mile Cross Listed as a shopkeeper in Three Mile Crossin the 1854 Post Office Directory of Berkshire . Needham notes his name on a list of local tradespeople taken from the 1847 edition, adding that Clarkewas also a baker. Pope Clement 6 Roger Pierre Maumont, France Avignon, Papal States religion Clement the VI reigned the Pope, or patriarch of the Catholic Church, from 1329 to 1352. He is mentioned in Mitford’s Rienzi, as an influential political power outside of the city of Rome, although he does he not appear on the stage. VIAF record: http://viaf.org/viaf/121108971/ Member of Parliament for Oldham Farnham, Surrey, England Normandy, Surrey, England Mrs.Coffin Unidentified. Needs additional research. Colburn Henry publisher editor Publisher of Caroline Lamb’s Glenarvon (1816) and Owenson’s France (1817). Major purveyor of fashionable "silver fork" novels in the 1820s. Founding editor of The Literary Gazette, the new Monthly Magazine, and the Athenaeum. Coleridge Samuel Taylor Ottery St. Mary, Devon, England Highgate, Middlesex, England literary Collins Thomas "little Collins" Chichester, West Sussex, England Portsmouth, Hampshire, England actor Comic actor at Drury Lane. According to 1806 "Remarks" in Cumberland’s British Theatre on Tobin’s play The Honey Moon, Collins played Jaquez at Drury Lane and "died during the run of the comedy." Collins’s obituary appears in the June 1, 1806 Monthly Magazine (vol. 21): 466. An 1804 biographical sketch in the Monthly Mirror (vol. 17 (1804): 147) indicates that Collins was born in Chichester in 1775 and began performing at Drury Lane in 1802; he was discovered by Sheridan while performing in Winchester. William Collins Chichester, Sussex, England literary poet George Colman the Elder George Coleman George Colman the Elder Florence, Italy (British subject) London, England literary playwright essayist theater manager George Colman the Elder (so named to distinquish him from his son George Colman, "the Younger") was an essayist, playwright, and manager of both Covent Garden and Haymarket Theatres. He wrote and produced a number of successful comedies in the 1760s, including The Jealous Wife, a comedy oosely based on the novel Tom Jones, and The Clandestine Marriage. Colman produced and authored several adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as adaptations of plays by Beaumont and Fletcher, Ben Jonson and Milton. Colman George the Younger the licenser London, England 22 Brompton Square, London, England Son of George Colman the Elder, he produced his first play at Haymarket Theatre run by his father, and later he took over the management of that theatre. He was appointed by the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of Montrose, to be the Examiner of Plays, and was known for his severe censorship of profane language. He prevented Mitford’s historical tragedy Charles the First from being performed in the London Royal Theatres in the 1820s on the grounds that it was a dangerous play for its historical authenticity in representing an unstable English government. Congreve William Bardsey Grange, Yorkshire, England Surrey Street, London, England literary playwright poet James Cook Cook James Captain Marton village in Yorkshire Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii navigator cartographer captain Mapped Newfoundland and explored the Pacific, including New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Antarctic Circle in three historic voyages between 1768 and 1779. Died in an unexpectedly hostile encounter with islanders on Hawaii. Corneille Pierre Rouen, France Paris, France literary playwright Richard Cosway Cosway Richard member of the Royal Academy Tiverton, Devon, England London, England artist painter miniaturist Portrait painter and miniaturist; the husband of painter Maria Cosway. Member of the Royal Academy. He married the Italian artist and musician, Maria Hadfield, who was a friend of Thomas Jefferson. Harriot Mellon Coutts Beauclerk,Duchess of St. Albans actor banking Mrs. Coutts was the second wife of Thomas Coutts, banker; she was the former actor Harriot Mellon and later became Harriot Beauclerk, Duchess of St. Albans upon her second marriage. Her first name seems to be variously spelled Harriot and Harriet. She was widowed early 1822 and inherited the bulk of her husband Thomas Coutts’s estate, including controlling shares in his banking interests. She gave a famous party at Holly Hill, Highgate in July 1822 . Thomas Coutts banking Director of the banking firm of Coutts & Co. in London. Hannah Cowley Parkhouse Cowley Hannah Tiverton, Devonshire, England Tiverton, Devonshire, England literary playwright poet Successful playwright at Drury Lane and Covent Garden from the 1770s to the 1790s, she was the associate of David Garrick and Richard Brinsley Sheridan upon launching her career as a playwright in the late 1770s with The Runaway (1776). In 1779, she was embroiled in a literary dispute with Hannah More over whether More’s play Fatal Falsehood was plagiarised from her Albina (both 1779). Her best-known play, The Belle’s Strategem, was produced at Covent Garden in 1780 and continued on London stages until 1800 . In the 1780s, she became part of the Della Cruscan circle of poets by corresponding as Anna Matilda with Robert Merry (Della Crusca) and Mary Robinson, Laura Maria, among others. Della Cruscan publisher John Bell featured her poetry in his literary newspapers and reprinted them in several volumes, including The Poetry of Anna Matilda (1788). Her collected works were published in 1813 . William Cowper Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England East Dereham, Norfolk, England literary Francis Cowslade Frank Frank Cowslade As Coles notes, Francis or "Frank" Cowslade was one of the publishers of the Reading Mercury newspaper (Coles # 16, p.95, note 11). He appears to have also served as a Reading printer and bookseller; he is listed as such on two of the published political essays of "Timothy Trueman." William Coxe Master of Arts Fellow of the Royal Society Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Archdeacon of Wilts London, England clergy historian John Marten Cripps Sussex, England Novington, Sussex, England traveller antiquary E.D. Lady was his tutor; Clarke accompanied Cripps on his travels. Both attended Jesus College, Cambridge. Source: Alumni Cambridgiensis. John Wilson Croker Member of Parliament Galway, Ireland literary politician George Croly Dublin, Ireland Bloomsbury, London, England literary clergy An Irish writer and cleric who held the living of St. Stephen Walbrook in the City of London. Contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine and other Tory periodicals. Cromwell Oliver Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland Member of Parliament for Cambridge Member of Parliament for Huntingdon Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Whitehall, London, England military government political Member of Parliament, Puritan, Parliamentarian ("Roundhead") military commander. Gained prominence as a military general during the the English Civil War, leading the New Model Army who supported Parliament against the monarchy, under Charles I. Cromwell became the First Lord Protectorate of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 until his death in 1658. He was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1658, then exhumed and posthumously "executed" by Royalists after 1660 and is buried in Tyburn. Throughout the 19th century, Cromwell’s reputation was on an upswing. The trend was towards viewing him as a man guided by devout faith in God, a desire to provide for his country, and a desire to purify the Protestantism in his country. Henry Cromwell Henry Cromwell Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Chancellor of Trinity College, Dublin Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England Spinney Abbey, Northborough, England military political The fourth of Oliver Cromwell’s five sons (out of nine children total), Henry served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and in various capacities during his father’s rise and regime. He corresponded copiously with his father.Source: ODNB. Cropp Elizabeth Croppy London Longtime servant in the Mitford household, who came to the family with Mitford’s mother. She is the basis for Mrs. Mosse in the Our Village sketch of that title. Source: Francis Needham, letter to William Roberts, 16 June 1953 . Needham Papers, Reading Central Library . 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, 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 Diary. Source: William Coles, Letter to Needham, 10 November 1957, NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.

William Alleyne Culpeper William Alleyne Culpeper St. George, Barbadoes Paris, France William Alleyn Culpeper of Barbadoes (second of that name), was the second husband of Martha Valpy Straker,Dr. Valpy’s eldest daughter by his first wife, Martha Cornelia de Cartaret. They married at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, on November 21, 1815. They lived together at Cavendish Square, St Marylebone, Middlesex in 1841. According to probate records, he died in Paris, France on 29 January 1870, and was late of 17 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting-Hill, Middlesex. Although Mitford spells the name as Culpepper in her journal and letters, the majority of legal documents spell the name as Culpeper. Martha Carteretta Cornelia Valpy Straker Culpeper Valpy Straker Culpeper Martha Carteretta Cornelia Mrs. Culpepper St. Mary’s, Suffolk, England Dr. Valpy’s eldest daughter by his first wife, Martha Cornelia de Cartaret. Martha Carteretta Cornelia Valpy was born in late 1779 and baptized 16 November 1779 at St Mary’s, Suffolk. She was married twice; first to Thomas James Straker, esq. of Barbados on May 3, 1804 at St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire, England , and second to William Alleyn Culpeper of Barbados (second of that name) at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster on November 21, 1815 . Mitford spells her married name as Culpepper in her journal and letters. Burke’s Family Records erroneously lists her name as Carteretta Cornelia. Her date of death is unknown; more research is needed. Cumberland Richard Trinity College, Cambridge, England London, England literary playwright civil servant diplomat Older brother of poet Mary Alcock. Author of The West Indian (play, 1771) and The Wheel of Fortune (play, 1795). He is buried in Westminster Abbey. d’Aubigné Françoise Marquise de Maintenon Madame Scarron Niort, France Saint-Cyr, France political courtier philanthropist educator Aristocrat and second morganatic wife of Louis XIV of France (1635-1719); her first husband was Paul Scarron. From the 1680s until Louise XIV’s death in 1715, she wielded a great deal of political influence. She founded the Maison royale de Saint-Louis at Saint-Cyr, a school for impoverished girls of noble birth. R.C. Dallas Dallas Robert Charles Sir PC (Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council) SL (Serjeant-at-Law) KC (King’s Counsel) MP (Member of Parliament) Kingston, Jamaica literary biographer editor translator legal judge R.C. Dallas was a prominent barrister and judge who worked on many parliamentary and privy council cases, including those on disputed parliamentary elections. His most notable legal accomplishments were serving as junior counsel at the trial of Warren Hastings (1787), defending General Thomas Picton (1806-1808), and representing Jamaican merchants and planters to oppose the 1807 Slave Trade Act. In 1818, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and was sworn to the Privy Council; between 1818 and 1823 he headed the special commission that tried the Cato Street conspirators, presided over the trial of James Ings, and advised Parliament on the 1820 Pains and Penalties Bill. He served briefly as a Member of Parliament in the Tory interest in two constitencies. He also wrote poetry, plays, novels, and nonfiction works such as History of the Maroons, from their Origin to their Establishment in Sierra Leone (1803) and Recollections of the Life of <persName ref="#Byron">Lord Byron</persName> from the year 1808 to the end of 1814 (1824). Mitford mentions his 1820 novel Sir Francis Darrell, or the Vortex , in her letters. Dallas is perhaps best known today as a Byron correspondent and biographer. His sister, Charlotte Henrietta Dallas, married Captain George Anson Byron, and their son George Anson Byron (1789-1868) inherited Byron’s title upon his death in 1824. Source: History of Parliament Online: Note: The VIAF record apparently gives an incorrect year of birth of 1754 instead of 1756. DurantedegliAlighieri Dante Dante Alighieri Florence, Tuscany, Italy Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy literary military political Daphne Mitford’s dog, a female greyhound. However, there is also a pug named Daphne in the Our Village sketch Our Godmothers from 3: 1828, 266-287 . That Daphne was a particularly ugly, noisy pug, that barked at every body that came into the house, and bit at most. Harvey Davenport Mary Ann Launceston, Cornwall, England 17 St. Michael’s Place, Brompton, London, England actor singer Performed at Covent Garden and retired from the stage in 1830 after a career of nearly forty years there. ODNB gives her birthdate as 1759 while the LOC gives it as possibly 1765. Obituaries give her date at death as 83, which makes 1759 the more likely birth date. Mentioned in Boaden’s Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble. Davie William Three Mile Cross beer retailer butcher Noted by Needham as a beer retailer and possibly a butcher. His source is the 1847 Post Office Directory of Berkshire . Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library . Pierre Alexandre Édouard Fleury deChaboulon political Cabinet secretary of Napoleon after his return from Elba. In 1820 he published Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la vie privée, du retour, et du règne de Napoléon. Daniel Defoe London, England London, England literary Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin Comtesse de Genlis Madame de Genlis Issy-l’Évêque, Saône-et-Loire, France literary educator Jean de Joinville Jean de Joinville knight literary Author of Life of St. Louis. Dekker Thomas London, England London, England literary playwright journalist Freidrich de la Motte Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte Baron Fouqué Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire Berlin, Germany literary de Quincey Thomas Manchester, Lancashire, England Edinburgh, Scotland literary journalist Best known for Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822). Also wrote Klosterheim (novel, 1832) and The Logic of Political Economy (nonfiction,1844). Published in the London Magazine, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, and Tait’s Magazine. Germaine de Staël Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Staël-Holstein Madame de Staël Paris, France Coppet, Switzerland literary Thomas John Dibdin Dibdin Thomas John Peter Street (now Bloomsbury), London, England died from asthma. Pentonville, London, England literary playwright songwriter actor theatrical production designer English author, actor, and theater manager (1771-1841) Author of Something New (play); Best known for his operas, farces, and pantomimes such as Mother Goose (pantomime, 1807) and The High-Mettled Racer (pantomime adaptation of his father’s play). His works were performed at Covent Garden, Drury Lane, and Astley’s. Also published 2-volume Reminiscences (1827). Dickinson Charles Mr. Dickinson Pickwick Lodge, Corsham, Wiltshire, England Farley Hill, near Swallowfield, Berkshire, England Friend of the Mitford family. Charles Dickinson was born on March 6, 1755 at Pickwick Lodge, Corsham, Wiltshire. 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). Charles Dickinson died at Farley Hill in 1827. Dickinson Frances Vikris Farley Hill, near Swallowfield, Berkshire, England Siena, Toscana, Italy Frances Dickinson was the only child of Charles Dickinson and Catherine Allingham. She was born on 7 March 1820 at Farley Hill, near Swallowfield, Berkshire, and was baptized on April 17. Her father Charles died when she was seven years old. She died at Siena, Toscana, Italy on October, 26 1898 and is buried in Rome. She was married to and divorced from her first husband, John Edward Geils (1813-1894) and later married the Rev. Gilbert Elliott (1800-1891). Grandmama Dickinson More research needed. Frances Dickinson’s paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Marchant Dickinson, died in 1790, and is therefore an unlikely candidate. Mrs. Dickinson Catherine Allingham Dickinson Middlesex, England St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England Catherine Allingham was born about 1787 in Middlesex, 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. She died on September 2, 1861 at St. Marylebone, Middlesex. Source: L’Estrange). Dickinson Nurse Mrs. Dobbs Dobbs An associate of both Mitford and Miss James, presumably older than either. Possibly friend or housekeeper to the James sisters. Needs additional research. Foscari Doge Historical Doge of Venice on whom Mitford based her Doge in Foscari Mitford’s declared historical source is A View of Society and Manners in Italy by Dr. John Moore. Donato Senator Historical personage on whom Mitford based Senator Donato in her play, Foscari. Mitford’s declared historical source is A View of Society and Manners in Italy by Dr. John Moore. Andrea Doria Andrea Doria D’Oria Oneglia, Republic of Genoa Genoa, Republic of Genoa Condottiero admiral military Nathan Drake Dr. Drake Nathan Drake, M.D. York, Yorkshire, England Hadleigh, Suffolk, England medical literary essayist Essayist and physician; his most ambitious work was Shakespeare and his Times. Disambiguation note: Nathan Drake the essayist is the son of the portrait and artist of the same name, who was known for his painting of provincial hunting and sporting scenes and lived from 1728 to 1778. Drover James Lived with his parents and sister on Minster Street. Drover Lived with her parents and brother on Minster Street. Drover Lived with his wife and family on Minster Street. Drover

Lived with her family on Minster Street.

Drover Lived with her husband’s familyon Minster Street. William Drummond Drummond William Drummond of Hawthornden Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland Hawthornden Castle, Midlothian, Scotland literary poet called Drummond of Hawthornden, Drummond was a Scottish lyric poet with royalist sympathies. He is one of the sixteen poets and writers whose heads appear on the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Dryden John Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England London, England literary playwright Named Poet Laureate in 1668 , Dryden authored Annus mirabilis: the Year of Wonders, MDCLXVI in 1667 , reflecting on climactic events of the previous year, the Great Fire of London and the second Anglo-Dutch War. Dryden supported a revival of drama in Restoration England, and in 1668 he wrote Of Dramatick Poesie , which contained critiques of William Shakespeare’s and Ben Jonson’s plays and reflection on English and French theater and playwrights from the Renaissance to the Restoration in England. Several of his plays were staged in London in the 1670s, including his treatment of the Antony and Cleopatra narrative, in All for Love, or, The World Well Lost, performed in December 1677 and published in 1678 . His satirical poem Absalom and Achitophel, published in 1681, presents Restoration politicians and government figures in Old Testament roles, casting King Charles II in flattering terms as a merciful and benevolent David. James Graham, Marquess of Graham Graham James Marquess of Graham Duke of Montrose Grosvenor Square, London, England political Lord Chamberlain who appointed George Colman the Younger to be the Examiner of plays, and had a role in approving Coleman’s decision to forbid performance of Mitford’s Charles the First . William George Spencer Cavendish 6th Duke of Devonshire Marquess of Hartington Lord Chamberlain of the Household Licenser of Plays President of Royal Horticultural Society Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire Paris, France Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England politician courtier ambassador arts patron

British peer and Whig politician who supported his family’s traditionally reformist causes such as Catholic emancipation, the abolition of slavery and improvements to factory working conditions. Friend of George IV, known as the "Bachelor Duke." He inherited eight estates including Chiswick House in London and Chatsworth and the village of Edensour in Devonshire, totaling more than 200,000 acres. Served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household under both George IV (1827-28) and William IV (1830-34) and therefore also as Licensor of Plays. A patron of arts and cultural organizations, he established the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew as a national botanic garden and helped found the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

 Dukinfield Henry Duckinfield A patient of Mr. Sherwood. May be Henry Duckinfield (note alternate spelling), vicar of St. Giles from 1814-1834, according to a handwritten note at the bottom of the same page on which Needham has typed Dukinfield’s name. Maria Rebecca Davison, née Duncan Davison Duncan Maria Rebecca Miss Duncan Mrs. Davison Brompton, Kent, England actor British actor, reported to have been born in Liverpool. Although she had acted in the provinces earlier, she appeared as "Miss Duncan from Edinburgh" at Drury Lane beginning in 1804 and later as Mrs. Davison after her 1812 marriage to James Davison. Specialized in comic and breeches parts, a rival of Dorothea Jordan in parts such as Nell in The Devil to Pay and Priscilla in The Romp. In The Honey Moon (1805), she created the role of Juliana. Active until 1829 at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Written about by Hunt, Hazlitt, and by Talfourd in volume 6 of the New Monthly Magazine. Charles Dundas 1st Baron Amesbury Member of Parliament for Berkshire Scotland Pimlico, England politician Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1794 to 1832. He generally sided with liberal and refomist policies but was not an active party member. His first wife Anne brought him the estate of Kintbury-Amesbury (or Barton Court) in Berkshire as well as other property. He was also the first chairman of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company; the Dundas Aqueduct was named after him. Edgeworth Maria Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England Engleworthstown, Longford, Ireland literary educator British author and educator. Best known for Castle Rackrent (novel, 1800); also wrote children’s novels and educational treatises. Elizabeth Elford Adams Plympton, Devon, England Elford Adams Elizabeth Plympton Erle, Plymouth, Devon Second daughter of Sir William Elford by his first wife, Mary Davies Elford. On 23 July 1821 Elizabeth married George Pownoll Adams (1779-1856) of Totnes, Devon, who later became General Sir George Pownoll Adams, KCH. They had four sons, all of whom were born at Ashprington, Devon, likely at Bowden House, the estate of George’s older brother William Dacres Adams. They later resided at Wiveliscombe, Somerset and at East Budleigh, Devon, with their children and with Elizabeth’s elder sister Grace. Elizabeth is mentioned in her husband’s April 1856 will and presumably died after 1856; she has not been located in the 1861 census. Source: ODNB and Ancestry.com Grace Chard Elford Miss Elford Plympton, Devon, England St. Thomas, Devon, England Elder daughter of Sir William Elford and Mary Davies Elford; she was baptised at Plympton, Devon on November 11, 1781. Her middle name, "Chard," is derived from her maternal lineage; Grace’s maternal grandmother was born Mary Chard. Grace Elford remained unmarried and later came to reside with her sister Elizabeth Elford Adams and her family, according to census records. She died on February 22, 1857 at St. Thomas, Devon. Elford Jonathan Member of Parliament for Westbury Plympton Erle, Plymouth, Devon, England Upland, Tamerton Foliott, Plymouth, Devon, England politician military The only son of Sir William Elford and his first wife Mary Davies Elford. He joined Oriel College, Oxford on June 3, 1795 and later moved to Tamerton Folliot, Devon on an estate he called Upland. He served as a Captain in the South Devonshire militia from 1803 with his father, who was also an officer. On May 10, 1810, he married Charlotte Wynne . He also became a freeman for Plymouth in 1810. Throughout his adulthood, his father tried unsuccessfully to secure him a position within the government. He served briefly as Member of Parliament for Westbury from March 10 to November 29, 1820, a seat he secured under the patronage of Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes. At this time, Westbury was a controversial "rotten borough" whose interest Lopes had purchased from Lord Abingdon, and Jonathan Elford secured the position likely in the place of Lopes who was serving a prison sentence for electoral corruption. When the sentence was lifted, Elford resigned his seat in November 1820 so Lopes could return. His death at the age of 46 left Sir William without an heir and his debts contributed to his father’s financial collapse in 1825. Charlotte Wynne Elford Mrs. Elford Daughter of John Wynne of Abercynlleth, Denbigh. Married Jonathan Elford on May 10, 1810. Birth and death dates unknown; needs further research. Hall Walrond Elford Elizabeth Mrs. Elford Manadon, Devon, England Totnes, Devon, England Elizabeth was the second wife of Sir William Elford; they married after the death of Mary Davies Elford, on July 5, 1821. She was the daughter and co-heiress of Humphrey Hall of Mandon, Devon, England and his wife, the Hon. Jane St. John, daughter of John St. John, 11th Baron St. John of Bletsoe. She married Maine Swete Waldron, an officer in the Coldstream Guards, in 1803 and they had two children, only one of whom lived to adulthood. Her first husband died around 1817 and she married Sir William Elford four years later. She died at Totnes, Devon in late 1839 and her will was probated on 10 December 1839. Some secondary sources erroneously give the spelling of her first married name as "Waldron;" however, she is not to be confused with the American Elizabeth Waldron (1780 to 21 July 1853).‏ Her birthdate is not given in any standard nineteenth century reference sources, but is likely to be before 1780. Elford Davies Mary Mrs. Elford Mary was the first wife of Sir William Elford; they married on January 20, 1776 in Plympton. Together they had one son, Johnathan, and two daughters, Grace Chard and Elizabeth. She was the daughter of the Rev. John Davies and Mary Chard of Plympton. Birth and death dates unverified by primary source records, and her son Jonathan’s will gives her name as "Jane Mary;" additional research needed. Sir William Elford Sir William Elford, F.R.S., F.L.S., M.P. Elford William Sir baronet Recorder for Plymouth Recorder for Totnes Member of Parliament for Plymouth Member of Parliament for Rye Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) Fellow of the Linnaean Society (FLS) Kingsbridge, Devon, England Totnes, Devon, England legal banker politician military naturalist painter

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 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 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 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 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 talented amateur naturalist and was elected to the Royal Linnaean Society in 1790; late in life, he published his findings on an alternative to yeast.

He 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 Walrond of the Coldstream Guards. His only son Jonathan died in 1823, leaving him without an heir.

 Elizabeth Tudor Queen Elizabeth I Queen of England, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc. Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England Richmond Palace, Surrey, England The last of the Tudor monarchs, and defender of father’s instition of a Protestant Church of England, Elizabeth I was Queen of England, France, and Ireland from 1588 until her death in 1603. Sir Henry Ellis Ellis Henry Dublin, Ireland Brighton diplomatist A commissioner in Lord Amherst’s embassy to China 1816-17. Author of Journal of the Proceedings if the Late Embassy to China, Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and From China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Interspersed with Observations Upon the Face of the Country, the Policy, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation. (1817) Robert Elliston Elliston Robert William London actor theater manager

English actor and theater manager. Managed Drury ane and other theaters. Mentioned in the writings of Leigh Hunt, Byron, and Macready.

 Emery John Sunderland, county Durham, England Hyde Street, Bloomsbury, London, England musician actor English actor and musician. Performed Covent Garden Theatre. Ozoro Esther Esther According to James Bruce in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1772, and 1773, Ozoro Esther was the first daughter of Iteghe, or queen-mother. Friend of James Bruce while in Abyssinia. Euripides Salamís Macedonia playwright literary Ancient Greek playwright, considered together with Aeschylus and Sophocles as establishing the classical foundation of Western tragedy. Author of Ion (between 414 and 412 BC), on which Thomas Noon Talfourd later based his own play of the same title, as well as Orestes (408 B.C.), and Cyclops (date unknown), the only known complete example of a burlesque satyr play, translated into a satiric poem in 1819 by Percy Shelley . Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron Lord General of the New Model Army Member of Parliament for West Riding Member of Parliament for Yorkshire Denton Hall, Yorkshire, England Nunappleton, Yorkshire, England politician military Lord General of the New Model Army. He later served as Member of Parliament for West Riding and Yorkshire . Fawcett John Mr. Fawcett actor literary playwright English actor and dramatist. Mitford likely refers to the younger Fawcett, a contemporary of John Emery (John Fawcett the elder (1740-1817) was also an actor). Appeared in Colman’s The Heir at Law. Wrote pantomime version of Obi, or Three-Fingered Jack (1800) Source: DNB. Henry Bradshaw Fearon England literary medical traveller English surgeon who wrote Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America. The dedication to the volume is dated from "Plaistow, Essex." Ferdinand I King of the Two Sicilies Ferdinand IV King of Naples King of Sicily Naples, Naples Naples, Two Sicilies monarch Deposed by Napoleon in 1805, and earlier by the short-lived (6-months) Parthenopean Republic uprising in 1799, Ferdinand IV became Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies after the restoration of monarchies following Napoleon’s defeat. Ferdinand VII King of Spain King of Spain Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain monarch Ferdinand VII was King of Spain in 1808, when he was overthrown by Napoleon , and again from 1813 until his death in 1833, when he rejected constitutional government and reigned as an absolutist monarch. Opponents of his reign called him el Rey Felón, or "the Felon King." Susan Edmonstone Ferrier Edinburgh, Scotland 38 Albany Street, Edinburgh, Scotland literary Fielding Henry Henry Fielding Scriblerus Secundus literary Sharpham, Somerset, England Lisbon, Portugal Satirical novelist and playwright, Fielding was a member of the Scriblerus Club and author of Tom Jones and the popularly adapted low tragedy Tom Thumb. Fielding published his plays under the pseudonym Scriblerus Secundus. Giovanni Luigi Fieschi Fiesco count of Lavagna Giovanni Luigi Fieschi (or Fiesco), count of Lavagna (c. 1522 – 2 January 1547), nobleman of Genoa and leader of the failed Fieschi conspiracy of 1547. Subject of a play by Schiller, Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua (Fiesco) (1782) . Subject of a play by Mitford, written and submitted to Macready for consideration, but never performed or printed. John Fisher Bishop of Exeter Bishop of Salisbury clergy Bishop of Exeter and then Bishop of Salisbury from 1807-1825. Art collector and patron of John Constable. Fitzharris Mr. Fitzharris An Irish actor who began his career in Reading before going to London. He played the title role in Othello in both Reading and London, and appeared the following season (1826) as the Sentinel in Pizarro at Covent Garden. Reviews of his London performances in the New Monthly Magazine and The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres from 1825 and 1826 were very unfavorable, indicating that his voice and presence were not sufficiently robust to sustain major roles in London. Mitford saw him perform in Othello at Reading. She was impressed with his talents and he later created the role of Celso in Charles the First. In an 1867 letter to L’Estrange (reprinted in The Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness), Harness mentions Fitzharris as a failed "protege" of Mitford’s (279). Fletcher John Rye, Sussex London, England literary playwright Playwright following Shakespeare and contemporary of Ben Jonson in the early 17th century, and collaborator with Francis Beaumont. Flush There appear to be a series of spaniels all named Flush. Maria Foote Stanhope Foote Maria Plymouth, England Whitehall, London, England actor Well known English theater actor. She was the daughter of Samuel Foote. She played Alfonso, the King of Sicily in Julian. She performed at Drury Lane from 1814 to 1825 and then began to perform at Covent Garden in 1826. Foote Samuel St Mary’s, Truro, Cornwall, England Dover literary playwright actor theater manager

English author, actor, and Haymarket Theatre manager. Comic actor and satirical pamphleteer and playwright, called The English Aristophanes. He wrote The Author (1757, Drury Lane) and The Devil on Two Sticks (Haymarket, 1768), which made comic capital of a 1766 injury in which he lost part of his leg.

 Captain Forbes theatre proprietor military legal

British theater proprietor and Royal Navy officer, and a former Grand Jury acquaintance of Mitford’s father. Source: Letter from William Coles to Needham, 10 November 1957 , Needham Papers, . Co-proprietor of Covent Garden with Henry Harris, Charles Kemble, and John Willett, as son-in-law and heir of George White. He held a 1/16 share by 1820. He was involved in the debates over the rights conferred on Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres as Theatres Royal during the 1820s and 30s. He was also involved in the debates over prices of theater tickets, earning him the satirical nickname "Sixpenny Forbes."

Ford John Islington Church, Devon, Devonshire, England literary playwright poet English playwright and poet, wrote ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (play, printed 1633) Jacopo Foscari Foscari Jacopo Crete Historical personage on whom Mitford based the character of Francesco Foscari in her play, Foscari. Byron followed the historical names for father (Francesco) and son (Jacopo) in his play, The Two Foscari. Mitford’s declared historical source is A View of Society and Manners in Italy by Dr. John Moore. Charles James Fox The Honourable Member of Parliament Leader of the House of Commons secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Westminster, London, England Chiswick, England politician Whig politician and leader of the House of Commons. Fox was an outspoken opponent of King George III and William Pitt the Younger, supporter of the American and French Revolutions as well as the abolitionist cause. His politics became widely known as "Foxite radicalism" and synonymous with populist causes. The young Mary Russell Mitford was an avowed Fox admirer, as were many Whig families in the decades following his death in 1806. Henry Richard Vassal Fox 3rd Baron Holland, of Holland 3rd Baron Holland, of Foxley, PC Right Honourable Lord Holland, PC 9 Conduit Street, Westminster, England Chiswick, England He was the grandson of Henry Fox, first Baron Holland, and nephew of Charles James Fox. He served in several Whig administrations between 1806 and his death in 1840. Mitford may have known him through her father’s political connections. Mrs. Frankland Frankland A friend of Mrs. Mitford. Unknown person. Needs additional research. Benjamin Franklin Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British America Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA literary printer naturalist ambassador politician postmaster Porden Franklin Eleanor Anne London, England London, England literary poet British poet. Author of The Veils; or the Triumph of Constancy (1815). Author of Coeur de Lion; or the Third Crusade. A Poem in 16 books. (historical epic, 1822). Married Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin in 1823. Died 22 Feb. 1825 of consumption, complicated by childbirth. Sir John Franklin Royal Navy Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Rear-Admiral Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman’s Land, now Tasmania Spilsbury, Lincolnshire, England At sea aboard HMS Terror, near King William Island, Canada military traveller explorer government Royal navy officer and explorer. Served in French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Eleanor Porden Franklin was his first wife. Royal navy officer and explorer (1786-1847). Born 16 April 1786 Spilsbury, Lincolnshire. Officer in the Royal Navy from 1800 to 1847, attaining rank of Rear-Admiral. Later Lieutenant-Governor of Van Dieman’s Land, now Tasmania. Explorer of the Canadian Artic, died at sea aboard the HMS Terror, near King William Island, Canada, while attempting to chart the Northwest Passage. J.H. Frere Frere John Hookham Whistlecraft London, England Pietà Valletta, Malta diplomat literary editor John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author, was a founder of the Quarterly Review and is known for his humorous poetry and translations of Aristophanes and the poet Theognis. He wrote under the name "Whistlecraft." Source: ODNB. Jean Froissart canon of Chimay, France Valenciennes, County of Hainaut, Holy Roman Empire France literary court historian clergy Henry Fuseli Johann Heinrich Füssli Zürich, Switzerland Putney Hill, London, England artist literary Anglo-Swiss Fuseli Rawlins Sophia Spouse and former model of Henry Fuseli; they married in 1788. Garrick David Angel Inn, Hereford, Herefordshire, England Adelphi Buildings, London, England actor theater manager literary playwright English actor and theatrical manager, considered the greatest actor of his era, and advocate of a more naturalistic style of acting. Prominent in Whig circles of the late eighteenth century. Frequently painted by Joshua Reynolds. Mary Robinson was one of his last acting mentees before his retirement from the stage. His greatest contributions as a playwright are his adaptations of Shakespeare for the eighteenth-century stage. He was the first actor to be buried in Westminster Abbey. Gaston II count of Foix Gaston III count of Foix Fébus Son of Gaston II, he wrote a famous Book of the Hunt, or Livre de chasse .The medieval chronicler Froissart visited Gaston III’s court in 1388. George Spencer-Churchill 6th Duke of Marlborough Member of Parliament Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire patron of the arts politician Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berkshire, England Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England George III George William Frederick King of Great Britain and King of Ireland King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Norfolk House, St. James’s Square, London, England Windsor Castle, Windsor, England The king who lost the American colonies, and suffered porphyria adn mental illness in the 1810s, when his son, the future King George IV reigned in his stead as the Prince Regent. King George III’s role changed after the Act of Union between England and Ireland in 1801. George IV King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Augustus Frederick Prince Regent St James’s Palace, London, England Windsor Castle, London, England monarch The Regency period was named for George when he ruled in his father’s stead from 1811 to 1820. George Possibly a servant in the Mitford household. More research needed. Edward Gibbon Gibbon Edward Member of Parliament Putney, Surrey, England Fletching, Sussex, England literary historian politician

Best known for writing The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire which was originally published in three volumes (1776, 1781, and 1788).

 William Gifford Gifford William literary editor politics Tory editor of the Anti-Jacobin in the late 1790s as well as the Quarterly Review from 1809 to 1824. William Godwin William Godwin Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England London, England literary philosopher journalist novelist Political philosopher and novelist, married to Mary Wollstonecraft and biographer of her after her death in childbirth to their daughter Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (who would later elope with Percy Bysshe Shelley and author Frankenstein). William Godwin’s 32-volume diary is digitally archived here: . See also the Shelley-Godwin Archive. Oliver Goldsmith Ireland(exact location contested) London, England literary physician Goodchild Joseph farmer at Hill house farm, Three Mile Cross Farmer of Hill house farm, which is mentioned in Our Village. Goodchild is noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople derived from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 edition. Goodchild does not appear in the 1854 edition. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library . Maria, Lady Callcott Callcott Graham Dundas Maria Cockermouth, Cumberland Kensington Gravel Pits, London 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. . Thomas Gray Cornhill, London, England Cambridge, England literary Richard Griffin 2nd Baron Braybrooke Lord Braybrooke politician literary Until 1797, known as Richard Aldworth-Neville or Richard Aldworth Griffin-Neville.Came into possession of estates Billingbear Park in Berkshire and Audley End in Essex. Lord Grey of Groby Grey Stamford Thomas Lord Grey of Groby Earl of Stamford 1623 1657 military politician Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief in the English Midlands and Leicester during first English Civil War. In 1648, he was a commisioner of the court that tried Charles I and was one of the signers of the king’s the death warrant. Teresa Guiccioli Guiccioli Teresa Contessa Ravenna, Italy literary biographer Lord Byron was her cavaliere serviente, just after she had married Count Alessandro Guiccioli, during the politically active period while he was staying at Ravenna in northern Italy and involved with the Carbonari from January 1819 to July 1823. During Wife of Count Guiccioli and married lover of Byron while he stayed in Ravenna. Author of Lord Byron’s Life in Italy. See <ref target="https://www.rc.umd.edu/reference/chronologies/byronchronology/">Romantic Circles Byron Chronology</ref> John Gutch Wells, Somerset, England clergyman antiquarian literary Sir Henry St John Halford Halford Henry St John Sir baronet Vaughn Henry Leicester Curzon Street, Mayfair Appointed physician-extraordinary to George III in 1793; he also attended George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria. He held a variety of positions with the Royal College of Physicians, including President. Born Henry Vaughn, he inherited the Halford family estate of Wistow Hall. Source: ODNB. Also see Hamilton Samuel publisher editor Publisher and editor of the Lady’s Magazine. He took over the publishing business of his father and grandfather, both named Archibald, alongside his brother, also named Archibald. He first appeared as the printer of the magazine in August 1799. Mitford had contributed articles to the magazine, for which Hamilton may have neglected to pay her the total amount due, sometime in 1823. George Frideric Handel George Frederick Handel Georg Friedrich Händel musician composer Anglo-German composer, influenced by the Italian Baroque. Settled in London in 1712 and became a naturalized British subject in 1727. John Hanson John Hanson was solicitor for Byron as well as solicitor and trustee for John Charles Walopp, 3rd Earl of Portsmouth. In 1814 his daughter Mary Anne married Lord Portsmouth; the marriage was later annulled. Mary Anne Hanson Portsmouth Lady Portsmouth Countess of Portsmouth Mary Ann Hanson was the daughter of solicitor John Hanson. She was the second wife of John Charles Walopp, 3rd Earl of Portsmouth, until their marriage was annulled in 1823 on the grounds of the Earl’s insanity. Mary Harness Harness Mary London, Middlesex, England Kensington, Middlesex, England Mary Harness was born on February 4, 1801 in London to John Harness, M.D. and Sarah Dredge; she was baptized at St. Luke, Chelsea, on June 3, 1801. She is the sister of Mitford’s friend William Harness, and brother and sister lived together throughout their adult lives; neither married. At the 1851 and 1861 censuses, Mary lived at 3 Hyde Park Terrace, Westminster St. Margaret, Middlesex, with her brother William and their first cousin Jemima Harness, daughter of his uncle William. At the time of her death she was living at 5 Cambridge Place, Victoria Road. Henry Harris At the time of Foscari’s composition, Henry Harris was manager of Covent Garden Theatre. He took over the management from October 1820, following the death of his father, Thomas Harris, and the transfer by John Kemble of his one-sixth share to his younger brother Charles. Source: Covent Garden Theatre and the Royal Opera House: Management. Survey of London: Volume 35, the theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Ed. F. H. W. Shepard. London: London County Council, 1970. 71-85 . British History Online. Web. 9 June 2015. . Thomas Harrison Thomas Harrison military politician legal 1660 Trained to the legal profession, Major-General Thomas Harrison was a Parliamentarian in the English Civil War; during the Interregnum he was a leader of the Fifth Monarchists. He was a Member of Parliament for Wendover in 1646 in the Long Parliament. He was one of the signers of the death warrant of Charles I and was found guilty of regicide and executed in 1660. Hatch John baptized November 24, 1805 in Shinfield parish buried on December 24, 1884 in Shinfield parish Son of George and Sarah Hatch. Baptismal data as noted by Needham along with other Shinfield parish baptisms correlating to named characters in . 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Source: <bibl corresp="#Needham_PapersRCL"> <persName ref="#Needham_Francis">Needham</persName> Papers</bibl>, <orgName ref="#ReadingCL">Reading Central Library</orgName>. </note> </person> <person xml:id="Havard_Wm" sex="1"> <persName> <reg>Havard, William</reg> <forename>William</forename> <surname>Havard</surname> </persName> <birth when="1710-07-12"> <placeName>Dublin, Ireland</placeName> </birth> <death when="1778-02-20"> <placeName>Tavistock Street, King’s Cross, London</placeName> </death> <occupation>literary</occupation> <occupation>poet</occupation> <occupation>playwright</occupation> <occupation>actor</occupation> <note type="bio" resp="#rnes">Minor actor, poet, and playwright. A colleague of <persName ref="#Garrick_David">David Garrick</persName> but of reportedly modest talent, Havard wrote a <bibl corresp="#HavardChasI_play"> <title>Tragedy of Charles the First (1747), which, despite being played, caused controversy due to the death of a spectator immediately following a performance. The play’s ’melancholy’ was considered a factor in her death. [See ODNB] General Hawley Possibly Lieutenant General Henry Hawley (c. 1679 to 24 March 1759), British army officer who served during the War of Spanish Succession as well as the Jacobite Rebellion. Mr. Hawley Descendant of General Hawley, engaged to Betsy Broughton through Mrs. Dickinson’s matchmaking. Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Salem, Massachusetts, USA Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA literary novelist essayist New England novelist, essayist and short story author whose work Mitford admired and promoted by featuring him in her collections of notable American authors. Franz Joseph Hadyn Joseph Haydn Rohrau, Austria Vienna, Austria musician composer Austrian composer popular in England; he visited London twice in the 1790s and became acquainted with Charles Burney. Haydon Benjamin Robert Plymouth, England London 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 mutual friend. He committed suicide in 1846.

English painter and author (1786-1846) Published Autobiography in 3 vols. (1853) John Keats named him in several poems.

 Benjamin Robert Haydon Haydon Robert Benjamin Mr. Haydon was the father of painter Benjamin Robert Haydon and was a printer, publisher, and bookseller in Devon. Source: ODNB. Mrs. Sarah Haydon Cobley Haydon Sarah Sarah Haydon was the mother of painter Benjamin Robert Haydon Source: ODNB. Mary Hyman Mary Haydon Haydon Hyman Cawse Mrs. Haydon Mary The daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Cobley, the Rector of Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon, she was widowed with two children when she married Benjamin Robert Haydon on 10 October 1821. William Hazlitt Hazlitt William Maidstone, Kent, England Soho, London, England literary essayist biographer artist painter Essayist and critic, acquaintance of Mary Russell Mitford. Author of Table Talk (1821) and The Spirit of the Age (1825). Also authored collections of critical essays such as Characters of Shakespeare (1817), A View of the English Stage (1818), and English Comic Writers (1819). In a letter of 2 October 1820 , Mary Russell Mitford writes of Hazlitt to their mutual friend Haydon, He is the most delightful critic in the [world]-- puts all his taste, his wit, his deep thinking, his matchless acuteness into his subject, but he does not put his whole heart & soul into it [. . . ] What charms me most in Mr. Haslitt is the beautiful candour which he bursts forth sometimes from his own prejudices [ . . . ] I admire him so ardently that when I begin to talk of him I never know how to stop. I could talk on for an hour in a see saw of praise and blame as he himself does of Beaumont & Fletcher & some of his old [favourites]. Thomas Hearne Thomas Hearn Littlefield Green in the parish of White Waltham, Berkshire, England Oxford, England antiquarian literary Heath Charles Theodosius 13 Lisle Street, Leicestor Square, London 24 Seymour Place North, Euston, London Son of engraver James Heath. He studied under his father and became an accomplished engraver in his own right. He is also connected with The Lady’s Magazine and resolved the debt owed to Mitford by the magazine by agreeing to give her the copyrights for her published sketches, as described in a letter to Talfourd of May 16, 1823 . Heath James Butcher Hall Lane, Newgate Great Coram Street, London An accomplished engraver, he produced many prints over his lifetime, and worked under the Robinson family, booksellers and publishers of The Lady’s Magazine. In a letter to Talfourd of May 16, 1823 , Mitford believes that he is the true proprietor of The Lady’s Magazine. He was also the father-in-law of Samuel Hamilton. Richard Heber Heber Richard Member of Parliament for Oxford University London, England literary political Heber was a book collector and one of the founders of the Roxburghe club. Felicia Hemans Hemans Browne Felicia Liverpool, Lancashire, England Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland literary poet playwright Best-known for sentimental and nationalistic poetry such as Casabianca (The boy stood on the burning deck) (1826), The Homes of England (1827), and Records of Woman (1830). Hemans also wrote drama, less successfully than Baillie or Mitford. Acclaimed in the nineteenth-century by critics as well as authors from Byron to George Eliot. Henry V Harry Henry Plantagenet King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland Monmouth Castle, Monmouth, Wales Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, France monarch King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland from 1413 to 1422, second monarch of the House of Lancaster, conqueror of France. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Henry VI King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland King of England, Heir and Regent of France and Lord of Ireland Windsor Castle, Windsor, England Tower of London, London, England The only child of Henry V, Henry VI succeeded his father as King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and he was also the disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Married to Margaret of Anjou, who ruled in his stead during his periods of mental instability. His reign was interrupted by the beginning of the Wars of the Roses, begun by conflict between Margaret of Anjou and the Duke of York. He died imprisoned in the Tower of London in the same month as the Battle of Tewkesbury, which marked the decisive end of his reign and succession with the death of his son Edward on the battlefield. He founded Eton College, King’s College, University of Cambridge and All Souls College, University of Oxford. Frederick William Hervey Lord Hervey 5th Earl of Bristol Marquess of Bristol Ickworth, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, England military politics philanthrophist scientist Hessey James Augustus J. A. Hessey London bookseller and printer with John Taylor, Taylor and Hessey. Hessey owned the London Magazine from 1821-1825, and published John Keats. Hill Charles schoolmaster 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. Hill Sweatser Lucy servant Stratfield Saye, Berkshire, England 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. Thomas Hobbes Westport near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Derbyshire, England literary philosopher John Cam Hobhouse John Cam Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton Redland, England Berkeley Square, London, England politician A friend and traveling companion of Lord Byron who contributed notes to the fourth canto of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, John Cam Hobhouse was elected to the House of Commons in 1820 as a member of the Whig party. In 1851, he became the First Baron Broughton. Hofland Wreaks Barbara Yorkshire Richmond-on-Thames literary 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 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 Hofland Thomas Christopher Nottinghamshire Leamington Spa artist Landscape painter, and second husband of the author Barbara Hofland. William Hogarth Hogarth William London, England London, England artist Painter, printmaker, and caricaturist. Hogg James the Ettrick Shepherd near Ettrick, Scotland Scottish ballad collector, poet, and novelist who wrote in Scottish and English and was encouraged by his life-long friend Walter Scott to take up a writing career. Hogg authored a long poem, The Queen’s Wake on Mary Queen of Scots in 1813 , and The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, anonymously published in 1824 . Thomas Holcroft Thomas Holcroft Orange Court, Leicester Fields, London, England literary playwright novelist journalist British author and journalist, friend and associate of literary-political radicals such as William Godwin. Author of the plays The Road to Ruin (1792) and Deaf and Dumb (1801), his work is important in the development of early nineteenth-century melodrama. He was also the author of Anna St. Ives (1792), considered the first "Jacobin" political novel of the 1790s. Arrested along with Hardy and Horne Tooke during the Treason Trials of 1794 , he was later released without being brought to trial. William Hazlitt later edited his memoirs (1816, 1852). Dr. Holden Holden Henry March 1662 theologian When the practice of Catholicism was officially banned in England and Catholic leaders were fleeing the country, Holden went to Rome to argue against the Jesuits and other orders for maintaining an official Catholic presence in England. Margaret Holford Hodgson Miss Holford Margaret Hodgson Chester, England Dawlish, Devon, England literary Associated with Joanna Baillie and Robert Southey. Her mother, also named Margaret Holford (1757–1834), was also an author. Holton Paul wine and spirits merchant at Wokingham According to Francis Needham’s research, Mitford may have used the name for the character in the late Our Village story, "Lost and Won". Source: Needham Papers, . See esp. Needham’s etter to William Roberts, 11 November, 1953 . Homer Melesigenes, Smyrna Ios Island Considered the first and greatest epic poet; In Mitford’s time, considered to be the historical author of the Illiad and the Odyssey, although early Greek and Roman historical records such as those in Herodotus and pseudo-Herodotus are contradictory as to details of his life and work. Thomas Hood Hood Thomas London London literary

Recognized for his collaboration with his brother-in-law John Hamilton Reynolds on Odes and Addresses to a Great People (poetry, 1825) and for his well-known poem "The Song of the Shirt" (1843), first published anonymously in Punch magazine .

 Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus "poet"> "memoirist"> "theorist"> 8 December 65 BC Venusia Italy 27 November 8 BC Rome Sicily Italy John Howard London, Borough of Hackney, England Kherson, Ukraine philanthrophist reformer Robert Sir Robert Howard Howard playwright politician

A royalist sympathizer, Sir Robert pursued a profitable political career after the Restoration, in addition to becoming successful poet, dramatist, and critic. Source: DNB.

 Thomas Howard Thomas Howard fourth duke of Norfolk Kenninghall Palace, Norfolk, England Tower Hill, London nobility The Fourth Duke of Norfolk, convicted of treason and executed for the charge of involvement in the Ridolfi plot against Queen Elizabeth I, to place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the English throne and to restore Catholicism in England. The Duke also wrote the first complete set of English coursing rules. Howard Brenton Howard Brenton playwright December 13, 1942 Brenton’s plays include The Romans in Britain and Bloody Poetry. Hugh Peters Hugh Peters 16 October 1660 minister chaplain Chaplain to the New Model Army. Hugo Victor Besançon, France Paris, France literary David Hume 7 May 1776 Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland , diagnosis: abdominal cancer philosopher David Hume "philosopher"> "historian"> "librarian"> The most influential philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, Hume championed skepticism in various contexts. He also wrote a celebrated History of England (1754-61), which covered English history from the Roman Invasion through the reign of James II . Joseph Hume Hume Joseph Montrose, Scotland Burnley Hall, Norfolk government Known as "the Apothecary," a radical M.P., represented Aberdeen in the House of Commons from 1818, part of a network of radical leadership in the Commons over the next 30 years. Criticized the government’s role in the Peterloo massacre, the Cato Street conspiracy, and the Queen Caroline affair, and worked to repeal the Combination Acts (1824-1825). Defender of the Chartists. See ODNB. James Henry Leigh Hunt Leigh Hunt Southgate, England Putney, England literary One of the founders and editors of The Examiner. Robert Hunt literary Writer and critic. Brother of Leigh Hunt and John Hunt who founded The Examiner. One of the earliest reviewers of William Blake. Sir Richard Ingoldsby Richard, Lord Ingoldsby Richard Ingoldsby Lenborough, Buckinghamshire, England England warrior Regicide politician An officer in the New Model Army, politician representing Buckinghamshire, and Regicide, Ingoldsby is perhaps most famous for having claimed, after the Restoration, to have signed the king’s death warrant under physical duress, Cromwell having held his hand to the pen and traced his name. This explanation is not currently considered credible. [See ODNB] Henry Ireton Henry Ireton jurist lawyer warrior 1611 1651 A prominent leader of the Parliamentary faction against Charles I and, after the English Civil War, the regicides. Ireton was Cromwell’s son-in-law - married to Cromwell’s daughter Elizabeth Washington Irving Geoffrey Crayon New York City, New York, USA Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York, USA literary diplomat Mr. Jackson Jackson Mr. medical surgeon In Mitford’s letter of July 5, 1819, she mentions Mr. Jackson as the surgeon who unsuccessfully attempts to treat Charles Dickinson’s shoulder dislocation. More research needed. James Emily Bath, Somerset, England 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey education 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. Miss James Elizabeth Mary James Elizabeth Mary James Bath, Somerset, England 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey, England Close friend and correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. She was born about 1775 in Bath, Somerset, 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, referring to Mitford’s diary, letters were also addressed to her at Bellevue, Lower Road, Richmond (Coles 26). She died on November 25, 1861, at 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey and was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. In the 1841 census, under "profession, trade, employment, or independent means" she lists "Ind." for "independent means;" in the 1851 census, she lists "landholder;" in the 1861 census, she lists "railway shareholder." Haycock James Susan Susannah Mrs. James Bath, Somerset, England Susan or Susannah Haycock, wife of Thomas James and mother of Elizabeth Mary James, Susan James, and Emily James. She was born about 1754 and was baptized at Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset on October 17, 1754, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Haycock. She married Thomas James on June 22, 1773 at Bath, Somerset. Date of death unknown, but based on census records, it is likely to have been before 1841. James Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales the Pretender the old Pretender St. James Palace, England Son of the deposed James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland. As such, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland) after the death of his father in 1701. Scottish supporters started "The Fifteen" Jacobite rising in Scotland in 1715, aimed at putting him on the British throne, but the uprising failed. After his death, the right to the Stuart succession was claimed by his son Charles Edward Stuart. Susan James James Susan Susy Deane Bath, Somerset, England 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey Friend of Mary Russell Mitford, and sister to Elizabeth James and Emily James and cared for pupils with her. She was born about 1788 in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Thomas Webb and Susanna Haycock. She was baptized on October 3, 1788 at the parish of St. James, Bath, Somerset. Her father died in 1818 and her mother in 1835. In 1819, Mitford reports in her letters that Susan has taken a position as a governess, and refers to her by the nickname "Susy." 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 December 27, 1860, at 3 Pembroke Villas, Richmond, Surrey and was buried at St. Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. James I monarch

James I of England and James IV of Scotland. British monarch (19 June 1566-27 Mar. 1625) Born in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland to Mary ("Queen of Scots"). King of Scotland until 1603 and the first Stuart king of England. Considered responsible for creating the first united Kingdon of Great Britain.

 James II King of England and Ireland James VII King of Scotland monarch (1633-1701) Last Roman Catholic king of England, he succeeded the throne after the death of Charles II, his brother, and reigned from 1685 to 1688, when he was deposed during the Glorious Revolution. Jerrold Douglas William literary

British author. (1803-1857)

 writer of aqua dramas. Jesus John the Apostle John the Evangelist Saint John Presumably (and contestedly) the author of the fourth book of the New Testament, the Gospel of John. Johnson, Samuel Samuel Johnson literary English writer and "man of letters." His many well-known works include best A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1781), and A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775). Johnson Miss Johnson Friend of Mitford’s. Unmarried sister of Mr. Johnson. Mitford helps her sort out the books that are part of her brother’s estate, according to her letter of 1 July 1821. More research needed.. Johnson John John Johnson, esq. Mr. Johnson the Junius of Marlow 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 delightful old men that render age so charming--mild playful kind & 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 date of death as 5 April 1821. See "Obituary; with Anecdotes of Remarkable Persons." Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review 91.1 (1821): "[Died] April 5 . . . John Johnson, esq. of Seymour-court, near Great Marlow, a celebrated member of the Hampden Club, and author of various political letters, &c., 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 Trueman" (314). Johnson The sister of Mr. Johnson and an acquaintance of Mitford. Johnstone John Jack actor

Irish actor (1750-1828). Comedian at Drury Lane. See Old Drury Lane, vol. 2, p. 51-53

 Jones Thomas saddler at Three Mile Cross A saddler of Three Mile Cross. Noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople derived from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 edition. Also in the 1854 edition. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library . Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson London Renaissance English playwright and contemporary of William Shakespeare. Jonson was known for satirical plays, including Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Foxe (1605), and The Alchemist (1610). Jordan Dorothea actor

English actor (1761-1816). Specialized in comic roles. Frequently called "Dora" or "Dolly" Jordan. Longtime mistress of William, Duke of Clarence (later William IV) and mother of his ten children

Gaius Julius Caesar 100 BC 44 BC The great Roman military commander and emperor, assassinated on the Ides of March, as documented by Plutarch. Lucius Junius Brutus Junius Consul of the Roman Republic unknown Ancient Rome 509 BC Silva Arsia, Rome politician literary Kean Edmund actor

English actor (1787-1833). English actor. Considered the greatest actor of his era. Born Westminster, London

 Keats John Moorgate, London Rome literary Keep Harriet servant Servant in the Mitford household from around 1822-1830. Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Keep? William bootmaker

Last name is supplied byNeedham; name appears among other local tradespeople, taken from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 . Does not appear in the 1854 edition. Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library.

 Kemble Charles Frances Anne Kemble Kemble Frances Anne Fanny Fanny Kemble actor literary

British actor and author (1809-1893). Member of Kemble acting clan, daughter of Charles Kemble, niece of Sarah Siddons.

John Phillip Kemble Kemble John Phillip actor

British actor (1757-1823). Member of Kemble acting clan, brother of Sarah Siddons.

Maria Therese de Camp Kemble Kemble de Camp Maria Therese Mrs. Charles Kemble Miss deCamp Vienna, Austria Addlestone, near Chertsey, Surrey actor literary

British actress, later Mrs. Charles Kemble. Acted under "Miss deCamp." (sometimes spelled "duCamp.") Married actor Charles Kemble 2 July 1806. Starred in a travestied version of The Beggar’s Opera in 1792 and went on to star in Miss in her Teens, The Recruiting Officer and The Iron Chest. After her marriage, she appeared at Covent Garden, assisted Charles Kemble with productions, and authored several comedies. Mother of Frances Kemble and Adelaide Kemble.

 Ralph Kettle Dr. Ralph Kettle Garsington, England Head of Trinity College clergy educator Kettle Hall, Oxford, built during his reign as head of Trinity College, Oxford. William King Dr. William King William King, LL.D., Principal of St. Mary’s Hall, Oxford academic literary orator Leader of the Jacobite interest at Oxford University from 1719. Kirby Benjamin Ben Shinfield parish Son of John and Sarah Kirby, and brother of Joseph Kirby, he developed a close relationship with Mitford, becoming a sort of servant in the household. Baptismal data as noted by Needham, recorded along with other Shinfield parish baptisms that correlate to named characters in Our Village. A character based on this individual appears in a few sketches in the series, as well as in Country Stories and Belford Regis. Needham was evidently working on a theory that the historical Benjamin Kirby was called by other names throughout Mitford’s prose, including "plain Ben" , "Ben Emmery" , or "Dick" . Source: Francis Needham, Letter to William Roberts, 27 Novembe, 1953. Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Kirby Joseph Shinfield parish Shinfield parish

Son of John and Sarah Kirby, and brother of Benjamin Kirby. Married Maria Bailey, spinster of Shinfield on 22 October 1832. Only the bride signed the register. Baptismal data as noted by Needham along with other Shinfield parish baptisms that correlate to named characters in Our Village. Source: Needham Papers.Reading Central Library.

 James Sheridan Knowles Knowles James Sheridan actor literary

Irish author and actor (1784-1862). Born Cork, Ireland; Died Torquay, England. Known as "Sheridan" Knowles. Friend of Hazlitt, Lamb, and Coleridge. His father James Knowles was the cousin of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Wrote William Tell (1825) for Macready. Also wrote The Hunchback (Covent Garden, 1832). Later became a Baptist preacher.

 August von Kotzebue von Kotzebue August literary

German author (1761-1819). Charles Kemble adapted many of his plays for the English stage.

 , Anne, Lady Fairfax Anne Vere Fairfax politician prisoner of war 1665 Ponsonby Lamb Caroline Lady literary

English author (1758-1828). Author of Glenarvon and other satirical novels. Associate of Lord Byron.

Lamb Charles

British essayist. (10 Feb. 1775-27 Dec. 1834) Born London and died Edmonton, Middlesex. Best known for his Essays of Elia (1823-1833), many of which originally appeared in the London Magazine.

Mary Lamb Lamb Mary London London author An elder sister of Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb was a noted author of prose fiction and poetry who was a member of literary circles that included her brother Charles, Thomas Noon Talfourd, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and, presumably, Mary Russell Mitford. Was also infamous for having murdered her mother in a fit of insanity in 1796. She lived in mental institutions on and off for a significant portion of her life. Landon Maclean Laetitia Elizabeth literary

Wrote under L.E.L. or "Miss Landon". Contributed to many giftbooks and annuals in 1830s. Born Chelsea, London. Married George Maclean in 1838 and died two months later under mysterious circumstances.

 William Lane Lane William publisher William Lane pioneered the circulating library, and was the founder of the Minerva Press, a major publisher of Gothic novels and other popular fiction. Johann Kaspar Lavater Lavater Johann Kaspar Zurich Zurich author Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist, and theologian. Antoine Le Camus 1722 1772 literary medical Lediard John servant A young man who worked for the Mitfords during the 1830s and 1840s, and who is featured in later Our Villagestories, notably as John in <quote>"Children of the Village: Young Master Ben"</quote> (which also featured Ben Kirby. He was particularly noted for playing the fiddle. Nathaniel Lee London, England literary playwright Lee’s best-known work is his 1677 tragedy The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great, which was a theatrical staple well into the nineteenth century for its portrayal of powerful female protagonists. In 1681, he adapted de La Fayette’s 1678 novel La Princesse de Clèves for the stage. Lewington >Mr. Lewington

A business person who worked for Mr. Payn. More research needed.

 William Thomas Lewis Lewis William Thomas actor English actor (1749-1811). John Leyden Denholm, in the parish of Cavers, near Hawick, Roxburghshire Cornelis, Batavia linguist physician poet Scottish antiquary, poet, and orientalist who assisted Walter Scott in compiling the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Sources: LBT, DNB. Liston John actor

English actor. (1776-1846) Specialized in comedy; most famous role was Paul Pry. Charles Lamb wrote a fictional "Memoir" of the actor in the London Magazine (1825).

 Liston Tyrer Sarah Sarah Liston Mrs. John Liston Miss Tyrer Sarah Tyrer English comic actress known for her singing voice and roles in burlesque operas, and celebrated for her performance as Miss Tyrer of Queen Dollalolla in Kane O’Hara’s burlesque adaptation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Thumb , in Haymarket Theatre, July 1805. She began her theatrical career at Drury Lane and Haymarket theaters in May and June of 1801, was engaged by Covent Garden Theatre in September 1805, and married the comic actor John Liston on 22 March 1807. Both John and Sarah Liston publicly retired from the theatre with valedictory performances at Covent Garden on 31 May 1822. [Sources: entries on John Liston in ODNB, DNB 1885-1900. See in particular ] Mr. Lock Lock Edward Mr. Lock A supporter of Charles Fysshe Palmer. More research needed. The identification of Mr. Lock is uncertain, but Coles suggests this may be a butcher named Edward Lock, located on Friar Street in Reading. A supporter of Charles Fysshe Palmer, Lock is concerned in the Billiard Club affair referenced in Mitford’s letter to Talfourd of 31 August 1822 . See Coles p. 206. Lockhart John Gibson John Gibson Lockhart Lanarkshire, Scotland Abbotsford, Scotland journalist editor literary A prominent writer for Blackwood’s Magazine in its early years, Lockhart joined the staff of the magazine in 1817, and came to be associated with its abrasive style and particularly (though without verification) its insulting characterization of London artists and literary figures as a Cockney School in 1820 and 1821. Assumptions and bitter accusations in the matter led to a bitter personal conflict aired in the pages of Blackwood’s and The London Magazine resulting in the death by duel of The London Magazine’s editor, John Scott in February 1821, at the hands of Lockhart’s literary agent Jonathan Christie . Lockhart married Walter Scott’s daughter Sophia in 1820, which caused John Scott and others to assume that Walter Scott had some involvement with Blackwood’s campaign against the Cockneys. Lockhart took over the editorship of the Quarterly Review from March 1826 until June 1853, shortly before his death. He is perhaps best known as the author of his father-in-law’s 7-volume biography, Life of Walter Scott, published in 1837-1838 . Claude Lorrain Claude Gellée, dit le Lorrain Chamagne, Vosges, Duchy of Lorraine, France Rome, Papal States artist Lucetti May be a fellow traveller with Joseph Acerbi; however, he is not mentioned by name in Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland to the North Cape, in the years 1798 and 1799. Further research needed. Sir George Macartney Macartney George Dublin Chiswick diplomat colonial governor The East India Company and the British government sent Macartney on an embassy to Peking in order to facilitate trade with China (ODB). James Macpherson Seumas MacMhuirich Seumas Mac a’ Phearsain Ruthven, Inverness-shire, Scotland Belville, Inverness-shire, Scotland literary politican Laetitia Macready Macready Laetitia William Charles Macready’s sister who lived with him and his wife throughout their married life. Macready William actor

English actor (1793-1873) Born London, died Cheltenham. Appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Appeared in Sheridan Knowles’s William Tell (1825) and Bulwer-Lytton’s Money (1840)

 Christopher Magnay Lord Mayor of London merchant government Lord Mayor of London from 1821 to 1822. Mahomet French spelling of Muhammad, used by Mitford to refer to the prophet. Elsewhere, Mitford refers to Mahound and Termagaunte as stereotypically violent Islamic gods. Malton Mr. Malton solicitor Solicitor whose services the Mitfords used. Margaret of Anjou Margaret Marguerite de Anjou Queen Consort of England Lorraine, France Pays de la Loire, France Queen Margaret of Anjou, daughter of René I of Anjou, King of Naples, married Henry VI of England in 1445 . She often ruled in her husband’s place during his periods of mental instability, and her rule sparked conflict with Richard, Duke of York, leading to the Wars of the Roses, a period of civil wars polarizing the Houses of York and Lancaster for over 30 years in England between 1455 and 1487 , during which she and her son vied with Edward, Duke of York for control of the English throne. She was exiled, restored, and ultimately defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 May 1471 , and she died in exile in France. She was immortalized by Shakespeare as an unfaithful wife but grieving, vengeful, and prophetic royal widow, and in Mitford’s time, she was the subject of a romance poem by Margaret Holford in 1816 . Tecla Mariam or Haseb Nanya Mariam According to James Bruce in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1772, and 1773, "Tecla Mariam or Haseb Nanya...was the third son of David, and succeeded his nephew. He reigned four years, and took for his inaugration name, Haseb Nanya" (67). Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna Marie Antoinette Queen of France Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria Place de la Révolution, Paris, France Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria Dauphine of France Queen consort of France and Navarre Queen consort of the French Spouse of Louis XVI of France (married 1770 to 1793). Marlowe Christopher literary

English author (1564-1593) Wrote The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus (play)

 John Marriott Rev. John Marriott, A.M. clergy Mentioned in Scott’s Marmion. Mr. Marriott In a letter of 1819-04-08, Mitford inquires of Elford whether this Mr. Marriott is the same as the one mentioned in Scott’s Marmion, the Rev. John Marriott, A.M. We do not have Elford’s reply. Exact identity unknown. Needs further research. Marsham Robert English naturalist and author of Indications of Spring (1789), a founding work in the field of phenology, the study of the effects of the seasons on plants and animals. Likely the Marsham mentioned in Mitford’s letter to Sir William Elford of 30 September 1820 . Martin Lucy beer retailer Lived in Three Mile Cross. Noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople, compiled from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 . Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Mary II Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland monarch (1662-1694) Ruled England jointly with King William III after the Glorious Revolution. Protestant monarch and daughter of the Catholic King James II. Queen Mary Mary Stuart December 1542 Linlithgow Scotland 08 February 1587 Stirling Mary, Queen of Scots was executed by the order of Queen Elizabeth I, against whom she was supposed to have conspired. She was succeeded by her son, James I, the first Stuart king of England and Scotland. Massinger Philip literary

English author (1583-1640). Associate of Shakespeare and Fletcher with King’s Men.

 Mast Mitford’s dog. More research needed. William Henry West Betty Master Betty actor

English actor (1791-1874) Born Shrewsbury, Died London. A celebrated child actor, known as "Master Betty" and the "Young Roscius." Appeared at Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Played Young Norval in Douglas as well as adult roles such as Hamlet.

 Matthews George schoolmaster Schoolmaster who worked at the Free School in Three Mile Cross. Noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople, compiled from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 . Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Charles Maturin Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland clergy literary Mr. Maurice Unknown person named in Mitford’s 5 July 1819 letter to Mary Webb. Further research needed. James May May William Needham identifies him as "the Magistrates’ Clerk". More research needed. John McLeod McLeod/MacLeod John Parish of Bonhill, Dunbartonshire While on board the Royal Sovereign naval surgeon author Author of Narrative of a Voyage, in His Majesty’s Late Ship Alceste, to the Yellow Sea, Along the Coast of Corea and Through its Numerous Hitherto Undiscovered Islands, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of Her Shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar (1817) Herman Melville Melville Herman New York City, New York, USA New York City, New York, USA literary novelist poet educator sailor administrator American novelist and poet. After his father’s death, he worked as a schoolteacher and as a sailor before achieving a degree of success as a novelist and short story writer. Later in his career, he worked as a Customs inspector in New York City while turning largely from prose to poetry writing. Some of his most popular works include Moby-Dick and Bartleby, the Scrivener. Merry William Esquire

Listed among the gentry of Shinfield village, associated with the Highlands estate, and noted by Needham in his research. Source: Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1854.

Ras Michael Governor of Tigré, Abyssinia during James Bruce’s expedition (ODB) Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Simoni Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Caprese, Arezzo, Florence Rome artist Renaissance artist famous for sculptures, such as "David" and "La Pieta", and frescoes, such as "The Last Judgement" and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Gilbert Millington Gilbert Myllington Gilbert Millington Member of Parliament for Nottingham Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey Elected Member of Parliament for Nottingham in the Long Parliament of 1640 to 1648 , Gilbert Millington was one of the barristers vocal for the execution of King Charles I. He was executed after the Restoration for his role in the regicide. Henry Hart Milman Milton, John John Milton literary English poet and essayist, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). Miranda 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. George Mitford Esq. George Midford Hexham, Northumberland, England Three Mile Cross, Shinfield, Berkshire, England surgeon medical magistrate legal

George Mitford was born on November 15, 1760 in Hexham, Northumberland, the son of Francis Midford, surgeon, and Jane Graham. He was related to the Mitfords of Mitford Castle, Northumberland. In 1784, he was living in Alresford and is listed in a Hampshire directory as "surgeon (medicine)." Although later sources would claim that he was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh medical school, there is no evidence that he obtained a medical degree; his father and grandfather worked as surgeon-apothecaries 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 at Broad Street in New Alresford. Their only child to live to adulthood, Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years later on December 16, 1787 at New Alresford, Hampshire. George Mitford died on December 11, 1842 at Three Mile Cross in the parish of Shinfield, Berkshire.

Molière Poquelin Jean-Baptiste theater playwright actor Paris, France Paris, France Author of Tartuffe. John Berkeley Monck Member of Parliament for Reading area 1820-1830, who frequently franked Mary Russell Mitford’s letters. Mitford’s letter to Sir William Elford of 20 March 1820 about the election of Monck describes him in context with a politically active "Patriot" shoemaker, Mr. Warry, who brought him from France. Monck was the author of General Reflections on the System of the Poor Laws (1807), in which he argued for a gradual approach to abolishing the Poor Laws, and for the reform of workhouses. Francis Needham claims that it is he who is referred to in "Violeting", when the narrator thinks she sees "Mr. and Mrs. M. and dear B.". ("Dear B." would be their son, Bligh.) Dr. Webb’s research suggests that "celebrated shoemaker" is Mr. Warry, possibly Joseph Source: Francis Needham, Letter to William Roberts, 26 March 1954. Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Mary Stephens Monck Mrs. Monck Wife of John Berkeley Monck, the Member of Parliament for Reading. Francis Needham claims that it is she and her husband who are referred to in <quote>"Violeting"</quote> , when the narrator thinks she sees "Mr. and Mrs. M. and dear B.". ("Dear B." would be their son, Bligh.) Source: Francis Needham, Letter to William Roberts, 26 March, 1954. Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Sir Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich Edward Montagu 27 July 1625 England politician warrior naval officer Earl of Sandwich Montagu fought during the first Civil War as a Parliamentarian, but later changed sides. He was killed at sea at the Battle of Solebay, fighting against the Dutch. He possessed an estate at Hinchinbrooke 28 May 1672 Montague naval officer More research needed. Mary Wortley Pierrepont Montague Lady Mary Wortley Montague London, England London, England literary Moore John M.D. Stirling died of congestive heart failure. Richmond literary physician

John Moore, M.D. (1729-1802) wrote A View of Society and Manners in Italy (1781)

 Thomas Moore Dublin, Ireland Sloperton Cottage, Bromham, Wiltshire, England literary Hannah More More Hannah Fishponds, Bristol, England Clifton, Bristol, England literary playwright novelist philanthropist educator Hannah More began her career in 1770s London as a successful playwright and associate of David Garrick, Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Montagu, and Joshua Reynolds. She was a prominent member of the Bluestocking group of women following Montagu’s salon. In the 1780s, she brought the working-class Bristol poet Ann Yearsley to public attention, and became increasingly active with abolitionists and evangelicals such as William Willberforce and Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London. With her sister Martha, More became active in philanthropic activities intended to improve the living conditions and education of the poor, including setting up Sunday Schools to teach reading. Between the 1780s and the 1830s she was a prolific and popular author of novels, conduct books, and ethical tracts, including Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education (1799) and Practical Piety (1811). She wrote numerous moralistic poems and prose sketches aimed at literate working-class poor audiences, including Village Politics, by Will Chip (1792), and later worked with Porteus on the series Cheap Repository Tracts (1795 to 1797), the most famous of which is The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain . George Howard Viscount Morpeth 6th Earl of Carlisle (third creation) Lord Privy Seal under George IV and Canning Lord Privy Seal under William IV and Melbourne London, England Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England Morton Thomas

English author and theater manager (1764-1838) Born in Durham. Author of Speed the Plough (play, 1798)

 Mossy Mitford’s dog; He died on Saturday, August 21, 1819 at Bertram House. "Mossy" was a nickname for "Moss Trooper." Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Salzburg, Austria Prague musician composer Mitford Mary Russell New Alresford, Hampshire, England Swallowfield, Berkshire, England literary gardener playwright Poet, playwright, writer of prose fiction sketches, Mary Russell Mitford is, of course, the subject of our archive. Mary Russell Mitford was born on December 16, 1787 at New Alresford, Hampshire, the only child of George Mitford (or Midford) and Mary Russell. She was baptized on February 29, 1788. Much of her writing was devoted to supporting herself and her parents. She received a civil list pension in 1837. Census records from 1841 indicate that she is living with her father George, three female servants: Kerenhappuch Taylor (Mary’s ladies maid), two maids of all work, Mary Bramley and Mary Allaway, and a manservant (probably serving also as gardener), Benjamin Embury. The 1851 census lists her occupation as "authoress," and lists her as living at Three Mile Cross with Kerenhappuch Taylor (lady’s maid), Sarah Chernk (maid-of-all-work), and Samuel Swetman (gardener), after the death of her father. Mitford’s long life and prolific career ended after injuries from a carriage accident. She died on 10 January 1855 at Swallowfield, Berkshire and she is buried in Swallowfield churchyard. The executor of her will and her literary executor was the Rev. William Harness and her lady’s maid, Kerenhappuch Taylor Sweetman, was residuary legatee of her estate. An unnamed male dog owned by Mitford in 1819 (a different dog from the female greyhound Miranda). Hall An acquaintance of Mitford and Mrs. Dickinson. Robert Mudie Angus, Scotland Newspaper editor and author. Author of Glenfergus Joseph Shepherd Munden Munden Joseph Shepherd London actor Comic actor who frequently played sailor and drunken roles, though occasionally took dignified elder roles, like Polonius. Munden married the actress Frances Butler in 1789, about the same time that he began his acting career in 1780 at Haymarket Theatre. He retired with a farewell benefit performance on 31 May 1824. Munden played Old Rapid opposite William Thomas Lewis as Young Rapid in the play, Cure for the Heartache in 1796, and played Polonius to Kean’s as well as John Philip Kemble’s Hamlet. [Source: ODNB] John Murray II Byron’s friend and publisher. Founded the Quarterly Review. Premises in<placeName ref="#London_city">London</placeName> on Albermarle-Street.</note> <note> <ref target="http://viaf.org/viaf/88737799"/> </note> </person> <person xml:id="Napoleon" sex="1"> <persName> <surname>Bonaparte</surname> <forename>Napoleon</forename> </persName> <note resp="#ebb"> <bibl>In <date when="1814">1814</date> when Napoleon was still powerful but on the retreat in Europe, <author ref="#MRM">Mary Russell Mitford</author> published a poem titled <title level="a">Napoleon’s Dream in The Poetical Register and Repository of Fugitive Poetry VIII: 215-220 . In the poem, she characterized the military leader and emperor as be-nightmared. Betty Bennett featured an edition of Napoleon’s Dream in her digital collection British War Poetry in the Age of Romanticism, 1793-1815 in 2004 . Horatio Nelson Nelson Horatio Admiral 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté Royal Navy Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England Battle of Trafalgar, Cape Trafalgar, Spain British flag officer and Vice Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars. His death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 ensured his lasting fame as a heroic naval officer. Jacob Newberry solicitor According to Francis Needham, a solicitor. Coles identifies him as “Jacob Newberry, attorney, of 35 Great Queen Street Lincoln’s Inn Fields [London] and Friar Street, Reading" ( #17, p. 109, note 32) Newman butler service The butler of Mitford’s acquaintance Dr. Valpy. John Nicholls Author Nicholson Jeremiah Reading clergy Francis Needham identifies Nicholson as the husband of Mrs. Nicholson in Our Village, "Early Recollections: A Widow’s Feather". In real life, according to Needham, he was vicar at Reading’s St. Lawrence Church from November 25, 1763 until his death on July 18, 1771. Mitford refers to this church as St. Johns Needham’s source for information on Jeremiah Nicholson is C. Kerry, A History of the Municipal Church of St. Lawrence, Reading, 1883, p. 131 and 222. Nicholson unknown vicar’s wife clergy According to Francis Needham, a historical Mrs. Nicholson is the basis of the character featured in Our Village sketch entitled "Early Recollections: A Widow’s Feather"and described there as an old acquaintance. Needham identifies the sketch character, Mrs. Nicholson, as the wife of Jeremiah Nicholson, the vicar of St. Lawrence Church in Reading, which Mitford refers to in her sketch as St. Johns. Nooth Charlotte A friend of Dr. Richard Valpy, who resided at Kew, Surrey, but was often in Paris. She wrote a poem to Dr. Valpy, published volumes of poetry in 1815 & 1816, including a verse tragedy. Northmore Thomas Fulham, Middlesex Furzebrook House, near Axminster See DNB. Politician Geologist Writer An acquaintance of MRM. In a letter to Haydon dated 9 February 1824 , Mitford refers to Mr. Northmore as "a great Devonshire reformer, one of the bad epic poets and very pleasant men in which that country abounds" ( Life of Mary Russell Mitford ed. L’Estrange Vol II, page 22 ). O’Hara Kane 1711-12?Connaught, Ireland Dublin, Ireland playwright musician Popular Irish playwright and musician, O’Hara wrote many comic operas, including a burletta adapted from Fielding’s play, Tom Thumb . O’Keefe O’Keeffe John Dublin, Ireland literary actor

Irish author and actor (1747-1833) Author of Omai (1785), Love in a Camp (1786) and Wild Oats (1791). Hazlitt described him as the "English Molière."

O’Neill Elizabeth actor

Irish actor (1791-1872). Later Lady Becher (married Mr., afterwards Sir William Becher). Born Drogheda, Ireland. Died Ballygiblin, Ireland.

 Mary Ann Orger Orger Ivers Mary Ann London actor

English actor (1788-1849?) specializing in comedy. Born Mary Ann Ivers, daughter of Mr. William Ivers. Born in London, Feb. 25, 1788. Married to Mr. Thomas Orger in July 1804. Performed at Drury Lane and Covent Garden. See "Mrs. Orger." The Biography of the British Stage. New York: Collins and Hannay, 1824. 187-188.

 Otway Thomas literary

British author. (3 Mar. 1652-14 Apr. 1685). Born in Trotton, near Midhurst, Sussex; died London. Dramatist and poet whose best-known works include The Orphan and The Soldier’s Fortune (1680) and Venice Preserved (1682).

 Publius Ovidius Naso Ovid 43 BCSulmo, Roman Empire; modern day Sulmona, Italy 16 CETomis, Scythia minor, Roman empire; modern day Constanta, Romania literary poet orator Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan Either Dublin, Ireland or the Irish Sea London, England literary Charles Fyshe Palmer Palmer Charles Fyshe Long Fyshe Luckley House, Wokingham, Berkshire, England Wokingham, Berkshire, England politician

Charles Fyshe Palmer was baptised on April 24, 1769, the son of Charles Fyshe Palmer and Lucy 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, Berkshire. Through her siblings, Lady Madelina was connected to several of the most influential aristocratic families in the country, and Charles Fyshe Palmer’s marriage to Lady Madelina thus gained him access to aristocratic houses, including the Holland House.

A Whig politician, Palmer began running for Parliament elections as the 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 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 . 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.

 See note 2 in The Browning’s Correspondence rendering of Mitford’s letter of 12 March 1842 to Elizabeth Barrett Browning . Madelina Gordon Sinclair Palmer Palmer Sinclair Gordon Madelina Madalina the Lady Lady M.P. Lady Mad. Lady Madelina Palmer Gordon Castle, Bellie, Moray, Scotland Chapel Street, Grosvenor Place, London, England 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 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 aristocratic families in the country. Her sister Charlotte Gordon became Duchess of Richmond through her marriage to Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond, 4th Duke of Lennox and 4th Duke of Aubigny. Her sister Susan Gordon became Duchess of Manchester through her marriage to William Montagu, Duke of Manchester. Her sister Louise Gordon became Marchioness Cornwallis through marriage to Charles Cornwallis, Marquess of Cornwallis. 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 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 . HenryJohn Temple Palmerston Viscount Henry John Temple Palmerston Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Westminster, Middlesex, England Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 12 June 1859 to 18 October 1865 and 6 February 1855 to 19 February 1858 Joseph Parfitt Friend of Mitford’s, who admired Eliza Webb. Sarah Parfitt Friend of Mitford’s who was enchanted by her upon their meeting. Peter George Patmore Ludgate Hill, London, England literary essayist editor biographer Frequent periodical contributer. In the early 1820s, he authored, "Picture Galleries of England," a series of art criticism essays in the New Monthly Magazine. In 1821 Patmore acted as second to journalist John Scott in the duel in which Scott was killed. Tried for murder and acquitted for his role in the duel. Editor of the New Monthly Magazine from 1841 . Source: ODNB. Patty More research needed. Payn Mr. Payn Mr. Lewington was his man in matters of business. More research needed. Thomas Love Peacock Weymouth, Dorset, England Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Surrey, England literary East India company official Poet, essayist, satiric novelist. Most famous novels were published between 1815 and 1822. Robert Peel Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Bury, England Westminster, England politician Prime Minster from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. William Herbert 1st Earl of Pembroke, tenth creation 1st Baron Herbert of Cardiff Hampton Court, England military courtier Thomas Percy chaplain to George III Dean of Carlisle Cathedral Bishop of Dromore Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England Dromore, county Down, Ireland clergy literary antiquarian Petrarca Francesco Petrarch Arezzo, Republic of Florence Arquà, Republic of Venice literary scholar Petrarch’s scholarship and poetry helped to initiate the Italian Renaissance. He investigated the learning of ancient Rome and rediscovered Cicero’s letters. In poetry he is most widely known for his sonnet cycle to an idealized woman, Laura. He was a friend of Cola di Rienzo. Mr. Philips miller A Reading millwright mentioned in Mitford’s discussion of the Reading elections in her letter to Sir William Elford of 20 March 1820 . Charles Phillips Sligo, Ireland London, England literary barrister judge Christopher Pitt literary George Pitt 2nd Baron Rivers Member of Parliament Angers, France Grosvenor Place, London, England Sold a portion of the estate at Stratfield Saye, Hampshire to the crown in 1814; the crown in turned awarded the estate to the Duke of Wellington. William Pitt The Honourable William Pitt William Pitt the younger Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of Great Britain Chancellor of the Exchequer Hayes, Kent, England Putney, Surrey, England Called William Pitt the younger to differentiate him from his father, William Pitt the elder, first Earl of Chatham, also a Prime Minister. Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Cesena, Papal States Rome, Papal States religion Pius the VII reigned the Pope, or patriarch of the Catholic Church, from 1800 to 1823. He and his Cardinals were exiled by Napoleon to Savona from 1809 to 1813, and restored to Rome by signing a treaty in 1813. Mitford mentions an unspecified past visit of J. B. Monck to the Pope’s Court in her letter to Sir William Elford of 9 September 1820 . Pliny the elder

Roman natural historian, author of Naturalis Historia in thirty-seven books. Source: LBT

 Thomas Plumer Sir Thomas Plumer Vice Chancellor of England Master of the Rolls legal judge politician Plutarch Chaeronea, Boeotia philosopher literary essayist biographer

Studied at the School of Athens, and was a priest at Delphi. Most famous works are Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans or Parallel Lives and Moralia

Poole John literary playwright

English author (1786-1872). Wrote many farces over a sixty-year career between 1810 and the 1870s, including Hamlet Travestie: in Three Acts (1810), reportedly the first Shakespeare parody presented since the days of Charles II ; Deaf as a Post; A Farce in One Act, Two Scenes (Drury Lane, 1823); Paul Pry; a Comedy, in three Acts (1835)(perhaps his best-known work); My Wife? What Wife? A farce, in one or two acts (1872). Also wrote novels, including Paul Pry’s Journal of a Residence at Little Pedligton (1836).

 Pope Alexander London Twickenham literary

English author (1688-1744)

 Pope Jane actor

English actor (1742-1818).

L’Allegra Anna Maria Porter Porter Anna Maria Sister of the popular historical novelist Jane Porter, Anna Maria Porter wrote prolifically in verse romance. Both sisters were friends of Walter Scott. See the Orlando Project’s summation of major themes in her works: and History’s Women for a biographical sketch of both sisters . John Charles Walopp Portsmouth 3rd Earl of Portsmouth Lord Portsmouth Viscount Lymington Legally declared insane since 1809 in a well-publicized series of court hearings in 1823. After this case, his second marriage to Mary Anne Hanson, the daughter of his solicitor and trustee, was annulled. They married on 7 March 1814. The Three Mile Cross postman (in 1821) As yet unidentified. Needs further research. Robert Potter Potter Robert Rev. Potter Rev. Robert Potter Podimore, Somerset Lowestoft, Suffolk literary clergy While a clergyman in Scarning, Norfolk, and the Master of Seckar’s School, he completed some of the earliest English translations, in blank verse, of Aeschylus in 1779, Euripides in 1783, and Sophocles in 1788. Praed Winthrop Chester Square, London literary government

British author and policitician. Although Praed began his career at Cambridge with Whig sympathies, he was returned to parliament for St. Germans in 1830 as a Tory candidate. He later sat for Great Yarmouth (1835-37) and Aylesbury (from 1837 until his death) as a Tory. An authorized edition of his poems did not appear until 1859 (edited and with a memoir by Derwent Coleridge); a collected edition, The Political and Occasional Poems of W.M. Praed appeared in 1888. Well-known poems include “Good Night to the Season” (1827) and “The Belle of the Ball-Room” (1831) as well as "The Talented Man" and “Stanzas on Seeing the Speaker Asleep in His Chair.” MRM profiles him in Recollections.

British author. MRM profiles him in Recollections (1854))

 Price Stephen theater manager American theater manager and leasee of Drury Lanebetween 1827 and 1827. Mitfordrefers to him in a letter of May 5, 1823. Attribution from William Colesin a letter to Needham; Coles is uncertain of the name, however. Source: Letter from William Colesto Francis Needham, April 25, 1958, Needham papers, Reading Central Library Elizabeth Stuart Elizabeth Stuart princess prisoner of war 28 December 1635St James’s PalaceLondon England 8 September 1650Carisbrooke CastleIsle of Wight England Bryan Waller Procter Barry Cornwall Leeds, Yorkshire, England London, England literary poet playwright biographer A friend of Charles Lamb, Procter contributed poetry to the Naturalist’s Calendar and later contributed to the edition of Finden’s Tableaux edited by Mitford. He wrote a biography of Edmund Kean in 1835 and a biography of Lamb in 1866. Luigi Pulci Florence, Italy literary diplomat Italian poet, patronized by the Medici family. Mr. Quayle Mr. Quale Mentioned in Mitford’s letters of November 6 and 16 1821 as a friend willing to help in Mitford’s theatrical aspirations. Surname spelled in the letter of November 16 as Quale. Forename unknown. Not identified in Coles. Needs further research. Queen Anne St James’s Palace, Westminster, England Kensington Palace, Middlesex, England Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland on 8 March 1702. In 1707, after the Acts of Union uniting England and Scotland into Great Britain, she reigned as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Caroline Queen Consort of the United Kingdom Caroline of Brunswick Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Princess of Wales Brunswick, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Hammersmith, London, England The cousin and estranged wife of the Prince Regent (later George IV). Caroline was adopted as the leader of the parliamentary reform movement around the time that the Regent attempted to divorce her on grounds of adultery in 1818, and his struggles with Parliament to divorce her and prevent her from becoming Queen are known as the Queen Caroline Affair. Racine Jean-Baptiste La Ferté-Milon, France Paris, France literary playwright Radcliffe Ward Ann Holborn, London, England London literary Best known for Gothic romances The Mysteries of Udolpho (novel, 1794) and The Italian (novel, 1797). Her novel Gaston de Blondeville, published posthumously in 1826, inspired Mitford’s play of the same name. Walter Raleigh Sir Walter Raleigh East Budleigh, England London, United Kingdom literary political military courtier Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino Italian Renaissance artist and architect. Rapley John Jack Shinfield parish

Son of William and Sarah Rapley. Baptismal data as noted by Needham along with other Shinfield parish baptisms that correlate to named characters in Our Village.

Rapley John Shinfield parish Son of John and Elizabeth Rapley. Baptismal data as noted by Needham along with other Shinfield parish baptisms that correlate to named characters in Our Village. Either he or John Rapley, son of William and Sarah, could be the original of the Jack Rapley in Our Village. Reeve Mrs. Reeve From Whitley. More research needed. Rembrandt van Rijn Harmenszoon Rembrandt Leiden, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands artist painter printmaker Famous Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker. A prolific painter and printmaker, Rembrandt is usually regarded as the greatest artist of the Netherlands’ Golden Age. Best known for his portraits in oil, particularly his many self-portraits, he also painted landscapes and narratives, including biblical and mythological scenes. He was also a skilled printmaker, employing etching as well as dry point techniques. See The Met’s Rembrandt site at . John Hamilton Reynolds Shrewsbury, England Newport, Isle of Wight, England literary Richard I King of England Duke of Normandy Duke of Aquitaine Count of Anjou

English monarch (1157-1199). House of Plantaganet. Son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Also known as Richard Coeur de Lion or Richard the Lionhart.

 Richard the 2nd Richard II King of England Lord of Ireland Duke of Aquitaine abbey of St. André at Bordeaux English monarch (1367-1400). House of Plantaganet. Son of Edward, Prince of Wales, the Black Prince. Deposed by Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV). Source: DNB. Richard III King of England Richard of Gloucester Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire Bosworth Field, Leicestershire After the death of his brother King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester was appointed protector to his young sons, King Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, the Duke of York, and in preparation for Edward V’s coronation, he lodged them at the Tower of London, and upon the mysterious disappearance of the boys, Richard took the throne. Richard is often accused, without proof, of having ordered the boys execution to usurp the throne, a plot immortalized in Shakespeare’s play, Richard III . His death at the Battle of Bosworth Field made him the last English king to die in battle, and effectively ended the dynastic Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Henry Kemp Richardson Coles says this is Henry Kemp Richardson of Reading, see p.471, note 5. One of the 1827 sonnets is address to a Henry Richardson. Needs further research. Samuel Richardson Mackworth, Derbyshire, England London, England literary printer Cola di Rienzo Tribune of Rome scholar politics The historical figure on whom Mitford’s character, Cola di Rienzi, is based. Rienzo rose from humble origins as the son of a washerwoman and a tavern keeper to lead a bloodless coup against Rome’s aristocracy through his powerful oratory in the 1340s. He named himself in 1347 the Tribune of Rome, and he aimed to restore Rome to its classical glory as the capitol of a united Italian nation and empire. Although he would lose power within a year to vengeful barons united in opposition against him, Rienzo became legendary for his meteoric career, his humiliation of bullying overlords, and his rule dedicated to the restoring the dignity of Roman people in a time of chaos and confusion. His contemporary poet, Petrarch, admired Rienzo as a man of humble origins who could unite the Roman people with his inspiring oratory and construct a new regime to punish abusers of power. William Horace Pitt-Rivers 3rd Baron Rivers, fourth creation Horace Beckford The Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, England aristocrat gambler Before inheriting the title, Horace Beckford was a member of Crockford’s and a notorious gambler. Part of the family estate was in Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, roughly five miles from Three Mile Cross; he inherited the title from his uncle, George Pitt, the 2nd Baron Rivers, in 1811. The family sold a portion of the estate to the crown in 1814; the crown in turned awarded the estate to the Duke of Wellington. In 1831, he committed suicide by throwing himself into the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Source: ODNB. William Robertson William Robertson Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Doctor of Divinity minister of the Church of Scotland King’s Chaplain Chaplain of Stirling Castle Principal of the University of Edinburgh Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland literary historian antiquarian clergy educator Scottish historian, clergyman, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh, author of The History of Scotland, 1542-1603 (1759) and The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V (1769), considered his most important work. Robins George Henry auctioneer theatre patron

British auctioneer and theater patron (1778-1847). Acquaintance of Byron, Sheridan, Colman, JP Kemble.

 Robinson Henry Crabb Bury St. Edmunds, England Lawyer, diarist, and newspaper correspondent for The Times, helped Thomas Noon Talfourd to secure a position with The Times as a legal report correspondent. Samuel Rogers Newington Green, England London, England literary Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau Geneva, Switzerland Ermenonville, France literary political educator Fanny Rowden Mrs. Rowden Rowden St. Quentin Frances Arabella London educator

English school teacher, author, and Mitford tutor. Also taught Caroline Lamb, Fanny Kemble, and L.E.L.. Worked at M. St. Quentin School at 22 Hans Place, London, where Mary Russell Mitford attended as a student, and where she in company with Rowden, attended plays at the London theatres. The St. Quentin school at Hans Place was founded by Dominique de St. Quentin, a French emigre, whose name (and the school’s name) is spelled "Quintin" in the L’Estrange edition of Mitford’s letters. St. Quentin and his wife, Ann Pitts, originally ran a school in Reading, where he first hired Frances Rowden to teach, but according to the ODNB, St. Quentin had to sell the Reading school due to gambling debts he accumulated in the company of Richard Valpy and George Mitford. When the St. Quentins moved to Paris following Napoleon’s defeat, Rowden followed them there in 1818 and started a school at the rue d’Angoulême which later moved to Champs-Elysées , and it was in her Paris school that she taught Fanny Kemble between 1821 and 1825 . After the death of St. Quentin’s wife, Frances Rowden married him in 1825 but little is known of her following this point, and the ODNB indicates that the death date of 1840 supplied for her is speculative.

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 Memoirs; See also L’Estrange, ed. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself, Volume I, pages 11-17 .

 Mary Valpy Roworth Miss Valpy Valpy Roworth Mary Ann Catherine Reading, Berkshire, England Bath, Somerset, England Eldest of the daughters of Dr. Richard Valpy and his second wife, Mary Benwell, likely born about 1786. Mary Ann Catherine Valpy married Thomas Roworth, Esq. of Blagdon, Somerset on 24 November 1810 at St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire. They lived in Blagdon, Somerset, and died without issue. Mary Valpy Roworth died in January 1854 at Bath, Somerset. Peter Paul Rubens Sir Siegan, Nassau-Dillenburg Antwerp, Spanish Netherland artist painter printmaker courtier diplomat A portrait, landscape, and history painter in oils, Rubens is best-known for his female nudes of biblical, allegorical, and mythological subjects; he also produced commissioned Counter-Reformation altarpieces. At the height of his career, he ran a large studio in Antwerp, and he was knighted by both Charles I of England and Philip IV of Spain. He used the production of prints and book title-pages, based on his drawings, to extend his fame in Europe, working with the renowned Plantin-Moretus publishing house. Rachel Wriothesley Russell Rachel Wriothesley, Lady Russell 1723-09-29 The daughter of Thomas Wriothesley, fourth earl of Southampton; her letters involving the trial of second husband, William Russell, Lord Russell, implicated in the Rye House Plot, were published in 1773. Sources: LBT, DNB. Mitford Russell Mary Mrs. Mitford Ashe, Hampshire, England Three Mile Cross, parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England 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 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, Hampshire. On the marriage allegation papers, both gave their addresses as Old Alresford. Their only daughter, Mary Russell Mitford, was born two years later on December 16, 1787 at New 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 the "New Year’s day" as the date of her death. Russell Dicker Mary Mrs. Russell Mary Russell Mitford’s maternal grandmother. Mary Dicker was the daughter of William and Martha Dicker of Hampshire and was born about 1711 in Hampshire. She was the second wife of the Richard Russell; they married on May 21, 1744. They had three children: Charles William, Frances, and Mary. The Rev. Dr. Richard Russell was the rector of Ashe and the Vicar of Overton and the family lived at Ashe, Hampshire. She died at Ashe, Hampshire, on March 3, 1785. Russell Richard Reverend Dr. Rev. Dr. Richard Russell Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Ashe, Hampshire, England clergy Mary Russell Mitford’s maternal grandfather. The Rev. Dr. Richard Russell was born on October 5, 1695 at Basingstoke, Hampshire. He was the son of William Russell and Jane Coleman, was a distant relation of the Dukes of Bedford (sixth creation, 1694). He was married twice; first, to Elizabeth Boulte, by whom he had a daughter, Ann Russell; second, to Mary Dicker, by whom he had three children: Charles William, Frances, and Mary. The Rev. Dr. Richard Russell was the rector of Ashe and the Vicar of Overton and the family lived at Ashe, Hampshire. He died at Ashe, Hampshire, in early 1783 and his will was probated on Feburary 25, 1783. John Towill Rutt Rutt John Towill London, England Bexley, Kent, England politician literary Political radical and writer. Dissenter and later Unitarian. He edited the The Theological and Miscellaneous Works of <persName>Joseph Priestley</persName> between 1817 and 1831 , as well as other biographical, political, and Unitarian religious works. Rachel, his eldest daughter, married Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. Charles Sackville 6th Earl of Dorset 1st Earl of Middlesex Bath, England William Cecil, Lord Salisbury William Cecil politician 28 March 1591 3 December 1668 William Say William Say politician Minister of Parliament for Camelford 1604 A Regicide, Say ultimatey eluded capture by escaping to Switzerland. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller von Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich literary

German author (1759-1805) Wrote Die Räuber or The Robbers (play, 1781), Fiesco (play, 1783), and Wilhelm Tell or William Tell play, 1804). Early in her playwriting career, Mitford attempted an adaptation of his Fiesco which was never performed.

 John Scott John Scott Broadgate, Aberdeen Chalk Farm literary editor Editor who revived The London Magazine in 1820 and edited it until his death on 27 February 1821. Died as the result of 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. John Scott 1st Earl of Eldon Lord Chancellor of Great Britain Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England London, England politician legal Scott, Walter Walter Scott Edinburgh, Scotland Abbotsford, Scotland literary government Scottish antiquarian, poet, and novelist. Also worked as clerk of the Court of Session in Edinburgh. He assembled a collection of Scottish ballads, many of which had never before been printed, in Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, first published in 1802, but continually expanded in revised editions through 1812 . Author of the long romance poems, The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810). From 1814-1831, Scott published 23 novels, and over the course of his literary career, he wrote review articles for the Edinburgh Review, The Quarterly Review, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, and the Foreign Quarterly Review. Catherine Maria Sedgwick American writer, correspondent of Mitford’s. Selim Mitford’s cat. A white Persian male cat with an aggressive personality. Thomas James Serle actor theatre manager literary

British actor, author, theater manager (1798-1889). Appeared with Kean and Charles Kemble. Married Cecilia Kemble. Wrote Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, a Historical Drama; and The Shadow on the Wall. Served as Secretary of The Dramatic Author’s Society.

 Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de Sévigné Marquise de Sévigné Madame Sévigné Paris, France Grignan, France literary Martha Seward An acquaintance of Mary Webb. Needs additional research. Sforza General Sforza, historical person Mary Russell Mitford’s character is based on, Venetian military officer. Shakespeare William Probably born April 21-23, the 23rd has been the usually assumed date. Stratford upon Avon Stratford upon Avon literary

English author and actor (1564-1616)

 John Sheffield 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Lord Mulgrave St. James Park, London, England Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley Shelley Percy Bysshe Horsham, Sussex, England Gulf of La Spezia, Sardinia Radical English poet, friend of Thomas Love Peacock, Leigh Hunt, and Lord Byron, married to Mary Wollstonecraft’s and William Godwin’s daughter Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley. This influential and unconventional group of writers is sometimes known as England’s first family of writers . See the Shelley-Godwin Archive’s biographical page on the group and their circle. http://viaf.org/viaf/95159449/ Henry John Shepherd Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury legal politician Address: 1 Pump Court, Temple, London. Sheridan Richard Brinsley born either in September of October 12 Dorset Street, Dublin 14 Savile Row, London literary

English author, politician, and theater manager(1751-1816) Managed Drury Lane. A prominent Whig politician.

Sherwood Thomas doctor 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. Kemble Siddons Sarah actor

British actor (1755-1831). Born Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales. Died London. Considered the best tragic actress of her era, better than her three actor-brothers. Member of the Kemble acting clan. Most famous role was Lady Macbeth.

 Sir John Sinclair Sinclair John Sir baronet Thurso Castle, Thurso, Caithness 133 George Street, Edinburgh Sir John Sinclair was perhaps most politically active in the 1780s and 1790s when he represented the district of Caithness and moved to organize an independent body of non-partisan parliamentarians. He took a great interest in political and agricultural economics of England and Scotland and published a History of the Public Revenue of Great Britain in two volumes in 1784 with additions in 1789. In 1790 he proposed the idea of a detailed parish-by-parish study of local geography, history, and community culture which became the 21-volume Statistical Account of Scotland .(Source: ODNB) Skerrett Marianne An undetermined relative of William Macready. Source: Letter from William Colesto Francis Needham, April 25, 1958, Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Sloman Charleston, SC actor

British actress.(1799?- 8 Feb. 1858) Specialized in tragedy, performed at Covent Garden Theatre and later appeared in New York. Miss Whitaker, first married Willian Downton, actor; later married John Sloman. Appeared as Belvidera in Venice Preserved and Mrs. Haller in The Stranger. Mrs. Sloman died in Charleston, SC at the age of 59.

 Adam Smith Head of Moral Philosophy, the University of Glasgow Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland Horace Smith Smith Horace Smith Horatio London Tunbridge Wells

Poet, parodist, playwright, and successful stockbroker, friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and member of Leigh Hunt’s circle. Horace and his older brother James wrote and published Rejected Addresses: Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum in 1812 , which parodied the styles of 21 poets and dramatists in a series of fake addresses to be delivered on stage and supposedly rejected by the managers of Drury Lane Theatre for a competition they had sponsored to celebrate the rebuilding of their theater in October 1812 following a fire. Poets parodied by the Smith brothers included Lord Byron, Walter Scott, Robert Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth.

Horace Smith and Percy Shelley drafted a competing pair of sonnets on Egyptian antiquities, each published in The Examiner (Shelley’s was published on 11 January and Smith’s on 1 February of 1818), and of the two, Shelley’s Ozymandias became far better known. Romantic Circles hosts a digital edition of Smith’s sonnet, On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below .

 http://viaf.org/viaf/207338554/ Smollett, Tobias Tobias George Smollett Dalquhurn, Scotland Antignano, near Livorno, Italy literary medical Novelist and poet, as well as editor, translator, critic, and medical practitioner. Smollett’s best-known novels were written between 1748 and 1753: The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), and The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753), and his four-volume Complete History of England was published in 1754, revised in 1758 . Together with Thomas Francklin, Smollett helped edit the 35-volume English translation of The Works of Voltaire, from 1761-1765 . He travelled extensively in France and Italy in his last years. (Source ODNB). George Soane Coles posits George Soane, "(1790-1860), miscellaneous writer" (Coles p. 172, note 14) George Soane G. Soane, A.B. London, England London, England literary Second son of the architect John Soane. He wrote numerous melodramas for the stage between 1817 and 1850, and translated works from the French, German, and Italian, including the first English translation of de la Motte’s prose in 1818 , which he turned into a three-act play, Undine, or, The Spirit of the Waters by 1821 . Sophocles

(ca. 496 BC-406 BC) Born in Colonus (near Athens) Greece and died in Athens. Sophocles is best known for his cycle of Oedipus plays, and particularly the tragedy Oedipus Tyrranus (otherwise known in Latin or English forms as Oedipus Rex, or Oedipus the King). As an Athenian citizen, Sophocles held many roles, such as serving on the treasury, leading the paean (choral chant), serving as a a strategoi (armed forces official); and was a junior colleague of Pericles.

Robert Southey Poet Laureate of England Bristol, England London, England literary poet historian biographer essayist Joseph Spence Kingsclere, Hampshire, England Byfleet, Surrey, England clergy literary garden designer Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser London, England London, United Kingdom literary Sir George Staunton Staunton George Cargin, County Galway, Ireland London physician diplomat In 1792 Staunton was apointed principal secretary to Lord Macartney’s embassy to China. Source: ODNB Sir Richard Steele Steele Richard Dublin, Ireland Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales/> essayist playwright politician English playwright and essayist who founded the journal The Tatler and later, with Joseph Addison, the journals The Spectator and The Guardian. politician Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford Thomas Wentworth 1593 12 May 1641 London Tower Hill Caroline administrator who was tried, convicted, and executed in 1641. Arguably, Charles I betrayed Strafford to repair his own public image--unsuccessfully. Strong Elizabeth baker Baker of Three Mile Cross, as noted by Needham on a list of local tradespeople, drawn from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire , 1847 edition. She is not listed in the 1854 edition. Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Strong George bricklayer beer retailer

Bricklayer and beer retailer of Three Mile Cross, as noted by Needhamon a list of local tradespeople, drawn from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1847 edition. He is not listed in the 1854 edition. Source: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library.

 Dorothy Sidney Spencer Smythe Countess of Sunderland Sacharissa Syon House, London, England As a young woman, Lady Dorothy Sidney was celebrated for her wit and beauty and was the subject of verses to and about "Sacharissa" by poet Edmund Waller. Mr. Swan "On the 17th, convicted of bribery at an election for the borough of Penrhyn, in Cornwall, was sentenced to be confined in the King’s Bench Prison for one year." See Edinburgh Magazine 5 (July-Dec. 1819): 568. Jonathan Swift Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin Dean Swift Lemuel Gulliver Isaac Bickerstaff M.B. Drapier Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland literary clergy George Talbot the Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury Appointed by Queen Elizabeth I to imprison Mary Queen of Scots in 1568 at Sheffield Castle and Manor Lodge. Bess of Hardwick was his second wife, and he was her fourth husband. Rachael Rutt Talfourd Talfourd Rutt Rachel Mrs. Thomas Talfourd London, England Margate, Kent, England

The eldest daughter of John Towill Rutt, she married Thomas Noon Talfourd in 1822 . Coles observes that Talfourd secured a position through Henry Crabb Robinson to write legal reports for The Times to afford this marriage. Coles cites Vera Watson’s two-part Times’ Literary Supplement piece of April 20 and April 27, 1956, Thomas Noon Talfourd and His Friends for more information (Coles p. 193, note 2).

Thomas and Rachel had five children: Francis, Mary, Katharine, Thomas Noon [II], and William Wordsworth. In 1832, the family lived at 26 Henrietta Street, St Andrew, Holborn and St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury. In 1837, they lived at 56 Russell Square, St. George, Bloomsbury. On May 1, 1843, Rachael and the five children were all baptized into the Church of England. After the death of her husband, she lived at Margate, Kent, where she died on February 12, 1875.

 Thomas Noon Talfourd Talfourd Thomas Noon Reading, Berkshire, England Stafford, Staffordshire, England legal barrister pleader jurist literary journalist playwright

Close friend, literary mentor, and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Thomas Noon Talfourd was born on May 26, 1795 at Reading, Berkshire and baptised on July 12, 1795 at the Broad Street Chapel in Reading, the eldest child of Rev. Edward Talfourd and Anne Isabella Noon. His father was a brewer and later established a lunatic asylum for female patients at Normand House, Fulham, which he ran until his death, and the supervision of which was later conducted by his wife and his daughter Anne.

Thomas Noon Talfourd married Rachel Rutt on August 31, 1822 at St. John, Hackney, Middlesex. Rachel was the daughter of radical politician and writer John Towill Rutt. Thomas and Rachel had five children: Francis, Mary, Katharine, Thomas Noon [II], and William Wordsworth. In 1832, the family lived at 26 Henrietta Street, St Andrew, Holborn and St George the Martyr, Bloomsbury, England. In 1837, they lived at 56 Russell Square, St. George, Bloomsbury. Talfourd’s chambers were at 2 Elm Court, Temple, London.

Talfourd was educated at the newly-established Mill Hill school, a dissenting academy in Reading, from 1808 to 1810. He attended Dr. Richard Valpy’s Reading School from 1810 to 1812. He completed a legal apprenticeship with Joseph Christy, special pleader, in 1817, and was called to the bar in London in 1821. He ultimately earned a D.C.L. (Doctor of Civil Laws) from Oxford on June 20, 1844. While establishing his practice as a barrister and special pleader, he worked as legal correspondent for The Times, reporting on the Oxford Circuit, and also continued his literary interests. After 1833, he was appointed Serjeant at Law, as well as a King’s and Queen’s Counsel. He was elected and served as Member of Parliament for Reading from 1835 to 1841 and from 1847 to 1849 ; he served with Charles Fyshe Palmer, Charles Russell, and Francis Piggott. Highlights of his political and legal career included introducing the first copyright bill into Parliament in 1837 (for which action Charles Dickens dedicated Pickwick Papers to him) and defending Edward Moxon’s publication of Percy Shelley’s Queen Mab in 1841 . He was appointed Queen’s Serjeant in 1846 and Judge of Common Pleas in 1849 , at which post he served until his death in 1854. He was knighted in 1850 .

Talfourd’s literary works include his plays Ion (1835), The Athenian Captive (1837) and Glencoe, or the Fate of the MacDonalds(1839).

 Francois Joseph Talma Talma Francois Joseph Paris, France Paris, France dentist actor French actor and dentist who was a favorite of Napoleon Bonaparte. Tasso Torquato Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples Rome, Papal States literary poet courtier Tasso was a poet and courtier from Naples. He was the author of the pastoral drama Aminta (1573) and epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata (1574). Tasso’s life and work continued to be the subject of much attention during Mitford’s lifetime. Byron’s poem The Lament of Tasso, written in Florence, appeared in 1817 ; a translation of Gerusalemme Liberata in Spenserian stanzas by Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen appeared in 1821 ; Donizetti wrote an opera on the subject of Tasso in 1833 , incorporating some of the poet’s work into the libretto; and Franz Liszt composed a symphonic poem, Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo in commemoration of the centenary of Goethe’s birth in 1849 . John Taylor

b. 1781 d. 1864. London writer and publisher with James Augustus Hessey, Taylor and Hessey

Jeremy Taylor clergy literary Taylor James Henry clergy Three Mile Cross, Berkshire, England Reportedly the illegitimate son of Kerenhappuch Taylor. Born about 1843 at Three Mile Cross, he was baptized at St. Giles, Reading, Berkshire on April 9, 1843. He consistently gives his birthplace as "Three Mile Cross" on census documents from the second half of the nineteenth century. His occupation is given as "clerk in holy orders." Since he disappears from English census records after 1861, reappearing in 1891, and gives his son Arthur Harry Edmund’s birthplace as Isipingo, Natal, South Africa (then a British colony), it seems possible that he emigrated to South Africa between those dates, then returned to England. Further research needed. John Taylor Taylor Kerenhappuch K. Known as K., she was a servant in the Mitford household intermittently from 1840 until the author’s death. K. gave birth to a son, James Henry Taylor, who was rumored to be the son of George Mitford. Scholars have disagreed about whether this was the case, although William Roberts claimed to have heard it from J.H. Taylor himself. Sources: Needham Papers, Reading Central Library. Alexandra Drayton, Unearthing Our Village. <quote>"Capers With K"</quote> . 13 March 2013. See . Thomas James (T.J.) Thackeray musician

(1795?-1850?) British musician and librettist/lyricist. Wrote The Mountain Sylph (two-act opera, 1834) with John Barnett (1809-1890). Also write My Wife or My Place, A Petite Comedy in Two Acts (1831) with Charles Shannon .

 Thelwall John London Bath literary journalism education Radical political writer, lecturer, poet, and novelist, who was associated with the London Corresponding Society, as well as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridgein their early years. He, along with John Horne Tooke and Thomas Hardy, was tried for treason in 1794, and was acquitted. After being hounded out of a prominent political life by government repressions against radical activity, Thelwallbecame a teacher of elocution, but he continued to write about politics and to publish. In later life, he published a short-lived journal entitled Panoramic Miscellany , to which Mitfordcontributed three country sketches. Robert Tichborne Robert Tichborne warrior Mayor of London 1682 Sir Matthew Tierney Tierney Matthew John Sir baronet Ballyscandland, County Limerick Pavilion Parade, Brighton Tierney was a physician who became a Physician-in-Ordinary to Kings George IV and William IV of the UK. Tindal Harrison Henrietta Euphemia Butler Diana Duffield, Darby Aylesbury Author of volumes of poetry, as well as stories and articles in magazines, and novels under the pseudonym Diana Butler. Mitford praised her work in her own Recollections of a Literary Life. The two corresponded warmly and affectionately later in Mitford’s life. Source: ODNB. Tiziano Vecelli Tiziano Vecellio Titian Pieve di Cadore, Italy Venice, Italy artist Tobin John

English author (1770-1804) Died Cork, of consumption. Most successful work, The Honeymoon (or Honey Moon), began its run just before his death.

 James Traill Tubb Daniel Individual identified in the Shinfield parish register by Francis Needham whose name may have been used by Mitfordfor several Our Village characters, including <quote>"Dr. Tubb"</quote> . Source: Francis Needham, letter to William Roberts, 16 January 1954, NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. Tully Miss Tully literary According to the Preface to , Miss Tully is the sister of Richard Tully, Esq., "his Brittanic Majesty’s Counsul at the Court of Tripoly," who edited her correspondence.</note> </person> <person xml:id="Valpy_Catherine" sex="2"> <persName> <surname type="paternal">Valpy</surname> <surname type="married">French</surname> <forename>Catherine</forename> <forename>Elizabeth</forename> <forename>Blanch</forename> </persName> <birth> <date notAfter="1795-08-04"> <placeName>Reading, Berkshire, England</placeName> </date> </birth> <death> <date when="1873"> <placeName>St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands</placeName> </date> </death> <note type="bio" resp="#ebb">One of four daughters of Dr. Richard Valpy and his second wife, <persName>Mary Benwell</persName>; she was born about 1795 and was baptized on <date when="1795-08-04">August 4, 1795</date> at <placeName>St. Lawrence parish, Reading, Berkshire</placeName>. <rs type="event">She married <persName>Rev. Philip Filleul</persName>, rector of St. Helier and later vice-dean of Jersey on <date when="1823-10-13">October 13, 1823</date>, on the same day that her sister <persName ref="#Valpy_Penelope">Penelope</persName> married the Rev. Peter French.</rs> Catherine Valpy and Philip Filleul lived at <placeName>St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands</placeName>, their children were born there, and Catherine died there in <date when="1873">1873</date>. She was buried there in the Mont à l’Abbaye cemetery.</note> </person> <person xml:id="Valpy_John" sex="1"> <persName> <surname>Valpy</surname> <forename>Abraham</forename> <forename>John</forename> </persName> <persName>Abraham John Valpy</persName> <birth notAfter="1786-10-30"> <placeName>Reading, Berkshire, England</placeName> </birth> <death when="1854-11-19"> <placeName>St. John’s Wood Road, London, England</placeName> </death> <occupation>literary</occupation> <occupation>printer</occupation> <occupation>publisher</occupation> <note type="bio" resp="#lmw #ebb">Abraham John Valpy, called "John" or "A.J." Dr. Richard Valpy’s second son, Abraham John was born about <date when="1786">1786</date> and was baptized on <date when="1786-10-30">October 30, 1786</date> in <placeName ref="#Reading_city">Reading, Berkshire</placeName>. He was educated at Reading School and then matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford on <date when="1805-04-25">April 25, 1805</date>; from that institution, he received his B.A. (1809) and M.A. (1811) and was appointed a Fellow for a short time in 1811. According to the DNB, he was "bound apprentice to a freeman of London, Humphrey Gregory Pridden," a printer. He was admitted a Liveryman of the Stationer’s Company in London in <date when="1807">1807</date>. He worked as a printer-publisher and editor, and owned premises in London at 21 Tooke’s Court, Cursitor Street (1811) and later at Red Lion Court, Fleet Street (1821). He published numerous works of ancient and modern literature, and was the printer and publisher of periodical The Museum (1822-1825). He worked with E.H. Barker of Thetford, George Burges, George Dyer, and T.S. Hughes. He retired from the publishing industry in <date when="1837">1837</date>. On <date when="1813-02-25">February 25, 1813</date> he married <persName>Harriet Wylde</persName> at Burrington, Somerset. John and Harriet Wylde lived in greater London and died without issue. John died on <date when="1854-11-19">November 19, 1854</date> at <placeName>St. John’s Wood Road, London,</placeName> and is buried at <placeName>All Soul’s, Kensal Green, London</placeName>.<!--LMW: add list of important publications. --></note> <note> <ref target="http://viaf.org/viaf/13082604"/> </note> </person> <person xml:id="Valpy_Miss" sex="2"><!--ebb: This is the first record I have entered that makes an "umbrella" entry for a few different possible people with more specific entries in the site index. Where Mitford indicates a "Miss Valpy" it's unclear which of the unmarried daughters of Richard Valpy she means, so we have made a general entry that points to each possible daughter this could refer to.--> <persName> <surname type="paternal">Valpy</surname> </persName> <note resp="#kab #mco #ebb">A friend of <persName ref="#MRM">MRM</persName>, and one of Dr. Richard Valpy’s as yet unmarried daughters by his second wife, <persName>Mary Benwell</persName>, 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, <rs type="event"> <persName ref="#Roworth_Mary">Mary</persName> was married by <date when="1810">1810</date> </rs>, so the reference must be to either Frances (unknown wedding date), <persName ref="#Valpy_Penelope">Penelope</persName>, or <persName ref="#Valpy_Catherine">Catherine</persName>. <rs type="event">Penelope and Catherine appear to have shared a double wedding on <date when="1823-10-10">10 October 1823</date> </rs>.</note> </person> <person xml:id="Valpy_Penelope" sex="2"> <persName> <surname type="paternal">Valpy</surname> <surname type="married">French</surname> <forename>Penelope</forename> <forename>Arabella</forename> </persName> <persName>Penelope Arabella Valpy</persName> <persName>Penelope Valpy French</persName> <birth notAfter="1798"> <placeName>Reading, Berkshire, England</placeName> </birth> <death when="1869-03-17"> <placeName>Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England</placeName> </death> <note type="bio" resp="#ebb #mco #lmw">One of the daughters of <persName ref="#Valpy_Richard">Dr. Valpy</persName> by his second wife Mary Benwell, born in 1798. She was baptized on <date when="1798-06-15">June 15, 1798</date> at St. Lawrence, Reading, Berkshire. Penelope Arabella was youngest Valpy child to live to adulthood (a younger sister, Elizabeth Charlotte, died as an infant). She married the Rev. Peter French on October 13, 1823 on the same day that her sister Catherine married the Rev. Philip Filleul. The family lived in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, where Penelope also died on March 17, 1869, and was buried. They had five sons and three daughters. <rs type="event">Penelope and Peter’s first child, <persName>Thomas Valpy French</persName> was born on <date when="1825-01-01">1 January 1825</date> </rs> and became the first Anglican Bishop of Lahore (now northwestern India and Pakistan).</note> </person> <person xml:id="Valpy_Richard" sex="1"> <persName> <surname>Valpy</surname> <forename>Richard</forename> <roleName>Doctor of Divinity (DD)</roleName> <roleName>Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA)</roleName> </persName> <persName>Dr. Valpy</persName> <birth when="1754-12-07"> <placeName>St. John’s, Jersey, Channel Islands</placeName> </birth> <death when="1836-03-28"> <placeName>Reading, Berkshire, England</placeName> </death> <occupation>educator</occupation> <occupation>literary</occupation> <occupation>clergy</occupation> <note type="bio" resp="#ebb #lmw"> <p>Richard Valpy (the fourth of that name) was the eldest son of Richard Valpy [III] and Catherine Chevalier. He was born on December 7, 1754 at St. John’s, Jersey, Channel Islands. He was a friend and literary mentor to <persName ref="#MRM">Mary Russell Mitford</persName>. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford University on April 1, 1773, aged eighteen, as a Morley scholar. He received from Oxford a B.A. (1776), M.A. (1784), B.D. & D.D. (1792). He took orders in the Church of England in 1777. Richard Valpy served as Second Master at Bury School, Bury, Huntindonshire from 1771 to 1781, and was also collated to the rectory of Stradishall, Suffolk, in 1787. He became the Headmaster at Reading School, Reading, Berkshire, in 1781 and served until 1830, at which time he turned the Headmastership over to his youngest son Francis E. J. Valpy and continued in semi-retirement until his death in 1836. During his tenure as Headmaster of <placeName ref="#Reading_School">Reading Grammar School</placeName> for boys over the course of fifty years, he expanded the boarding school and added new buildings. He is the author of numerous published works, including Greek and Latin textbooks, sermons, volumes of poetry, and adaptations of plays such as Shakespeare’s King John and Sheridan’s The Critic. His <bibl>Elements of Greek Grammar</bibl>, <bibl>Elements of Latin Grammar,</bibl>,<bibl>Greek Delectus</bibl> and <bibl>Latin Delectus</bibl>, printed and published by his son <persName ref="#Valpy_John">A. J. Valpy</persName>, were all much used as school texts throughout the nineteenth century. Valpy’s students performed his own adaptations of Greek, Latin, and English plays for the triennial visitations and the play receipts went to charitable organizations. Valpy enlisted Mitford to write reviews of the productions for the <title ref="#ReadingMer_per">Reading Mercury. In 1803, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s King John was performed at Covent Garden Theatre.

Richard Valpy was married twice and had twelve children, eleven of whom lived to adulthood. His first wife was Martha Cornelia de Cartaret; Richard and Martha were married about 1778 and they had one daughter, Martha Cartaretta Cornelia, born 1779. His first wife Martha died about 1780 and he married Mary Benwell of Caversham, Oxfordshire on May 30, 1782. Together they had six sons and five daughters and ten of their eleven children survived to adulthood. Richard Valpy and Mary Benwell’s sons were Richard Valpy (the fifth of that name), Abraham John Valpy, called John; Gabriel Valpy, Anthony Blagrove Valpy; and Francis Edward Jackson Valpy. His daughters were Mary Ann Catherine Valpy; Sarah Frances Valpy, called "Frances" or "Fanny"; Catherine Elizabeth Blanch Valpy; Penelope Arabella Valpy; and Elizabeth Charlotte Valpy, who died as an infant.

Richard Valpy died on March 28, 1836 in Reading, Berkshire, and is buried in All Souls cemetery, Kensal Green, London. Dr. Valpy’s students placed a marble bust of him in St. Lawrence’s church, Reading, Berkshire, after his death. John Opie painted Dr. Valpy’s portrait. See . Sir John Vanbrugh Vanbrugh John St. Nicholas Acons, London, England Whitehall House, London, England playwright architect Sir John Vanbrugh was a noted architect and successful playwright who wrote original comedies and adapted others. His The City Wives’ Confederacy was first staged in 1705. Source: ODNB Henry Vane Henry Vane politician Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1613 14 June 1662 Vane was executed for treason by Charles II Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom Empress of India Alexandrina Victoria Hanover Kensington Palace, London Osborne House, Isle of Wight monarch The longest reigning monarch in English history, and the longest reigning female monarch in recorded history. George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham 20th Baron de Ros of Helmsley poet politician Mr. Vines Coles says this is the son of Edward Vines, possibly named Jacob, see p. 524, note 9. Needs additional research. Publius Vergilius Maro Virgil 70 BCVirgilio, Lombardy 20 BCBrindisi, Italy literary Voltaire François-Marie Arouet

(1694-1778) French Enlightenment author, critic, essayist, historian, and philosopher. Best-known today for his satirical novel Candide (1759).

 Wakefield Daniel Tottenham, Middlesex London barrister Mentioned in letter of Mitford to Talfourd of June 21 1821, known to Mitford and her father and Talfourd and privy to law court gossip. Identified by Coles as Daniel Wakefield, which seems likely, cross-checking with the ODNB. Wakefield’s mother was the Quaker writer Priscella Bell Wakefield, though Wakefield himself converted to the Church of England. He published An Essay of Political Economy in 1799, and qualified for the law in 1807. His first wife, Isabella Mackie, swindled him of much of his income and nearly bankrupted him, before she fatally poisoned herself in August 1813. Later that year, 11 November 1813, Wakefield married Elizabeth Kilgour. He was eventually very successful and much consulted on legal cases. Charles Edward Walker flourished 1818-1829 literary playwright John Walker Stockton-on-Tees, England Stockton, England scientist Edmund Waller Stocks Place, Coleshill, Hertfordshire, England St James’s Street, London, England poet politician Poet and politician remembered for the deviousness of his politics, the wealth of his estate, and the smoothness of his verse. His lyrics addressed to Sacharissa were much admired. Sources: LBT, DNB. Horace Walpole 4th Earl of Orford (second creation) Member of Parliament for Callington Member of Parliament for Castle Rising Member of Parliament for King’s Lynn London, England Berkeley Square, London, England literary antiquarian politician Youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, British Prime Minister and Catherine, his wife. Built Strawberry Hill in Twickenham. Izaak Walton Stafford, England Winchester, England Wrote The Compleat Angler and a book of short biographies, The Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich’d Hooker, George Herbert, &c., sometimes called Walton’s Lives. Prescott James Warde James Prescott Warde Mr. Warde actor

British actor. (1792-1840). Used the professional name "Mr. Warde". Appeared at Covent Garden.

 Warry Joseph Reading, Berkshire, England Reading, Berkshire, England bootmaker shoemaker Radical Whig trademan with premises at Minster Street, Reading, who went to France in 1820 to convince John Berkeley Monck to return to England to stand for election as one of the Members of Parliament for Reading. Mitford refers to him as "our celebrated shoemaker & Patriot" in a 20 March 1820 letter. Historical directories indicate that Warry was a bootmaker and a member of the Reading Freemason’s Lodge. His father, also Joseph Warry (1733-1801), was also a shoemaker. George Washington General Washington President of the United States of America February 22, 1732 Westmoreland county, Virginia, British America Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA military politician Watteau, Jean-Antoine Jean-Antoine Watteau born 10 October 1684, Valenciennes, France death 18 July 1721 artist French painter known for his bucolic landscapes and country scenes in the Late-Baroque, or Roccoco, style. Webb Eliza Elizabeth Elizabeth Webb, called "Eliza," was a neighbor and friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Eliza Webb was born about 1797, the youngest daughter of James Webb, Esq., 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 notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on Broad street, presumably in Wokingham. Her date of death is unknown. She died after 1822, at which date she is mentioned in papers relating to her father’s will and estate. Source: See Needham’s letter to Roberts on November 27, 1953 . More research needed. Webb James Hurley, Berkshire, England Wokingham, Berkshire, England brewer at Wokingham Born about 1769 and baptized on February 19, 1769 in Hurley, Berkshire. Prominent manufacturer in the Wokinghambrewing industry, and community leader in Woking and the county of Berkshire. Father of Eliza, Jane, and Mary Webb, and brother (or brother-in-law) of his daughters’ "Aunt Mary," another Mary Webb. Francis Needham suggested that he was the original of the "gentleman" in the Our Villagesketch <quote>"Aunt Martha"</quote> . Sources: Francis Needham, Letter to William Roberts, 16 June 1953 . Needham Papers, Reading Central Library . Webb Jane Eleanor Jane Eleanor Webb Wokingham, Berkshire, England Sandgate, Kent, England Friend of Mary Russell Mitford. Jane Webb was born about 1795, the daughter of James Webb, Esq., and Jane Elizabeth Ogbourn. Baptized on March 3, 1797 in Wokingham, Berkshire. Sister of Elizabeth (called "Eliza") and Mary Elizabeth 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 married Henry Walters, Esq., a land-surveyor and amateur antiquarian, and they lived at The Willows, near Windsor, Berkshire, according to census and other period records. Their date of marriage is unknown, but is likely between 1822 and 1832, based on her father’s 1822 will and 1831 census records. She died on March 24, 1851 at Sandgate, Kent. More research needed. John Webb Unidentified. More research needed. Possibly "Uncle John," uncle to Eliza and Mary Webb and brother to James Webb. He is unlikely to be Aunt Mary’s husband, since the elder Mary Webb was unmarried. Webb Mary Friend ofMary Russell Mitford. Sister or sister-in-law of James Webb and aunt of Eliza, Jane and Mary Webb. Francis Needhamsuggests that she was the basis for the character of Aunt Martha in the Our Villagestory of that title. [Sources: Francis Needham, Letter to William Roberts, 16 June 1953 . Needham Papers, Reading Central Library . Relationship to other Webbs and birth and death dates unknown. More research needed. Webb Mary Elizabeth Mary Elizabeth Webb Wokingham, Berkshire, England Close friend and frequent correspondent of Mary Russell Mitford. Mary Webb was born about 1796, the daughter of James Webb, Esq., 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 notes from the Berkshire Directorythat she lived on Broad street, presumably in Wokingham, Berkshire. She was the wife of Thomas Hawkins, Esq., 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. Webster John

English author (1580-1634) Born and died London.. Wrote The Duchess of Malfi (play)

 Wellesley Arthur Field Marshal First Duke of Wellington The Iron Duke Dublin, Ireland Walmer, Kent Before his fame in the Napoleonic Wars, Wellesley served in the Irish House of Commons, and after fighting against Tipu Sultan, the "Tiger of Mysore" in the Siege of Seringapatam he served as the governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799. He was promoted to general during the Peninsular Wars against Napoleon (the battles fought in the Iberian Peninsula), and was granted the title, the First Duke of Wellingto, after Napoleon’s first defeat and exile in 1814. He led the Allied English and European armies in Napoleon’s decisive defeat at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 . A prominent influence on the Tory party, he served as Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830, and again in 1834 . Weyland John Mr. Weyland On March 16, 1820, an election in Reading was held. There were three candidates: John Berkeley Monck (418 votes), Charles Fyshe Palmer(399 votes), and John Weyland (395 votes.) . Whateley Elijah wheelwright carpenter Wheelwright and carpenter of Three Mile Cross. He is listed by Needham solely as a wheelwright on a list of local tradespeople, drawn from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire , 1847 edition. The 1854 edition lists him also as a carpenter. Kate Wheeler Miss Wheeler Friend of Miss James. Mitford refers to her as providing home remedies and advice. See 29 January 1821 letter to Mary Webb. More research needed. Gilbert White Selborne, Hampshire Selborne, Hampshire Curate, writer, naturalist, botanist White’s most famous and widely cited book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne is cited by the narrator of Our Village in the introductory Our Village sketch as well as in Frost and Thaw...Because of his botanical work, his name has been accorded a standard abbreviation for citation purposes in the International Code of Botanic Nomenclature . White kitten Selima Grizzy White kitten belonging to Mitford that she plans to give to Elford. The kitten’s father is Selim. Mitford variously proposes to name the kitten "Selima" (after the kitten’s father) or "Grizzy" (after the character in Ferrier’s novel Marriage). Unknown whether Elford eventually takes the kitten. More research needed. Wilkie, William William Wilkie Echlin, Scotland St. Andrews, Scotland literary farmer clergy Scottish poet and minister of Ratho, most known for his epic in nine books, The Epigoniad (1757), written in the style made popular by Alexander Pope. Locally dubbed the "potatoe minister" for his continuing to work the Fisher’s Tryste farm, whose unexpired lease he inherited from his deceased father. [See ODNB and Electric Scotland.] William III King of England and Ireland William II King of Scotland Stadtholder Willem III van Oranje William of Orange King Billy monarch (1650-1702) Ousted King James II from power during the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and reigned together with Queen Mary II, his wife and the daughter of James II. Protestant monarch. William IV King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover William Hanover Buckingham House, Westminster, London Windsor Castle, Berkshire monarch Successor of his brother George IV, William enjoyed comparative popularity, reigned during the Age of Reform, and was succeeded by his niece Victoria. Earlier, he was Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, and Earl of Munster. His longtime mistress, the Irish actress Dorothy Jordan (also known as Dorothy Jerdan was the most famous Hanoverian comedian. [ODNB] Willis David Shinfield parish Son of John and Elizabeth Willis. Baptismal data noted by Needham along with other Shinfield parish baptisms that correlate to named characters in Our Village. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. Willis John blacksmith

Blacksmith recorded by Needhamon a list of local tradespeople drawn from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire , 1847 edition. Willis is listed by Needham as having "no place," and his name does not appear in the 1854 edition of the Directory. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.

 Nathaniel Parker Willis Willis Nathaniel Parker Portland, Maine, USA Boston, Massachusetts, USA literary journalist editor poet publisher lecturer American poet, journalist, periodical editor, and lecturer. Also published under N.P. Willis. The brother of American author, Sara Willis, "Fanny Fern". Literary celebrity and considered something of a gossip and a dandy. Corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford. Willis Thomas blacksmith Blacksmith whose name is recorded by Needham on a list of local tradespeople drawn from the Post Office Directory of Berkshire , 1847 edition. His name is listed on the Shinfield page of the 1854 edition, without place of residence. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England John Wilson John Wilson of Elleray, FRSE Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Edinburgh Christopher North Paisley, Scotland Gloucester Plan, Edinburgh, Scotland John Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North for Blackwood’s Magazine. Sir Robert Thomas Wilson Wilson Thomas Robert Sir London military government Liberal M.P for Southwark from 1818 to 1831. Served in British army and diplomatic service; eventually becoming a General in 1841. Served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Windsor "paper man" Mitford refers to this person as the "Windsor paper man." Presumably the editor or publisher of the Windsor and Eton Express newspaper. As yet unidentified. Needs further research. Dorothy Wordsworth 1771-1855. Sister of William Wordsworth,whose diary entries, poems, and sketches were not published until after her death, but demonstrably influenced her brother’s more famous work. Wordsworth William Cockermouth, England Cumberland, England literary Charles Mayne Young Young Mayne Charles actor

English actor (1777-1856). Performed at Covent Garden and Drury Lane between 1807 and 1832. Rival of Kean. Known for his Hamlet. Written about by Washington Irving.

 Edward Young Upham, Winchester, England literary clergy Young Mr. Young doctor medical Doctor from Reading. More research needed.
Fictional Groups Referenced by Mitford Attendants &c. Attendants in Rienzi. Balfours of Burleys The Balfours of Burley are a family in Walter Scott’s Old Mortality . the Bustling Dame’s children Chorus Chorus in Rienzi. Citizens Citizens of Rome in Rienzi. the Danaides In Greek mythology, the fifty daughters of Danaus. They are to condemned to spend eternity carrying water in leaky vessel or sieve, and so become proverbial for an impossible task that cannot be completed. Guards Guards in Julian Guards Guards in Rienzi. Ladies Ladies in Rienzi. Nobles Nobles in Julian Nobles Nobles of Rome in Rienzi. officers in Charles I Prelates Prelates in Julian Archetypes Ahab Historic and legendary ancient King of Israel, married to Jezebel. Amaziah king god demon idol Baal Bluebeard Title character in French folktale of the same name. Story was best known in Mitford’s time through a frequently-performed melodrama version, Bluebeard, or Female Curiosity: a Dramatic Romance in Three Acts by George Colman the younger. Cassandra Daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, Cassandra was a prophet in Greek mythology whose prophecies were never believed. Cupid Eros Classical god of sexual desire and erotic love, known as Eros in ancient Greece and Cupid in ancient Rome. prophet leader judge Deborah Hebrew leader, prophet, and judge, who predicted a woman would kill Sisera, the leader of the Canaanites. Jael fulfilled Deborah’s prophecy. Prince Bedreddin Hassan A character in Arabian tales (also known as One Thousand and One Nights) who appears in the story variously titled "Noureddin Ali of Cairo" or "Noureddin and his Son." Rapley Jack One of the country boys featured in a number of Our Village stories, and an admitted favorite of the narrator and her greyhound, May-flower. Needham identifies two local people of that name. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. Jael warrior Jael fulfilled Deborah’s prophecy that a woman would kill Sisera, the Canaanite military leader attacking the Israelites. Jael welcomed Sisera into her tent and killed him by pounding a tent stake into his temple. Eusden James Jem Character described in the Our Villagesketch, <quote>"The Hard Summer"</quote> . He is one of the country boys who populate the village. Francis Needhamspeculates that the family name may have been Cusden. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. Jezebel Queen of the Israelites, married to King Ahab, who influenced him to worship multiple gods, Baal and Asherah, instead of the Hebrew god. She is generally associated with pagan worship and likened to a prostitute in dress and the use of "painted" cosmetics: hence, the phrase, "a painted Jezebel." Jonah Prophet from the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament famous for surviving the experience of being swallowed by a whale. Judy Wife of Mr. Punch in manifestations of the Punch and Judy slapstick puppet show tradition from the late eighteenth century onward. Earlier, the character was named "Joan." Lazarus Lazarus of Bethany According to the Gospel of St. John the Evangelist, Jesus Christ raised or resurrected Lazarus from the grave four days after his death. The raising of Lazarus is the subject of a painting by Benjamin Robert Haydon, mentioned in his correspondence with MRM. Fuller Master "Old Master Fuller" is a figure found in Collectanea Curiosa, where he appears as "Mr. Fuller," in no. XXIII: "Mr. Fuller’s Observations of the Shires;" his name becomes proverbial. Nathan warrior prophet Prometheus Prometheus, the title character in the tragedies attributed to Aeschylus such as Prometheus Bound.</note> </person> <person xml:id="Punch" sex="1"> <persName>Punch</persName> <persName>Mr. Punch</persName> <note resp="#lmw">The Punch and Judy slapstick puppet shows of England had their roots in the 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte tradition. The figure of Punch derives from the Neapolitan stock character of Pulcinella, whose name was anglicized "Punchinello" and shortened to "Punch." 17th- and 18th-century shows in England were performed with marionettes on fixed stages. By the end of the 18th century, shows were performed using glove puppets on mobile puppet booths and found a home on the nineteenth century on the beaches of English seaside resorts and evolved into children’s entertainments in the Victorian era. Mr. Punch is the traditional protagonist of such shows; episodic plots normally involve Punch beating his wife and other characters with his "slapstick" and end with him defeating even the Devil himself.</note> <note> <ref target="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/thats-the-way-to-do-it!-a-history-of-punch-and-judy/"/> </note> </person> <person xml:id="Pygmalion" sex="1"> <persName>Pygmalion</persName> <note resp="#lmw">Mitford generally refers to the version of the myth from <persName ref="#Ovid">Ovid</persName>’s <title ref="#Metamorphoses">Metamorphoses in which Pygmalion is a sculptor who carves a female statue out of ivory, falls in love with the statue, and Aphrodite brings the statue to life. Rehoboam warrior king Satan "The Adversary" of God and Man. In Judeo-Christian theology, the opponent of God and mankind. The word’s derivation Hebrew means "adversary." Vesta Vesta is the Roman goddess of hearth and domesticity. The temple to Vesta was kept by priestesses known as Vestal Virgins, who took vows of chastity, a vow enforced under penalty of death. In Rienzi, Claudia’s dedication to Liberty is compared to the life-long commitment of the Vestal Virgins. Fictional Characters Abbé de L’Épée character in Deaf and Dumb An Abbot character in Julian. Alberti Alfonso King of Naples, disguised as "Theodore," in Julian. Alice apparently deleted character in Mitford’s Charles. Coles identifies the undated fragment in which Alice appears as having been written in July or August, 1823, although in her letter to Talfourd dated 9 November 1823 , Mitford indicates that she will delete the scene. The character does not appear in the final version of the play. Ambassador Annabel Wife of Julian, in Julian. Annaly Character in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1817) Annaly Daughter of Lady Annaly in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1817) Antigone character in Antigone An Archbishop character in Julian. Ascanius Character from Virgil’s Aeneid Aspatia character in The Maid’s Tale. John Balfour character in Old Mortality. Bardolph Character in Shakespeare’s Henry V and Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, and the Merry Wives of Windsor. Beatrice Niece of Leonato, character in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Bellario (Euphrasia) character in Philaster. Bennet Mrs. Bennet Character in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Berta Attendant to Claudia in Rienzi Bertone Servant to Count D’Alba Lord President Bradshaw A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Baron of Bradwardine Jacobite character in Walter Scott’s Waverley ; He lives at Tully-Veolan, and is the friend of protagonist Edward Waverley’s uncle. Matthew Bramble character in The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker by Smollett. Miss Branghton Character in Evelina; Mitford admires Burney’s characterization of him in her a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Mr. Briggs Character in Fanny Burney’s Cecilia . Dennis Brulgruddery A character in the George Colman the younger play, John Bull the Englishman’s Fireside, a Comedy in five acts. In the play the character is the proprietor of a public house at the sign of the "red cow." Cafarello Calvi a Sicilian noble in Julian Donato Camilla daughter of Senator Donato in Mitford’s play Foscari Camilla Title character in Camilla; Mitford admires Burney’s characterization of her in her a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Camillo Cantwell Title character in Bickerstaff’s comedy The Hypocrite , a satirical version of Tartuffe by Molière Catherine Character in Walter Scott’s novel The Abbot. Celso Celso in Foscari Centinel A character in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Charles the First King of England in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Sir Charles Grandison Title character of Samuel Richardson’s novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Became proverbial for an impossibly perfect ideal man and used by Mitford in this sense. Clarissa Title character of Samuel Richardson’s novel Clarissa. Became proverbial for an impossibly perfect ideal woman and used by Mitford in this sense. Claudia daughter of Cola di Rienzi in Rienzi. Collins Mr. Collins Character in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Angelo Colonna character in Rienzi. Lady Colonna wife of Stephen Colonna in Rienzi. Stephen Colonna character in Rienzi. Father of Angelo Colonna Constance Character in The Life and Death of King John Cook Solicitor to the Commons in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Coriolanus character in Coriolanus Donato Cosmo son of Senator Donato in Foscari Oliver Cromwell Cromwell’s character in King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Mr. Cypress Character in Peacock’s Nightmare Abbey. Identified by Mitford and others as a satirical portrait of Coleridge. Peacock’s footnote indicates that his name is a corruption of Filosky, from the Greek philoskios (φιλοσκιος), "a lover, or sectator, of shadows." Count D’Alba a powerful Nobleman in Julian. Dandie Dinmont character in Guy Mannering. Fitzwilliam Darcy Mr. Darcy Character in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. The Dauphin The character of the Dauphin is the son of the King of France in Shakespeare’s Henry V. Jeanie Deans character in The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott , heroine and sister of Effie Deans. She walks from Edinburgh to London to secure a pardon for her sister on a charge of infanticide. Jenny Denison Character in Old Mortality by Walter Scott . Edith Bellenden’s maid. Desdemona character in Othello Dido Character from Virgil’s Aeneid; Aeneas’s wife. Dirk Hatteraick character in Guy Mannering. Dogberry

character in Much Ado About Nothing

Doge Foscari character in Mitford’s play Foscari See also historical counterpart: Doge Foscari. Don Quixote Title character in Don Quixote Donato Senator character in Foscari See also historical counterpart: Senator Donato. Dousterwivel Character in The Antiquary Downes A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Camilla Character in Camilla; Mitford admires Burney’s characterization of him in her a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Dulcinea del Toboso Name of idealized female character in Don Quixote (who is mentioned in the text but never appears). Proverbial for an ideal woman. Edie Ochiltree character in The Antiquary. Elspeth Steenie’s grandmother in Walter Scott’s The Antiquary . Erizzo Count Erizzo, character in Mitford’s play Foscari Lord Fairfax General of the Parliamentary Army in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Falstaff Character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, part one, Henry IV, part two, and Merry Wives of Windsor Fiesco Title character of Mitford’s tragedy Fiesco. Ferdinando Flosky Character in Peacock’s Nightmare Abbey. Identified by Mitford and others as a satirical portrait of Byron. Much of his misanthropical conversation is taken from the fourth canto of Childe Harold. Foscari Francesco character in Foscari See also historical counterpart: son of Doge Foscari. Frangipani Duke of Gloucester Son of King Charles I, a boy of seven years old in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Lord Grizzle Character in the pantomime Tom Thumb. John Liston played Lord Grizzle in a Haymarket production in 1810. Miss Grizzy Character in Marriage. Mitford’s favorite character from the novel; she admires the character’s portrayal and teasingly contemplates naming Sir William’s kitten after her. Hacker Colonel of the Guard in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Hamlet character in Hamlet Hammond Governor of the Isle of Wight in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Harrison A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Helen character in Helen Hengo character in Bonduca Henry Character in Walter Scott’s novel The Abbot. Sir Thomas Herbert A Gentleman attending on the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Hermione character in The Winter’s Tale Camilla Character in Camilla; Mitford admires Burney’s characterization of him in her a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Imogen character in Cymbeline Ireton A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Isabella Character from Dante’s Inferno. Isabella Sister of Claudio, character in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure . Miss Jacky Character in Marriage; Mitford admires Ferrier’s characterization of her. Jailer character in Foscari Julian Melfi’s son in Julian The Lord Chief Justice Most powerful official of the law in England. Character in Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part II. Katharine character in Henry VIII Corny King Corny was the king of Ireland in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1817) King Philip King Philip is the King of France in Shakespeare’s King John Lady Fairfax Married to Lord Fairfax in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Lady Singleton A character in Lady Morgan’s novel The O’Donnel’s. Michael Lambourne Character in Walter Scott’s novel Kenilworth. Nephew of innkeeper Giles Gosling. Laura Senator Donato’s niece in Foscari, as mentioned in Cast List Leanti a Sicilian noble in Julian Character in Rule a Wife and Have a Wife by Beaumont and Fletcher Leontes character in The Winter’s Tale Elizabeth Bennet Lizzy Bennet Character in Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. Lady Macbeth character in Macbeth Lady MacLaughlan Character in Marriage; Mitford admires Ferrier’s characterization of her. Sally Maggs

character in Deaf as a Post

Mr. Edgar Mandlebert Character in Camilla; Mitford says of this character that "the very name is as stiff as poker," in a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Maritornes Character in Don Quixote. Servant at the inn who makes an appointment with Don Quixote’s carrier for a tryst, but mistakes Don Quixote for the carrier, with comic results. Marten A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Mary Heroine of Marriage. Mitford does not admire Ferrier’s depiction of her heroine, considering her to be too perfect, a "female Sir Charles Grandison." May-flower

Greyhound dog who is featured as the narrator’s companion in many Our Villagesketches.

 Mrs. M’Crule Character in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1817) Meg Merrilies character in Guy Mannering. The Duke of Melfi Uncle to Alfonso and Regent of the Kingdom of Naples in Julian Miranda Prospero’s daughter, character in Shakespeare’s Tempest. Miss Crawley A character in Lady Morgan’s novel Florence Macarthy. ModAntiquesBeau Unnamed character in the Our Village sketch, "Modern Antiques"who is rumored to be a former suitor to one of the sisters. In his Mitfordiana, Needham identifies the character as being based on Francis Annesley, LL.D.. Dr. Peter Morris Protagonist in John Gibson Lockhart’s 1819 novel, Peter’s Letters to his Kinfolk. Mosse Elizabeth Mossy Title character of the Our Village sketch, Mrs. Mosse. She is a longtime servant in the household of the narrator and, according to Francis Needham, based on the Mitfords’ own servant, Mrs. Cropp. Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library. Mr. Dexter A character in Lady Morgan’s novel The O’Donnel’s. Mrs. MCrule Character in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1812) Nerissa Portia’s maid, character in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Nerissa disguises herself as a male law clerk when Portia disguises herself as a lawyer. Miss Nicky Character in Marriage; Mitford admires Ferrier’s characterization of her. Christopher North Pseudonym for John Wilson in Blackwood’s Magazine. Nuncio Corporal Nym Character in Shakespeare’s Henry V and Merry Wives of Windsor. Miss O’Faley Character in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1817) John Oldbuck character in The Antiquary. Olivia One of the Ladies in Foscari Orestes Orestes, title character in the play Choephoræ or the Libation Bearers, attributed to Aeschylus. Orestes Orestes, title character in the play Orestes attributed to Euripides. Orlando de Boys de Boys Orlando Orlando de Boys who falls in love with Rosalind in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Ormond Harry Protagonist of Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond (1812) Ossian The narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by James Macpherson beginning in 1760. Macpherson claimed to have translated the work of "Ossian" from ancient and folkloric sources in Gaelic but critical consensus is that Macpherson created the poems himself based on word-of-mouth folk material he collected. The character of Ossian is based on Oisín, son of Finn or Fionn mac Cumhaill, later anglicised to Finn McCool, a legendary bard from the Irish folk tradition. The character appears in Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and translated from the Galic or Erse language , and Temora, an ancient epic poem . Othello character in Othello Nicholson Mrs. Nicholson

Character in Our Village, volume 5, Early Recollections: A Widow’s Feather. According to Needham, she is based on a real acquaintance from Mitford’s early years named Mrs. Nicholson, who was the widow of Jeremiah Nicholson, D.D., the vicar of . Source: NeedhamPapers, Reading Central Library.

 Paolo Julian’s servant in Julian. Paolo Paolo, the character in Rienzi. Penelope In The Odyssey, Penelope is the spouse of Odysseus who awaited his return and fended off suitors by weaving and secretly unweaving a tapestry, whose completion signified her readiness to choose a new husband. Penruddock character in Wheel of Fortune. Phaeton Character in Metamorphoses, book two. Phaeton attempts to drive his father the Sun’s chariot and winged horses and must be killed by Jupiter when he loses control of the vehicle and endangers the earth. Pickle Peregrine Protagonist of Tobias Smollett’s The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, In Which are Included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality (1751) Pierce character in Gaston de Blondeville Count Pisani Count Pisani in Foscari Pleydell character in Guy Mannering. Polonius Chief counselor of the king; character in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Pride An Officer in the Parliamentary Army in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Princess Elizabeth Daughter of Queen Henrietta Maria and King Charles I, a girl aged 12, in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Prospero magician in Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest Queen Henrietta Maria Queen of England in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Queen Dollalolla Comic role in Henry Fielding’s play Tom Thumb, adapted in Mitford’s day by Kane O’Hara as a comic opera, with Sarah Tyrer famously playing this role. Gertrude, Queen of Denmark character in Hamlet Aunt Rachel character in Glenfergus by Mudie. Rebecca character in Ivanhoe. Renzi an old Huntsman in Julian Cola di Rienzi character in Rienzi. Rolla character in Pizarro Rosa Attendant to Claudia in Rienzi Rowena Character in Ivanhoe Lord Salisbury A Commissioner appointed by Parliament to treat with the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Sancho Panza "Squire" character, a former farmer enlisted by Don Quixote in his service, from Don Quixote. Savelli Lord Say A Commissioner appointed by Parliament to treat with the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Sebastian Character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Servant A servant belonging to Cromwell in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Sforza character in Foscari, based on the historical General Sforza. Mr. Smith Character in Evelina; Mitford admires Burney’s characterization of him in her a letter to Elford from 30 May 1819. Sophy Character in Tobias Smollett’s The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) Teresa Attendant to Claudia in Rienzi Tichburn A Judge appointed by Parliament to try the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Timothy Trueman Pseudonym used by Mr. Johnson. Author of A Letter to the Independent Electors of Westminster (1809), Timothy Trueman’s Admonitions to the Clergy (1816), and The Curse of Gehazi (1819). Not the same as the author of the American publications The Burlington Almanac and The New Jersey Almanac. Count Ugolino Character from Dante’s Inferno. Guilty of treason. Ulric character in Otto of Wittelsbach Ursini Leader of the Ursini family in Mitford’s Rienzi. Valore a Sicilian noble in Julian Sir Harry Vane A Commissioner appointed by Parliament to treat with the King in Mitford’s play, Charles I. Richard Varney Character in Walter Scott’s novel Kenilworth. Squire to the Earl of Leicester. Viola Character in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Volumnia character in Coriolanus Western Sophia Squire Western’s daughter, model of virtue, beauty, and all good qualities. Character in The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding (1749) the White Spirit The White Spirit is a supernatural guardian spirit character in Walter Scott’s The Monastery . Wolsey character in Henry VIII Count Zeno Count Zeno in Foscari
Geographic Places Abingdon, Berkshire, England Abingdon on Thames Abingdon-on-Thames Abingdon Berkshire Oxfordshire England 51.67078 -1.2879528999999366 Abingdon (now called "Abingdon on Thames" or "Abingdon-on-Thames,") is a market town in England. In Mitford’s time, it was the county town of the county of Berkshire. It was reassigned to Oxfordshire in 1974. In the nineteenth century, the Assize Courts alternated between Reading and Abingdon, according to Coles. Agincourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France Agincourt Meurthe-et-Moselle France 48.73204 6.236217000000011 Agincourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. In English history, best-known as the location of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, where Henry V consolidated his conquest of France. This event is memorialized in Shakespeare’s play Henry V . New Alresford, Hampshire, England New Alresford Hampshire England 51.0856236 -1.1655574999999772 Birthplace of Mary Russell Mitford, who lived at 27 Broad Street until about the age of four; the family moved to Reading in 1791. During Mitford’s time and earlier, inhabitants made a distinction between "Old Alresford" and "New Alresford." In the parish records for their marriage, George Mitford and Mary Russell indicated their current place of residence as Old Alresford and their future residence as New Alresford. the Americas For generalized references to the Americas. Audley End, Essex, England Audley End Essex England 52.01970499999999 0.22404600000004393 During Mitford’s life, the Essexfamily seat of Richard Griffin, second Baron Braybrooke. The Banqueting House, Whitehall, London, England Whitehall London England 51.504589 -0.12601 Designed by Inigo Jones, the Banqueting House in London is the only surviving remnant of Whitehall Palace, as it was in Mitford’s lifetime. It was also the scene of the Regicide in 1649. Barton Street, Westminster, London, England Westminster London England 51.4976695 -0.12778800000000956 J. B. Monck lived at 10 Barton Street in the 1820s. Mitford mentions this as his London address in an 1821 letter to Elford. Barton Street intersects Great College Street, near Westminster School and the College Garden. Basingstoke, Hampshire, England Basingstoke Hampshire England 51.2667 -1.0876 Town in Hampshire, in south central England, near the source of the River Loddon. Bath, Somerset, England Bath Somerset England 51.375801 -2.359903900000063 A city in the county of Somerset in south west England, located in the valley of the River Avon, near Bristol. A resort and spa town since Roman times, known for its mineral hot springs. Now a UNESCO world heritage site. The Bear Inn, Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England 51.4532774 -0.9733182 Located at 22 Bridge Street in Reading. Building no longer standing. Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Bedford Bedfordshire England 52.1359729 -0.46665459999996983 The county town of Bedfordshire, in the east of England. It was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse. Berkshire, England Berkshire England 51.4669939 -1.185367700000029 The county of Berkshire, England, abbreviated "Berks." Berners Street, London, England London England 51.5170055 -0.1365471000000298 In London, location of nearest postal receiving office to Barbara Hofland’s address on Newman Street, two blocks away. Bertram House, Berkshire, England Grazeley Berkshire England Mansion built by George Mitford for his family residence, begun in April 1802 and completed in June 1804, after tearing down the previous house on the property, Grazeley Court Farm, a farmhouse about three miles outside of Reading, in the hamlet of Grazeley. George Mitford named his new house after a knight from the reign of William the Conqueror, Sir Robert de Bertram, who had married Sibella Mitford, daughter of Sir John de Mitford (source: Vera Watson). This estate signified George Mitford’s status as a land-owning country gentleman. Prior to this time, the Mitford family lived in Alresford and then in Reading. The family removed from Bertram House in April 1820, after financial reverses forced the family to sell the property. Bickham, Somerset, England Bickham Somerset England 51.163534 -3.506621999999993 Hamlet near Plymouth, and residence of Sir William Elford, who lived there until the failure of his finances in 1825 forced him eventually to sell his family’s estate. He sold his property in Bickham in 1831 and moved to The Priory, in Totnes, Devon the house of his daughter (Elizabeth) and son-in-law. Billingbear Park, Berkshire, England Billingbear Park Berkshire England 51.4438638 -0.8182454000000234 During Mitford’s life, the Berkshire estate of Richard Griffin, second Baron Braybrooke. Billingbear House was destroyed by fire in 1924 and no longer stands. Birmingham, West Midlands, England Birmingham West Midlands Warwickshire England 52.48624299999999 -1.8904009999999971 A city in the West Midlands, formerly part of the historic county of Warwickshire. In Mitford’s time, the city was at the center of the Industrial Revolution, with developments in the skilled trades, steam power, railways and canals, and banking beginning in the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century, the city became the second-largest popular center, after London, and became a center for political radicalism and reform. Bisham Abbey, Bisham, Berkshire, England Bisham Berkshire England 51.5565589 -0.7774107999999842 A manor house in Berkshire, named for the priory that once stood on the site. It is now a grade I listed manor house. Boston, Massachusetts, USA Boston Massachusetts USA 42.3600825 -71.05888010000001 One of the oldest cities in America; an important New England seaport, trading center, and center of the publishing trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A key site of events of the War of American Independence. Bramshill, Hampshire, England Bramshill Hampshire England 51.3486237 -0.9241507000000411 A parish in the county of Hampshire, near Farley Hill and Swallowfield. Brazil Republic of Brazil República Federativa do Brasil -14.235004 -51.92527999999999 Largest country in South America. Brentford, Middlesex, England Brentford Middlesex London England 51.486073 -0.31011690000002545 In the nineteenth century, a village near Hownslow, west of London at the confluence of the Thames and the River Brent. It was the historic county town of Middlesex. Now part of Greater London. Brighton, East Sussex, England Brighton East Sussex England 50.82253000000001 -0.13716299999998682 A resort town on the south coast of Great Britain, popularized by George IV while Prince Regent. Until 1810, the town’s official name was Brighthelmstone. Bristol, Bristol, England Bristol Bristol England 51.454513 -2.5879099999999653 City in county of the same name in south west England. Historically, an important seaport from which ships left on voyages of discovery and trade to the New World, and a center of fishing and shipbuilding. Bristol and Liverpool ports formed part of the Atlantic trade in West Africans taken for slavery to the Americas. Also a center of abolitionism, nonconformist religious activity, and political reform. Northern terminus of the Great Western Railway that linked southwest England to London-Paddington. Buckinghamshire, England Buckinghamshire England 51.8137073 -0.8094704999999749 County in southeast England; one of the "home counties" near London. County town is Aylesbury. Abbreviated "Bucks." Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Cambridge Cambridgeshire England 52.205337 0.12181699999996454 City on the river Cam, north of London, in Cambridgeshire. Location of Cambridge University. Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England Carisbrooke Isle of Wight England 50.6914722 -1.3117460999999366 Village near Newport on the Isle of Wight. Charles I was imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle in this village before his trial. Chalk Farm, London, England Chalk Farm London England 51.542981 -0.14932299999998122 District on the outskirts of London, between Camden Town and Hampstead: the site of the duel between John Scott and Jonathan Christie on 16 February 1821, which resulted in Scott’s death. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, a frequent location for duels, as it was near London and yet thinly populated and secluded. Charing Cross, London, England Charing Cross London England 51.5073 -0.12755000000004202 Before the early 20th century, Charing Cross referred to a district (and postal address) in the Whitehall region of central London between Great Scotland Yard and Trafalgar Square in the former hamlet of Charing. Charing Cross also refers to the name of the junction of Strand, Whitehall, and Cockspur streets. The district is named for the Eleanor cross that once stood at the junction, which was erected in the 1290s in honor of Eleanor of Castile and was removed by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War; a statue of Charles I has stood in its place since 1675. Cheshire, England Cheshire England 53.23263439999999 -2.610315700000001 County in the north west of England. Its county town is Chester. China spacious and populous land in East Asia with an ancient history, of interest to the English in the nineteenth century for trade in tea, porcelain, and silk, for which the East India Company supplied opium against Chinese law. Chippenham, Wiltshire, England Chippenham Wiltshire England 51.461514 -2.1195156999999654 Market town in Wiltshire, east of Bath. Founded on the River Avon and served by the Great Western Railway after 1841. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Cincinnati Ohio USA 39.1031182 -84.51201960000003 City in south west Ohio, settled in 1788 at the confluence of the Licking and Ohio Rivers. Coley Park, Berkshire, England Coley Coley Park Berkshire England 51.4432268 -0.9902848000000404 An estate just south west of Reading. The Moncks owned Coley Park from 1810 and Mitford occasionally posted franked letters from there when J. B Monck was a Member of Parliament. Also referred to as "Coley," although this name also refers to a nearby district of Reading proper. Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, England Covent Garden Theatre Covent Garden Westminster London England 51.5129211 -0.12219759999993585 A West End theater located in Covent Garden in the London borough of Westminster. One of the royal "patent theaters." The first theater on this site was opened in 1732 by John Rich, renovated by architect Henry Holland in 1792, and destroyed by fire on 20 Sept. 1808. The second theater, designed by Robert Smirke, opened on 18 Sept. 1809 and was managed by John Phillip Kemble. Because of rent increases by the Duke of Bedford, the landowner, J.P. Kemble increased ticket prices. This led to the "old price (or O.P.) riots" and the eventual lowering of ticket prices, although the proprietors proved they would lose money at those prices. The second theater was destroyed by fire on 5 March 1856. The third theater, designed by Edward Middleton Barry, opened in 1858 and remains at the center of today’s theater complex. The theater became the Royal Opera House in 1892 and the building was renovated and expanded in the 1980s and 1990s. Crécy, Picardy, France Crécy Picardy France 50.252468 1.8828919999999698 Village in northern France. Location of the Battle of Crécy in 1436, during which Edward III of England and his allied troops achieved a significant victory over France in the Hundred Years’ War. Devonshire, England Devon 50.7155591 -3.5308750000000373 County in the south west of England bordering the English Channel and the Bristol Channel. Now called Devon. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England Drury Lane Theatre Covent Garden Westminster London England 51.5128536 -0.12037150000003294 A West End theater located in Covent Garden in the London borough of Westminster. One of the royal "patent theatres." Between 1674 and 1791, a building designed by Christopher Wren and commissioned by manager Thomas Killgrew. The Wren building was torn down by R. B. Sheridan and rebuilt. It reopened in 1791 and was destroyed by fire in 1809. The theater reopened in 1812 and still stands today. Dublin, Leinster, Ireland Dublin Leinster Ireland 53.3498053 -6.260309699999993 The capital and largest city of Ireland, located in the province of Leinster at the mouth of the River Liffey. Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland Edinburgh Lothian Scotland 55.953252 -3.188266999999996 The capital and second-largest city in Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. Site of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, and Holyrood Palace. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London, England Piccadilly London England 51.507166523558354 -0.1427873969078064 A London building in Piccadilly, designed in the Egyptian style, Egyptian Hall was built in 1812 to house William Bullock’s collection of artifacts from Captain Cook’s Pacific voyages. After Bullock auctioned off his South Seas collection, the building was frequently used after 1819 to exhibit panoramas and enormous paintings, such as Benjamin Robert Haydon’s Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, and The Raising of Lazarus. The building was demolished in 1905. Elm Court, Temple, London, England Temple London England 51.51292076052162 -0.11087179183959961 Street in the Temple area of London. Mitford addressed letters to Talfourd at 2 Elm Court, Temple in the 1820s. Elm Court is located off Middle Temple Lane, just north of Inner Temple, the traditional location of barristers’ chambers in London. The English Channel the Channel 50.134664 -0.3570560000000569 Part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is a body of water that joins the North Sea to the Atlantic and separates southern England from northern France. England 52.3555177 -1.1743197000000691 Country in the British Isles. Borders Scotland and Wales. London is the capital city, and is situated on the River Thames. Essex, England Essex England 51.7659078 0.667366500000071 County in England, north east of London. County town is Chelmsford. Europe 54.883056 15.430833 Exeter Exeter is a cathedral city in the southwest of England, in the county of Devon. Farley Hill, Berkshire, England Farley Hill Berkshire England 51.37339900000001 -0.9209210000000212 Village in Berkshire, in the parish of Swallowfield. The Dickinsons lived there. Forest of Ardennes Ardennes Forest The Ardennes 50.25 5.666667 Belgium Luxembourg France Forested, hilly region in Europe covering parts of the Ardennes mountain range and the Moselle and Meuse River basins. Primarily in Wallonia, Belgium and Oesling, Luxembourg; also encompassing the Ardennes department and Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine region of France. Fotheringhay Castle, Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England Fotheringay Castle Fotheringhay Northamptonshire England 52.526409 -0.43752500000005057 Castle in the village of Fotheringhay where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned, tried, and executed in 1587. Also the birthplace of King Richard III. Alternate spelling "Fotheringay." France 46.227638 2.213749000000007 Country in western Europe. Paris is the capital and largest city. Germany 51.165691 10.451526000000058 A country in central-western Europe. Berlin is the capital and largest city. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland 55.864237 -4.251805999999988 Largest city in Scotland, on the River Clyde. Historically part of the county of Lanarkshire. Since the eighteenth century, an important center of trade and emigration with the Americas. Also a key center of the Industrial Revolution, particularly in shipbuilding and related industries. Grazeley, Berkshire, England Grazeley Berkshire England 51.39478010000001 -0.9979935000000069 Village in Shinfield parish in Berkshire, the site of the the Mitford’s residence from 1802 to 1820, Bertram House. Guildhall, City of London, London, England London England 51.515819 -0.09198200000002998 A building (and its main room, a medieval-era great hall) used as a town hall and administrative center for the Corporation of the City of London. It is situated off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. Site of the Sheriff’s Court in London over which John Bradshaw presided as judge from 1640 to 1659. Guildhall is now a Grade I listed building. Hampshire, England Hampshire England 51.05769480000001 -1.3080628999999817 County on the southern coast of England, known historically as the County of Southampton. The county town is Winchester. Abbreviated "Hants." Hampstead, Camden, London, England Hampstead village Hampstead Camden London England 51.5556461 -0.17617489999997815 Village nearLondon, north west of Charing Cross, now enclosed by it. Its population was rapidly growing through the nineteenth century, and Hampstead Heath is now a public park. Hampstead Theatre, Swiss Cottage, Camden, London, England Swiss Cottage Camden London England 51.5437729 -0.17371060000004945 Theater in the Swiss Cottage area near Hampstead, in the London Borough of Camden; commissions and produces new theater writing and supports the work of new playwrights. The original theater production company, The Hampstead Theatre Club, was founded in 1959. In 2003 the theater company moved to a new purpose-built location in Swiss Cottage. Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, England 53.168791 -1.3087262000000237 Palatial Elizabethan country house in Derbyshire in the north Midlands of England, built between 1590 and 1597 by the wealthy Bess of Hardwick. Mentioned in the play, Charles the First. Now owned by the National Trust. Hatton Garden, Holborn, London, England Hatton Garden Holborn London England 51.5198762 -0.10828430000003664 Hatton Garden is in the Holborn district of London. Center of the London jewelry trade since the medieval period. Theatre Royal Haymarket, Westminster, London, England Haymarket Theatre the Little Theatre Westminster London England 51.50850639999999 -0.13155540000002475 Theatre in Westminster, London, on Suffolk Street in the West End. London’s third "patent theater," after Covent Garden and Drury Lane. Originally built in 1720, farther north on the same street, it was relocated in 1821 to a building redesigned by John Nash as part of his renovations to the entire neighborhood. Hertfordshire, England Hertfordshire England 51.80978229999999 -0.2376744000000599 A county in south east England. The county town is Hertford. Hinchinbrooke House, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England Hinchingbrooke House Huntingdon Cambridgeshire England 52.327831 -0.20055899999999838 Country house estate built around a thirteenth-century nunnery. During the dissolution of the monasteries, it was given to the Cromwell family and later became the estate of the Earls of Sandwich. From 1627, it was the estate of the Parliamentary army leader Sir Edward Montagu. Also spelled "Hinchingbrooke." Now a Grade I listed building. Holborn, London, England Holborn London England 51.5172619 -0.11847569999997631 A district in central London between the West End and the City of London; now in the London borough of Camden. Holland House, Kensington, London, England Kensington London England 51.5027175 -0.20237580000002708 Built in Kensington in 1605 for Sir Walter Cope; later owned by the Rich and the Fox families. In Mitford’s time, it was a noted gathering place of the Holland House set of Whig notables. Now a Grade I listed building in London, it was firebombed during the Blitz in 1940, and only the east wing and part of the ground floor remain. Holmby House, Althorp, Northamptonshire, England Holdenby House Holdenby Northamptonshire England 52.303791 -0.985606999999959 Country house estate in Holdenby, near Althorp, Northamptonshire where King Charles I was held captive in 1647 before being turned over to the Long Parliament. The original mansion, built in 1583, was almost entirely demolished in the seventeenth century; subsequent renovations have left little remaining of the original. Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales Holyhead Isle of Anglesey Wales 53.309441 -4.633037999999942 City in Wales; a major Irish Sea port. Hounslow Heath Hounslow London England 51.462704 -0.3874074999999948 Historically, a four thousand acre tract of heathland outside London near Hounslow in the county of Middlesex, crossed by major routes between London and the west and southwest of England. In Mitford’s time, the heath was crossed by the Great West Road and the Bath Road and, as it had been in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was still known as a dangerous spot for unwary travellers who might find themselves robbed by highwaymen or footpads. From at least the English Civil Wars until World War II, the heath has been used as a military staging area and training ground. Today, all that remains of the heath is two hundred acres preserved as parkland. India Indian subcontinent India 20.593684 78.96288000000004 In Mitford’s time, the East India Company and its private armies controlled India and its economy, effectively from 1757 to 1858, after which Queen Victoria and her government directly governed India as the Raj. Became the Republic of India, a federal parliamentary republic, in 1950. Ireland 53.1423672 -7.692053600000008 An island in the North Atlantic and part of the British Isles in Europe, which contains Great Britain and over six thousand smaller isles. Isle of Wight, England Isle of Wight England 50.69384789999999 -1.3047340000000531 An island in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire. Was earlier owned by a Norman family and a kingdom in its own right until 1293. Until 1890, it was part of the county of Hampshire, and it shared a Lord Lieutenant with that county until 1974. Until 1995, the island, like Jersey and Guernsey, also had a governor. The Island is now considered its own administrative county. Israel land of Israel 31.046051 34.85161199999993 In Mitford’s time, the ancient lost kingdom of the Hebrews, known as the "land of Israel." Now the State of Israel, a unitary parliamentary republic. Italy 41.87194 12.567379999999957 Country in south-central Europe; shaped as a peninsula that reaches deep into the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem, Israel 31.768319 35.21370999999999 Ancient city sacred to Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and one of the oldest cities in the world. It is located in the Judaean Mountains, between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean. Today, both the State of Israel and the State of Palestine claim the city as their capital. Kensington, London, England Kensington London England 51.5010095 -0.1932793999999376 A district of west London, now part of the Royal Boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington in inner London. Site of Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, and Holland Park. Kentucky, USA Commonwealth of Kentucky Kentucky USA 37.8393332 -84.27001789999997 State in the southeastern United States, originally part of Virginia. Kew, Richmond upon Thames, England Kew village Kew Richmond upon Thames England 51.475251 -0.284890799999971 Once a village northeast of Richmond, now a suburban district part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Site of what is now the Royal Botanic Gardens, a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace, a royal residence favored by George III, and Kew Gardens. Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, England Southwark London England 51.5016303 -0.09155820000000858 A prison in Southwark, south London, that took its name from the King’s Bench court of law, which heard cases of bankruptcy and other misdemeanors. In use from medieval times, during Mitford’s time it was often used as a debtor’s prison. The Lake District, England The Lakes Lakeland Lake District Cumberland Westmorland Lancashire England 54.46365264504479 -3.0926513671875 Region in northwest England famous for its lakes, forests, and mountains (or fells) and its associations with the early 19th century writings of William Wordsworth and the other "Lake" Poets or "Lakers," as they were sometimes called. In Mitford’s time, the Lake District was spread across Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire; the present-day Lake District is now entirely in Cumbria. The highest mountain in England, Scafell Pike, lies within this region, as do the deepest and longest lakes in England, Wastwater and Windermere. Lancaster, Lancashire, England Lancaster Lancashire England 54.046575 -2.8007399000000532 County town of Lancashire, on the river Lune. Soligny-la-Trappe, Orne, France La Trappe Soligny-la-Trappe Orne France 48.617649 0.53741500000001 Site of La Trappe Abbey, the house of origin of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance (O.C.S.O.: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae), Reformed Cistercians or Trappists, to whom it gave its name. Leicester, Leicestershire, England Leicester Leicestershire England 52.6368778 -1.1397591999999577 City in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar. Lincolnshire, England Lincolnshire England 52.9451889 -0.16012460000001738 County in the north east of England. Its county town is Lincoln. Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon Portugal 38.7222524 -9.139336599999979 The capital city of Portugal, located on the western Iberian peninsula; one of the oldest cities in the world. Lisson Grove, Westminster, London, England Lisson Grove Westminster London England 51.5247788 -0.16831469999999626 District in the City of Westminster, London, west of Regent’s Park. Student artists and painters from the Royal Academy lived in this district in the early nineteenth century, including William Blake, Richard Cosway, and Benjamin Robert Haydon. Also the name of a road in the district. London, England London England 51.5073509 -0.12775829999998223 Capital city of England and the United Kingdom; one the oldest cities in Western Europe. Major seaport and global trading center at the mouth of the Thames. From 1831 to 1925, the largest city in the world. Ludgate Hill, London, England Ludgate Hill London England 51.5139928 -0.10247660000004544 A hill in the City of London and the site of St. Paul’s Cathedral. It is one of the three ancient hills of London. The old city gate and attached gaol were removed in 1780. During Mitford’s lifetime, the street of the same name had not yet been built; a narrower roadway called Ludgate Street stood in its place. Lyme Regis, Dorset, England Lyme Regis Dorset England 50.725156 -2.9366390000000138 Resort town on the coast in west Dorset. The Mitfords lived here for about a year from 1795 to 1797. One of the settings in Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Madrid, Spain Madrid Spain 40.4167754 -3.7037901999999576 Capital of Spain. Magdalen College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Oxford Oxfordshire England 51.7522849 -1.2470926999999392 One of the constituent colleges of Oxford University. Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England Marlow Buckinghamshire England 51.5719443 -0.7769422000000077 Town in Buckinghamshire on the Thames. Mitford’s friends Mr. Johnson and Miss Johnson resided near here. Meillerie, France Meillerie Haute-Savoie France 46.407097 6.719229000000041 Meillerie is a village on the shores of Lake Geneva, in southeastern France. Mexico 23.634501 -102.55278399999997 Country between the United States and Central America. New Mint, Little Tower Hill, London, England Tower Hill London England 51.509062981334914 -0.07496774196624756 A new Royal Mint was built on Little Tower Hill beginning in 1805, once space had run out at the previous Mint location at the Tower of London, which also served as an armoury during this period. The new site provided a dedicated location for coining British currency and made use of the latest steam-powered minting machinery. The buildings were completed by 1809, the machinery tested by 1811 and the new Mint opened officially in 1812. Several prints of the new Mint appear between 1811 and 1813. Mortimer Common, Berkshire, England Mortimer Common Berkshire England 51.3770005 -1.0629936999999927 Village east of Swallowfield in Berkshire. Mount Ida Sacred mountain of classical Greek antiquity. Muscovy Grand Duchy of Moscow Grand Principality of Moscow Russia 55.755826 37.6173 Grand Duchy of Moscow, known in English as Muscovy. A medieval Rus’ principality centered on Moscow, the forerunner of the state of Russia under the Tsars, sometimes called the Tsardom of Muscovy. Naples, Italy Naples Campania Italy 40.8517746 14.268124400000033 Capital city of the Kingdom of Naples from 1282 to 1816. Then the capital of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1861 until the unification of Italy. Now capital city of the Campania region of Italy. One of the oldest cities in the world. Naseby, Northamptonshire, England Naseby Northamptonshire England 52.3954519 -0.9885334000000512 Village in Northamptonshire, the site of the Battle of Naseby on 14 June 1645, the decisive Parliamentary victory in the English Civil War. New York City, New York, USA New York City New York USA 40.7127837 -74.00594130000002 Most populous city in the United States, founded as a trading post by the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century. An important trading port and center of slavery in the eighteenth century. A key site in the War of American Independence and the first capital of the new Republic. During Mitford’s lifetime, the city developed into an important literary and publishing center; during the 1830s and 1840s Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Nathaniel Parker Willis all lived in New York. Newbury, Berkshire, England Newbury Berkshire England 51.401409 -1.323113899999953 Market town on the River Kennet in Berkshire. Horseracing took place between 1805 and 1811 at the Newbury Races, although the current racecourse did not come into existence until 1905. Newman Street, London, England London England 51.5174283 -0.135544100000061 Newman Street in London. Barbara Hofland’s address in the 1820s was 23 Newman Street. It is located between Oxford Street and Mortimer Street, east of Bedford Square in North London. Northumberland, England Northumberland England 55.2082542 -2.078413800000021 County in north east England. County town is Alnwick. George Mitford was a descendant of an aristocratic family from Northumberland. George Mitford took Mary to visit relations in Northumberland in 1806. Oakhampton House, Dunley, Worcestershire, England Dunley Worcestershire England 52.3199693 -2.30756109999993 Oakhampton House is a country estate in Dunley, owned by the descendants of Royalist Sir Richard Crane during Mitford’s time. Sir William Elford was staying at this address in April 1821. More research needed. Oxford Circuit England Oxford Circuit was one of six assize circuits in England and Wales. Before 1830, the Oxford Circuit consisted of the counties of Oxford, Worcester, Stafford, Salop, Hereford, Monmouth, Gloucester, and Berkshire. Judges were appointed by the monarch and traveled the Circuit twice per year to hear trials of serious crimes. Talfourd was appointed to the Oxford Circuit in 1821. Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Oxford Oxfordshire England 51.7520209 -1.2577263000000585 County town of Oxfordshire, in the south east of England about twenty-five miles from Reading. Site of Oxford University. University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Oxford University Oxford Oxfordshire England 51.7566341 -1.2547036999999364 Research university made up of constituent colleges; the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Oxfordshire, England Oxfordshire England 51.7612056 -1.2464674000000286 A county in south east England. Location of Oxford University and Blenheim Palace. Painted Chamber, Westminster Palace, Westminster, London, England Westminster London England 51.4994794 -0.12480919999995876 A room in Westminster Palace destroyed during the accidental burning of the Houses of Parliament in 1834. Paris, France Paris Paris France 48.85661400000001 2.3522219000000177 Capital of France and important center of trade, banking, publishing, fashion, and artistic and scientific activity. Center of Enlightenment activity in the eighteenth century. A key site in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars; travel between London and Paris was much restricted during this period. Penge Wood Penge Wood London England 51.4138078 -0.05182650000006106 In Mitford’s time, a wooded area near London adjacent to Penge Common, much used for leisure activities such as walking, sketching, amateur botanizing, and picnicking. Penge Common at one time abutted the Great North Wood and some eighteenth and nineteenth century maps of Greater London include the Common as part of the Wood. As early as 1834, Leigh Hunt laments the area’s loss to enclosure and development as it was one of the "two finest pieces of natural scenery within twelve miles of the capital" ("Notes on the Newspapers," Monthly Repository 8 (1834): 524). Enclosure acts beginning with the Croydon Enclosure Act of 1797 and the Penge Enclosure Acts of 1805, 1806, and 1827 affected the area, which was heavily developed after 1855 following the relocation of the Crystal Palace and the accompanying development of Crystal Palace Park. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA 39.9525839 -75.16522150000003 Founded in the seventeenth century as the capital of the Pennsylvania colony and later the capital of the state. It played a key role in the American Revolution and served as one-time capital of the Republic before the capital moved to Washington, D.C. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, an important center of publishing, and of artistic, literary, and scientific thought. During the nineteenth century, an important destination for immigrants from Europe as well as for African-American migrants. Piccadilly, Westminster, London, England Piccadilly Westminster London England 51.5030787 -0.152073200000018 A wide road in London’s West End that lends its name to the surrounding district. Since medieval times, Piccadilly had been known as the "road to Reading." In Mitford’s time, it was the site of many inns and public houses, including the White Horse coaching inn, which was the starting terminus for western-bound mailcoaches bound for Bath and Bristol. It was also the location of Devonshire House, 18th-century headquarters for the Whig party, and Burlington House, later home to the Royal Academy of Arts, the Geological Society of London, and the Royal Astronomical Society. It was also the headquarters for booksellers such as Stockdale and Hatchards in this period. Plymouth, Devonshire, England Plymouth Devonshire England 50.3754565 -4.14265649999993 City on the coast of Devonshire. After declines in the seventeenth century, increasingly important from the late eighteenth century into the nineteenth as a seaport, site of trade and emigration to and from the Americas, and a center of shipbuilding. Birthplace of Benjamin Robert Haydon. Sir William Elford was also born nearby at Bickham. Elford worked as a banker at Plymouth Bank (Elford, Tingcombe and Purchase) in Plymouth, from its founding in 1782, and he was elected a member of Parliament for Plymouth and served from 1796 to 1806. Portsmouth Blockhouses 50.800531 -1.109465900000032 Also known as the Portsmouth Block Mills, established in 1802 by Marc Isambard Brunel. Factories in the Portsmouth dockyard that produced pulley blocks for Royal Navy ships’ rigging. The Mills were the site of the world’s first mass production line and used all-metal machine tools. Pump Court, Temple, London, England Temple London England 51.5129777 -0.11061770000003435 Thomas Noon Talfourd’s address in London, in the Temple district; Mitford addressed letters to him at 1 Pump Court. Pump Court is west off Middle Temple Lane, north of the Inner Temple. Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Ravenna Emilia-Romagna Italy 44.4183598 12.20352939999998 City in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna region on the north east coast of Italy on the Adriatic Sea. Lord Byron lived in Ravenna from 1819-1821, which was the site of his love affair with Teresa Guiccioli, and where he composed The Two Foscari in the summer of 1821. Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England 51.4542645 -0.9781302999999753 County town in Berkshire, in the Thames valley at the confluence of the Thames and the River Kennet. The town developed as a river port and in Mitford’s time served as a staging point on the Bath Road and was developing into a center of manufacturing. Mitford lived here with her parents from 1791 to 1795, on Coley Avenue in the parish of St. Mary’s and attended the Abbey School. The family returned to Reading from 1797 to about 1804, after which they relocated to Bertram House. They frequently visited Reading thereafter from their homes at nearby Bertram House, Three Mile Cross and Swallowfield. Mitford later used scenes from Reading as the basis for Belford Regis; or Sketches of a Country Town. Reading School, Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England 51.4486089 -0.9542480999999725 Public grammar school originally founded as a Reading Abbey school, which dates to 1125, located in Reading. Dr. Richard Valpy was headmaster from 1754 to 1836 and was then succeeded by his son. Talfourdwas a pupil there. Mitford wrote reviews for the Reading Mercury of the plays performed there by the pupils as part of the triennial Oxford School Visitations. Reading Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England Theater in Reading. Exact location unknown. More research needed. The Red Cow Inn, Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England 51.45014414388085 -0.9698036313056946 Located in Reading. Likely the location listed in Horniman’s Directory (1827) at 50 Crown Street run by John Easby or Easebey. The Red Cow is still in operation at the corner of Southampton and Crown Streets. Regent’s Park, London, England Regent’s Park London England 51.5312705 -0.15696939999997994 Now an upscale neighborhood in north London, Regent’s Park is named for the Royal Park it encompasses. The district was developed after 1811 when the Prince Regent commissioned John Nash to create a plan for the area. The Park was made part of Nash’s larger plans for nearby Regent Street and Carlton House Terrace. The Park’s residential terraces and Inner Circle villas were built during the early nineteenth century, and the Park was opened to the public in 1835. Also the site of the London Zoo (or Regent’s Zoo), created in 1828 for scientific study and opened to the public in 1847. Rhine River 49.345124 7.866922700000032 Second largest river in central and western Europe; begins in the southeastern Swiss Alps and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. The Rialto, Venice, Italy The Rialto Venice Italy 45.4379842 12.335898000000043 Oldest of four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. Richmond, London, England Richmond upon Thames Richmond London England 51.46131099999999 -0.3037420000000566 Richmond upon Thames, now a borough of London, formerly part of Surrey. The Hoflands lived there and Thomas Hofland painted views of the area. Rome, Italy Rome Papal States Italy 41.9027835 12.496365500000024 City on the central Italian Peninsula on the River Tiber. One of the oldest cities in the world, and once capital of the ancient Roman Empire. Throughout much of Mitford’s lifetime, Rome was governed by the Vatican as part of the Papal States, although it was part of the short-lived Roman Republic between 1798 and 1800, annexed to the French Empire under Napoleon between 1808 and 1814, and experienced another short-lived attempt at Italian unification in 1849. Center of art and culture since ancient times, Rome was a frequent stop for young men from Western Europe on the Grand Tour. Now the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region. Savona, Italy Savona Liguria Papal States Italy 44.3425496 8.42938909999998 Seaport in northern Italy. Pope Pius VII and his Cardinals were driven to exile here by Napoleon, between 1809 and 1813. Scotland 55.85, -4.266667 Country that occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Part of the United Kingdom. Seymour Court, Buckinghamshire, England Marlow Buckinghamshire England 51.58117069999999 -0.7832693999999947 Home of Mr. Johnsonand Miss Johnson, until Mr. Johnson’s death in 1821. Near Great Marlow in Buckinghamshire. Sheffield Castle and Manor Lodge Sheffield Yorkshire England 53.3843613 -1.4639856000000009 Location where Mary Queen of Scots was held captive in 1568 by order of Queen Elizabeth I. Here, Mary was guarded by George Talbot, the Sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, and his wife, Elizabeth Talbot or "Bess of Hardwick" befriended the royal captive. There are no standing remains of the castle, since the site has been covered over by a market district. Only partial foundations have been discovered during the excavation and renovations for buildings in the area. Shinfield, Berkshire, England Shinfield Berkshire England 51.4083203 -0.9478325999999697 Village and parish south of Reading in Berkshire. Shinfield parish encompasses Mitford’s homes at Bertram House and at her cottage in Three Mile Cross. Silchester, Hampshire, England Silchester Hampshire England 51.3538459 -1.1005384999999706 Village in Hampshire, approximately nine miles from Reading, on the Berkshire county border. Sloane Street, Kensington, London, England Kensington London England 51.49719830000001 -0.15897680000000491 Major London thoroughfare now in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Runs between Knightsbridge and Sloane Square. Sloane Street takes its name from Sir Hans Sloane, who purchased the surrounding area in 1712. Soho Square, Soho, London, England Soho London England 51.5153202 -0.1321436000000631 A square in the Soho district of London. It was originally called King Square after Charles II, whose statue still stood in the square’s garden in Mitford’s time. According to Mitford, Charles Kemble and his wife lived in Soho Square in the 1820s. Somerset House, Strand, London, England Strand London England 51.511059 -0.11714800000004288 Large neoclassical public building in central London on the Strand, overlooking the River Thames. In Mitford’s time, the site of Royal Academy exhibitions and other cultural events. A building designed and built by Sir William Chambers beginning in 1776 in order to house public offices which had previously been scattered around London in older buildings. Likely not completed until after 1819. This building’s North Wing faced the Strand and also included East and West Wings of the present-day quadrangle. Housed the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, and the Society of Antiquaries until the 1870s. Sometimes a metonym for the Royal Academy; Mitford mentions in letter of 23 November 1821 to Elford that she hopes he will send his picture to Somerset House. Somersetshire, England Somerset Somersetshire England 51.105097 -2.926230700000019 County in southwest England, now known as Somerset. County town is Taunton. Southhampton, Hampshire, England Southampton Hampshire England 50.90970040000001 -1.404350900000054 Southampton is a major port city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, near the New Forest. Spain 40 -4 St. Cyr, France St. Cyr Yvelines France 48.8008 2.0633 Village five km west of Versailles in France, where Françoise d’ Aubigné died; she founded Maison royle de Saint-Louis there, a school for poor girls of the artistocracy. Now the Saint-Cyr-l’École, Yvelines, in the western suburbs of Paris. St. Lawrence Church, Reading, Berkshire, England Reading Berkshire England 51.4563856 -0.9693580000000566 Ancient church on Friar Street in Reading. During Mitford’s time, it was the parish church. Spelled variously Lawrence or Laurence. The Valpy family’s parish church; Dr. Richard Valpy’s students placed a marble bust of him in the church after his death, although he is buried elsewhere. Mitford refers to this church as St. John’s Church in Our Village. St. Michael’s Church, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England St. Albans Hertfordshire England 51.75295699999999 -0.3559866000000511 A parish church in St. Albans, a city in Hertfordshire, England. St. James’s Street, Westminster, London, England St. James Westminster London England 51.5063355 -0.1391075000000228 The main thoroughfare in the district of St James’s in central London which runs from Piccadilly downhill to St James’s Palace at its southern end. The area was named after a hospital dedicated to St. James the Less. In Mitford’s time, St. James Street was the home of many of the best-known clubs, such as Brooke’s and White’s. St. John’s Place, Lisson Grove, Regent’s Park, London, England Lisson Grove Regent’s Park London England 51.5361, -0.1751 St. John’s Wood Occasional residence from 1817 onward of Benjamin Robert Haydon in Lisson Grove, Regent’s Park, London. Site of Haydon’s famous dinner gathering with guests William Wordsworth, John Keats, Charles Lamb, Thomas Monkhouse, and Joseph Ritchie on 28 December 1817. Haydon’s enormous painting, Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem hung in Haydon’s painting room as background. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, England Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle 51.5138453 -0.0983506000000034 St Paul’s Cathedral, London, is a Church of England (Anglican) cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London, and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London. The present church, by Sir Christopher Wren, was built after the Great Fire of London in the late seventeenth century. The building would have dominated the London skyline in Mitford’s time. The state funerals of Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington were held at St. Paul’s. St. Quintin School, 22 Hans Place, Chelsea, London, England Hans Place Chelsea London England 51.497205 -0.16063770000005206 Public school for girls founded by French emigre M. St. Quintin (or Quentin), a friend of George Mitford and of Dr. Richard Valpy. It was originally located in Reading, moved to London (at 22 Hans Place, in Chelsea), and later relocated to Paris. Frances Rowden was schoolmistress there, and Mitford was a pupil at the London location, as were Landon and Caroline Ponsonby Lamb. The majority of the houses in Hans Place were substantially rebuilt in the late nineteenth century; the building that housed the school no longer stands. Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, England Stratfield Saye Hampshire England 51.348916 -0.995947000000001 Village in Hampshire, England. Alternative spellings are: Strathfieldsaye, Stratford Saye, and Stratford Sea. In Mitford’s time, the Duke of Wellington moved there. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England 52.19173 -1.7082980000000134 A market town in Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon, best known as the birthplace of Shakespeare. Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, England Twickenham England 51.4382596 -0.3345635000000584 Horace Walpole’s house at Strawberry Hill, near Twickenham. Swallowfield, Berkshire, England Swallowfield Berkshire England 51.378 -0.959 Village in Berkshire, where Mary Russell Mitford moved to a cottage in 1851, three miles south of her long-time home at Three Mile Cross. Switzerland 46.95, 7.45 A country located in western-Central Europe. Temple, London, England Temple London England 51.5123032 -0.1110459000000219 District in central London, traditional location for barristers’ chambers and other offices for legal practice, with its four Inns of Court. The Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, was responsible for training and licensing barristers. Talfourd had chambers in this neighborhood, although not in the Inner Temple, and Mitford addressed letters to him there. River Thames, England Thames England 51.5855735 -0.6160753000000341 The longest river in England, the Thames has its source in Gloucestershire and flows through Reading, Oxford, Windsor, and London into the Thames Estuary to the North Sea. Three Mile Cross, Berkshire, England Three Mile Cross Berkshire England 51.4047211 -0.9734518999999864 Village in the parish of Shinfield in Berkshire, where Mary Russell Mitford moved with her parents in 1820. They lived in a cottage there until 1851. Totnes, Devonshire, England Totnes Devonshire England 50.433741 -3.6857969999999796 Market town near the River Dart in Devonshire, and residence of Sir William Elford, who lived there after 1831 at The Priory, the house of his daughter (Elizabeth) and son-in-law. Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France Tours Indre-et-Loire France 47.394144 0.6848400000000083 City in France on the lower part of the River Loire. Tower of London, London, England London England 51.50811239999999 -0.07594930000004751 Dating from the Norman Conquest of England, this famous complex of fortified towers was begun by William the Conqueror in 1066 and used variously as a royal residence, an armory, a treasury, a menagerie, and a prison. In Mitford’s time, a tourist attraction admired for its Gothic architecture, which included the Royal Menagerie, displays of armour, and the Crown Jewels; it was also an active armoury and the home of the Royal Mint until the early nineteenth-century. Tripoli Tripoly Tripoli Ottoman Empire Libya 32.8872094 13.191338299999984 Ancient seaport in North Africa, now the capital and largest city in Libya. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the city was nominally under control of the Ottoman Empire but was de facto ruled by Turkish Janissary officers between 1714 and 1835, after which the Ottoman Empire reasserted control. During the period of Janissary rule, Tripoli was a base of operations for piracy ("Barbary pirates"), blackmail schemes, and demands for tribute as protection against piracy, which led to the first and second Barbary Wars with the United States in the early nineteenth century. Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London, England Twickenham Richmond upon Thames London England 51.44458100000001 -0.3352459999999837 Twickenham, a town on the Thames, now part of Greater London. In the eighteenth century, the home of Alexander Pope and Horace Walpole, who built a neo-Gothic mansion at Strawberry Hill. United States of America United States of America 37.09024 -95.71289100000001 Vaucluse, France Vaucluse France 44.0565054 5.14320680000003 A department in southeast France, named after the Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, a famous spring. Royal Victoria Theatre, London, England Royal Coburg Theatre old Vic 51.5022 -0.1096 This minor theatre opened in 1818 on the south side of Waterloo bridge, in order to capitalize on the increase of traffic expected from the new bridge. It was purchased in 1833 by Daniel Egerton and William Abbott who renamed it the Royal Victoria Theatre. It was not named after the young Princess Victoria, then fourteen, but after her mother, Victoria, Duchess of Kent. Mitford’s play Charles I was performed here. Still an active producing theater, called The Old Vic. Vienna, Austria Vienna Austria 48.2081743 16.37381890000006 Capital and the largest city in Austria. Historically, a center for music in Europe. During Mitford’s time, Vienna became the capital of the Austrian Empire (in 1804, during the Napoleonic Wars) and hosted the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815. Wales 51.483333 -3.183333 Located in the United Kingdom; a country in southwest Great Britain. Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium Waterloo Walloon Brabant Belgium 50.71469 4.399099999999976 Municipality in Belgium, south of Brussels. The battle of Waterloo, at which Napoleon was defeated in 1815, was fought south of the municipality, at Braine-l’Alleud. Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England Collegiate Church of St. Peter at Westminster Westminster London England 51.4992921 -0.12730970000006891 Gothic style church in Westminster, London, where English monarchs have traditionally been crowned and buried since 1066. Many important literary and historical figures are recognized with memorials throughout this famous abbey. The present structure began construction in 1245 by King Henry III and the two western towers were added in the early eighteenth century. Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England Westminster Hall Houses of Parliament Westminster London England 51.4994794 -0.12480919999995876 Located in Westminster, London, along the Thames River. This is the meeting place of England’s two Houses of Parliament. City of Westminster, London, England Westminster London England 51.5001754 -0.1332326000000421 Now an inner London borough centrally located in Greater London; historically a separate entity west of the City of London and the site of Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster. In Mitford’s time, a district of Greater London and the location of St. James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament; shopping districts around Bond Street, Regent Street, and Oxford Street; and the fashionable residential and theater districts of the West End. Whitehall, Westminster, London, England Westminster London England 51.504444, -0.125556 The word "Whitehall," used without specific reference to the palace, refers metonymically to the centers of power of the English government, including the monarchy and parliament. Literally, Whitehall is a road in Westminster, running from Trafalgar Square to Parliament Square, which takes its name from Whitehall Palace on its route. Whitehall Palace, Westminster, London, England Whitehall Westminster London England 51.5045858 -0.12600050000003193 Main London residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when a major part of the palace was destroyed by fire. During the seventeenth century, renovations made it the largest palace in Europe. Site of the execution of King Charles I. Whiteknights, Berkshire, England Whiteknights Berkshire England 51.440426 -0.9427994999999783 Berkshire estate of George Spencer-Churchill, the sixth Duke of Marlborough. Purchased by him in 1798 and extensively renovated at great expense until the Duke’s bankruptcy in 1819, when the estate and contents were sold at auction. Subject of an 1818 publication by the Hoflands. Formerly the manor of Earley Whiteknights; now Whiteknights Park, part of the campus of the University of Reading. Winchester, Hampshire, England Winchester Hampshire England 51.059771 -1.3101420000000417 City and county town of Hampshire. Site of Winchester Cathedral and Winchester College, one of the oldest public grammar schools. Jane Austen died here and is buried in the Cathedral. John Keats wrote several of his best-known poems while on a visit to the city. Windsor, Berkshire, England Windsor Berkshire England 51.4817279 -0.6135759999999664 Market town in Berkshire, about twenty miles from Reading and twenty miles from Charing Cross. Location of royal residence Windsor Castle. British royals resumed an active presence in Windsor after 1778, when George III began use of Queen’s Lodge, and continued with use of the Castle after 1804. Two new army barracks were built in the town in the early nineteenth century. Wokingham, Berkshire, England Wokingham Berkshire England 51.410457 -0.8338610000000699 A market town in south east England in Berkshire, near Reading. The Mitfords sometimes travelled to Wokingham on their way to London, or to visit the home of their friends, the Webbs. Yorkshire, England Yorkshire England 53.95996510000001 -1.0872979000000669 Historic county in northern England and the largest county in the United Kingdom. Abbreviated Yorks. Fictional Places Brobdingnag Fictional country in Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels. Populated by giants. Sancho Panza is awarded the governorship of this imaginary island in Don Quixote Prospero’s Island Robinson Crusoe’s Island St. John’s Church Fictional name used in Our Village for St. Lawrence Church, an ancient church in Reading. River Styx River in Greek mythology that separates the realms of the living from the dead, and encircling Hades (the realm of the dead or underworld). For more, see the reference in Encyclopedia Mythica:
Animals other than named pets long-tailed wren Naga wren-babbler Spelaeornis chocolatinus Timaliidae The Naga wren-babbler or long-tailed wren-babbler (Spelaeornis chocolatinus), a bird species in the family Timaliidae. Plants anemone Anemone Ranunculaceae Mitford may refer to the European wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa), an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Common names include wood anemone, windflower, thimbleweed, and smell fox, an allusion to the musky smell of the leaves. However, she may also refer to one of the cultivated varieties not native to England, such as the poppy anemone (Anemone coronaria), which is native to the Mediterranean region but was cultivated in France beginning in the eighteenth century. Unlike the wood anemone, the poppy anemone appears in bright shades of red and blue. beech Fagus Fagaceae sylvatica One of Mitford’s favorite trees. Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America. Mitford likely refers to the European beech, Fagus sylvatica. The bark is smooth and light grey and the tree bears nuts that are edible, though bitter. red cabbage Brassica oleracea rubra Garden plant, related to the green cabbage and also called purple cabbage. The red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra) is a kind of cabbage whose leaves are coloured dark red/purple. Mitford humorously compares herself to one in her letter to Elford of 14 May 1819 (because she is round and red). China Aster One of Mitford’s favorite flowers, blooms in autumn in Berkshire cowslip common cowslip cowslip primrose Primula veris Primulaceae One of Mitford’s favorite flowers, blooms in spring in Berkshire. Mitford likely refers to Primula veris (also called cowslip, common cowslip, cowslip primrose), a flowering plant in the genus Primula of the family Primulaceae. The species is native throughout most of temperate Europe and Asia, although absent from more northerly areas. May hybridize with English/common primroses. fir Abies Pinaceae 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. lily of the valley lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley (sometimes written lily-of-the-valley), a scented woodland flowering plant native to the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. Its scientific name is Convallaria majalis. It was previously classified as in its own family (Convallariaceae), and before that was believed to be part of the Lily family (Liliaceae). primrose English primrose common primrose true primrose Primula vulgaris Primulaceae 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. It is not to be confused with evening primrose or Oenothera, a genus of 100+ species of herbaceous flowering plants native to the Americas, which are not 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. violet Viola Violaceae 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 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. wood sorrel woodsorrel wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella Mitford likely refers to common wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), a member of the oxalis family sometimes also spelled "woodsorrel" or "wood-sorrel." It grows in mixed woodlands and bears a white flower. It is not related to sorrel proper (Rumex acetosa), although the two plants share an acidic taste that may have led to the name.
Historical Events The unification of Ireland with Great Britain (England and Scotland, to form the United Kingdom, during the reign of King George III. in which Great Britain under King George III lost its North American colonies, and following which the United States was formed. Period of conflict and crisis in France, at first characterized by peaceful efforts at compromise and reform but shifting to bloody conflict in the 1793-1794 Reign of Terror driven by Robespierre, symbolized in the use of the guillotine to execute enemies of the Republic, and used ultimately against Robespierre himself. After a period of instability during which Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power through military coup d’etat, the republican cause of Revolution in France can be said to have ended in 1804 with Napoleon’s crowning as Emperor of France. Parliamentary alliance with the Dutch William of Orange to oust King James II from power, establish a lasting Protestant monarchy, and establish a Bill of Rights. War led by Mexican-born population for liberation from Spain. The British cavalry charged into a crowd of by some estimates 60,000 to 80,000, who had gathered at St. Peter’s Field to protest Manchester’s lack of representation in Parliament. Death tolls were estimated in the teens, and hundreds were injured. The event was named "Peterloo" in ironic contrast with the British military role in the Battle of Waterloo King George IV’s struggles with Parliament to divorce his estranged wife, Caroline, and prevent her from becoming queen in 1820, the year of her death. A poor harvest led to rioting. . . The duel which led to John Scott’s death, brought on by escalating conflicts between John Scott and John Gibson Lockhart in The London Magazine and Blackwood’s Magazine, rooted in Blackwood’s insulting characterizations of a Cockney School beginning in 1820. Christie was Lockhart’s literary agent, and after a trial in April 1821 he was acquitted of any wrongdoing in the duel. For a detailed account of the duel, with supporting documents in publications from each magazine, see Lord Byron and His Times: "Blackwood’s Magazine, The London Magazine, and the Scott-Christie Duel". The battle fought at Waterloo, Belgium on Sunday, 18 June 1815 that decisively defeated Napoleon Bonaparte after his Hundred Days Exile.
Works of Art
Apollo Belvedere Apollo of the Belvedere Pythian Apollo 120-150 A.D. A marble sculpture from classical antiquity, believed to have been created around 120-150 A.D. as a copy of an earlier bronze original by Leochares. The statue was rediscovered near Rome in the fifteenth century, and restored. The statue was much admired in the 18th- and 19th-century, when it was seen to exemplify the aesthetic ideals of the neoclassical tradition. It depicts the Greek god Apollo as an archer. It has variously been suggested as illustrating Apollo having slain the serpent Python, or as slaying the giant Tityos.
The Broken Fiddle William Allan circa 1821 Benjamin Robert Haydon described this painting to Mitford in a letter from Edinburgh in November 1821. Haydon wrote: I find Sir William Allan only in the town, he is painting a very clever picture of The Broken Fiddle. A wooden-legged sailor has broken his fiddle on the head of a young scamp for some mischievous trick; an old woman, his granddam, is shaking her fist at the sailor, who is enjoying the pain of the crying boy. . . . It promises to be a very clever thing indeed. The background in colour and effect is the best thing he has done., as excerpted in Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-Talk, Vol. 2, p. 74 . The painting was frequently mentioned by 1820s periodical writers as one of Allan’s best. In 1822, Blackwood’s called it a piece of quite a different cast from anything he had formerly attempted. It is a highly humorous composition, and the glow of colouring is such as perhaps Wilkie himself never surpassed Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 11 (1822): p. 439 .
Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem One of Haydon’s three enormous paintings of biblical scenes, together with The Judgment of Solomon and The Resurrection of Lazarus. The ODNB notes the dimensions of Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem as "12 ft 6 in. × 15 ft 1 in., with a frame weighing 600 lb." Exhibited at Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Wiliam Wordsworth’s head appears in the picture. Now housed in the Athenaeum of Ohio Art Collection of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. [Source: ODNB]
The Enraged Musician William Hogarth 30 November 1741 This engraving depicts a scene in which a violin player leans out his window, annoyed by the cacophony of unmusical sounds coming from the street outside.
A Gala at Richmond Hofland Unknown, circa 1821 Mitford gives this as the title of a Hofland painting exhibited at Somerset House, London in 1821. Unidentified. May be the same as Richmond from Twickenham Park.
The Judgment of Solomon 1814 The earliest of the three enormous biblical paintings for which Haydon was known, completed in 1814.
The Resurrection of Lazarus The Raising of Lazarus 1821-1823 Painting of enormous dimensions exhibited in 1823 at Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. While on exhibit in 1823, the picture was seized from the gallery when Haydon was arrested for debt and imprisoned for two months.
Richmond from Twickenham Park circa 1821
Te Deum "Te Deum, also sometimes called the Ambrosian Hymn because if its association with St. Ambrose, is a traditional hymn of joy and thanksgiving." [Source: www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Trinitas/TeDeum.html.]
"Where’er You Walk An aria sung by Jupiter from Handel’s 1743 opera Semele (HWV58).
Reference Works Published in the 19th Century Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois Morris Birkbeck Philadelphia Caleb Richardson 1817 Mitford likely read the second edition, published in London in 1818 by J. Ridgway. This work, along with Birkbeck’s Letters from Illinois, presented a utopian, anti-clerical, and anti-aristocratic vision of American settlement. They were believed to be instrumental in encouraging many disaffected Europeans to emigrate to the American prairies and set off a pamphlet war about on the topic of American emigration to the so-called "English Prairie." the Bill of Rights An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown 1689 One of the basic instruments of the British constitution, the English Bill of Rights restates the Declaration of Right presented to William and Mary in February 1689, limits the powers of the monarch, establishes the rights of Parliament, and establishes some individual rights. Account of the Captivity of Robert Knox and Other Englishmen, in the Island of Ceylon: And of the Captain’s Miraculous Escape and Return to England in September 1680, After Detention on the Island of Nineteen Years and a Half Robert Knox London J. Hatchard 1818 Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. Part the third, section the first: Scandinavia Travels in Various Countries of Scandinavia: Including Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Finland Edward Daniel Clarke London Cadell and Davies 1819 Clarke began publishing a series of travel accounts in 1811 under the series title, Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. The third part, first published in 1819, covered the Scandinavarian countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Finland. The volumes were later reprinted both together and as individual volumes under separate titles. Collectanea Curiosa, or Miscellaneous Tracts: Relating to the History and Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects John Gutch Oxford Clarendon Press 1781 The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man’s Recreation: Being a Discourse of Rivers, and Fish-ponds, and Fish and Fishing: Not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers Izaak Walton Rich. Marriot First published in 1653, then expanded and republished in further editions in 1655, 1661, 1668, and 1676. The fifth edition (1676) contained 21 chapters instead of the original 13, and in it, Charles Cotton added a second section on fly-fishing. Mitford was likley familiar with the expanded edition. Rural Sports William Barker Daniel Printed in numerous editions between 1801-1817. Encyclopedia Metropolitana; or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge (30 vols., 1817-1845) A History of the Municipal Church of St. Lawrence, Reading Charles Kerry 1883 publication used by Needham to establish local histories and identities of Mitford’s Our Village characters. Cited by him on a note making reference to Jeremiah Nicholson. Letters from Illinois: Illustrated by a Map of the United States, Shewing Mr. Birkbeck’s Journey from Norfolk to Illinois and a Map of English Prairie and the Adjacent Country by John Melish Morris Birkbeck John Melish London Taylor and Hessey 1818 Mitford likely read this edition, published in London; editions also appeared in Boston and Philadelphia in 1818. Some editions appeared under the alternative title: Letters from The Illinois Territory; subsequent to Notes on a journey into the interior of North America. This work, along with Birkbeck’s Notes on a Journey in America, presented a utopian, anti-clerical, and anti-aristocratic vision of American settlement. They were believed to be instrumental in encouraging many disaffected Europeans to emigrate to the American prairies and set off a pamphlet war about on the topic of American emigration to the so-called "English Prairie." Lives of the English Poets Samuel Johnson 1783 Lectures on the English Comic Writers, delivered at the Surry Institution William Hazlitt Taylor and Hessey London 1819 Spelled "Surry" on title page. Letters Written by Eminent Persons in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: To Which are Added, Hearne’s Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq., and Lives of Eminent Men by John Aubrey, Esq., the Whole Now First Published from the Originals John Aubrey John Walker Thomas Hearne London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1813 Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence; Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources. Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, and Military Plans. William Coxe London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1818 Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell, by the editor of Madam Du Deffand’s letters. Followed by a series of letters from Lady Russell to her husband, William, Lord Russell; from 1672 to 1682; together with some miscellaneous letters to and from Lady Russell. To which are added, eleven letters from Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland, to George Saville, Marquis of Hallifax, in the year 1680 The Life of Lady Russell Rachael Wriothesley, Lady Russell Mary Berry Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1819 Source: HathiTrust Literary Pocket Book The Literary Pocket Book, or Companion for the Lover of Art and Nature Leigh Hunt Literary almanac edited by Leigh Hunt that includes original poems by P. Shelley, Keats, and B.W. Proctor. Mitford’s January 1819 letters to Elford and Mary Webb refer to the first edition ever published of this almanac, published at the end of 1818 for 1819, which she received as a gift from her father. Naturalis Historiæ Pliny the elder 77-79 Encyclopedic work of thirty-seven books, organized in ten volumes. Source: LBT The New Whig Guide Authorship attributed to Viscount Henry John Temple Palmerston John Wilson Croker, and Robert Peel London W. Wright 1819 Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire; with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire London Kelly and Co. Text and page images of the 1854 edition may be accessed through the University of Leicester’s Special Collections Online at . The Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire W. Kelly and Co. A series of directories of local gentry and tradespeople in the counties of the U.K.. Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings; A New Chronology of the Plays; A Disquisition on the Object of His Sonnets; And a History of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of His Age Nathan Drake London T. Cadell and W. Davies 1817 Sketches of America: a Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States of America; Contained in Eight Reports Addressed to the Thirty-nine English Families by whom the Author was Deputed, in June 1817, to Ascertain Whether Any, and What Part of the United States Would be Suitable for Their Residence. With Remarks on Mr. Birkbeck’s <title level="a">Notes and Letters Henry Bradshaw Fearon London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1818 The work’s subtitle refers to to Morris Birkbeck’s Notes on a Journey in America, from the coast of Virginia to the territory of Illinois and Letters from Illinois, works that were believed to be instrumental in encouraging many disaffected Europeans to emigrate to the American prairies Birkbeck and Fearon’s works were part of an early nineteenth-century pamphlet war about on the topic of American emigration to the so-called English Prairie. A second edition of Sketches appeared in 1819. In his preface, Fearon claims to be an unbiased observer and reporter and implicitly contrasts himself with other writers on the topic: My Reports were originally composed neither with a view to fame nor profit,--neither to exalt a country, to support a party, nor to promote a settlement. I have had every motive to speak what I thought the truth, and none to conceal or pervert it. The volume is dedicated to The Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, and the dedication is dated Plaistow, Essex. October 2, 1818 . As Christopher Flynn points out in Americans in British Literature, 1770-1832: A Breed Apart, Such [claims afford] Fearon room for statements that seem to emerge from differing, often contradictory ideological predilections. Sometimes he presents himself as an ardent convert to republicanism. At other times he is so fastidious in manners and appearance that he seems to the guardian of an older English probity Americans have recklessly abandoned (Farnham: Ashgate, 2008: 117) . Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters of Books and Men. Collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and Other Eminent Persons of His Time Joseph Spence Edmund Malone London John Murray 1820 Spence’s Anecdotes were collected and published posthumously in 1820 by Edmund Malone. Miss Tully A Narrative of a Ten Years’ Residence at Tripoli in Africa from the Original Correspondence in the Possession of the Family of the Late Richard Tully, Esq., Comprising Authentic Memoirs and Anecdotes of the Reigning Bashaw, His Family, and Other Persons of Distinction; also an Account of the Domestic Manners of the Moors, Arabs, and Turks London H. Colburn 1816 Mitford may have read the third edition, published in 1819. Travels through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland to the North Cape, in the Years 1798 and 1799. London Joseph Mawman 1802 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 1772, and 1773 James Bruce six volumes G.G.J. and J. Robinson A Visit To Paris in 1814: Being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual, and Social Condition of the French Capital London Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme, and Brown 2nd edition, corrected and with a new preface referring to late events, published: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst Rees, Orme, and Brown1815. Source: HathiTrust Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to George Montagu, Esq. from the year 1736, to the year 1770: Now First Published from the Originals in the Possession of the Editor Horace Walpole London Rodwell and Martin, and H. Colburn 1818 A second edition appears in 1819. The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert and Dr. Robert Sanderson. Izaak Walton Walton had written biographical sketches ("Lives") of Donne, Wotton, Hooker and Herbert which were originally published separately as part of volumes containing other materials on their subjects. The first volume of collected Lives appeared in 1670 . The second appeared in 1678 and added a life of Herbert. This volume was often later reprinted under the title Walton’s Lives. Mitford may have read the "new edition" published in 1805 at Oxford by Clarendon Press . Another edition appeared in 1807 with a life of Walton himself by Thomas Zouch . A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights: A Seat of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough. By Mrs. Hofland. Illustrated with twenty-three engravings, from pictures taken on the spot by T.C. Hofland T.C. Hofland Barbara Hofland London T. C. Hofland 1819 Printed by T.C. Hofland for the 6th Duke of Marlbourough; publisher and printer names are given variously in WorldCat. Mitford suggests that the Hoflands supported the entire cost of printing themselves and printed only 50 copies, because the bankrupt Duke could not finance the venture. In her February 27, 1819 letter to Elford, Mitford indicates that she does not expect him to buy a copy, since he is "a great deal too wise to deal in books printed upon drawing paper in Atlas quarto--books merely meant to make a show." It is unknown how many copies were sold. 19th-Century Periodicals The Anti-Jacobin, or Weekly Examiner Wiliam Gifford from November 20, 1797 to July 9, 1798 Conserative newspaper founded by George Canning whose short run of 36 issues was highly influential in satirizing revolutionary politics. Berkshire Chronicle Newspaper founded in 1825, now known as the Reading Chronicle. Blackwood’s Magazine Founded as a Tory magazine in opposition to the Whiggish Edinburgh Review. Edinburgh Review, second series Quarterly political and literary review founded by Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Brougham, and Francis Horner in 1802 and published by Archibald Constable in Edinburgh. It supported Whig and reformist politics and opposed its Tory and conservative rival, The Quarterly Review. Ceased publication in 1929. The Examiner A Sunday paper, on politics, domestic economy, and theatricals Weekly periodical launched by editor Leigh Hunt and his brother, the printer John Hunt. Mitford’s correspondence demonstrates that her household subscribed or regularly had access to The Examiner and The London Magazine. John Bull Presumably the popular periodical founded in 1820. The Lady’s Magazine 1770-1847 London

A popular and influential monthly magazine for women that ran from 1756 until 1847 under various editorships, publishers, and subtitles. It offered fiction, poetry, as well as educational pieces, and spawned a series of immitators, including Blackwood’s Lady’s Magazine. The first series was published as volumes 1 through 49 from August 1770 to December 1818. Ownership and series numbering are unclear for 1819. It was thereafter continued as "new series" (series two), volumes 1 through 10, from 1820 to 1829, under two different subtitles. Between 1830 and 1832, the magazine advertised volumes one to five as an "improved series." In 1832, it merged with The Lady’s Museum and continued until 1837as the Lady’s Magazine and Museum of Belle Lettres &c. , improved series, and enlarged, volumes 1 through 11. The magazine underwent a further merger in 1837, when it was continued as the Court Magazine and Monthly Critic and Lady’s Magazine and Museum of Belles Lettres, volumes 12 through 31, improved series and enlarged. It ceased publication in 1837 with volume 31. In the 1820s, Mitford was a frequent contributor, contributing the stories and sketches that would later be collected as Our Village.

Sources: English Press, Then and Now. ; WorldCat ; "The Lady’s Magazine and the Emergence of Women as Active Participants in the Eighteenth-Century Periodical Press." ; "Lady’s Magazine" in Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, vol. 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1940).

 The Lady’s Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, appropriated solely for their Use and Amusement. [series 1.] The Lady’s Magazine London 1770-1818 J. [John] Wheble Robinson & Roberts G. [George] Robinson G. and J.J. Robinson Monthly magazine for women founded by bookseller and publisher John Coote and edited by J. H. Wynne. It was first published by John Wheble in 1770 and the publishing rights were later sold to the Robinson publishing firm, who published under Robinson and Roberts (publishers George Robinson and partner John Roberts), G. Robinson, and G. and J. J. Robinson (partners George Robinson, his son George Robinson, junior, and his brother John Robinson. A later editor would claim that the magazine had been continuously in print since 1756 (See series four, volume 18); there is no evidence to support that claim. Coote and Wheble disagreed over the transfer of the publishing rights to George Robinson, and Wheble reportedly continued to publish under that title on his own account and was fined for doing so. The first series was published as volumes 1 through 49 August 1770 to December 1818. Ownership and series numbering is unclear for 1819. It was thereafter continued as "new series" (series two), volumes 1 through 10, from 1820 to 1829, under publisher S. Robinson and with two different subtitles. The Lady’s Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, appropriated solely for their Use and Amusement. [series 2, vol. 1-3] The Lady’s Magazine London 1820-1822 S. Robinson A continuation of The Lady’s Magazine as a "new series" (series two), volumes 1 through 3, from 1820 to 1822, under the subtitle "Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, appropriated solely for their Use and Amusement". Published by S. Robinson. . The Lady’s Magazine; or Mirror of the Belle-Lettres, Fine Arts, Fashions, Music, Drama, &c. [series 2, vol. 4-10] London 1823-1829 S. Robinson Many of Mitford’s contributions to the magazine were to this series, a continuation of the "new series" (second series) begun in 1820 by publisher S. Robinson. For volumes four through ten of the "new series," published between 1823 and 1829, the magazine was subtitled "Mirror of the Belle-Lettres, Fine Arts, Fashions, Music, Drama, &c." Notable contributions included the <!--2017-01-31 ebb: WAIT and activate this when the OV sketch info goes in from si-Add-GIANT-MRM_BIBLIO ref="#Walks_Country_LM"-->Walks in the Country, as well as the <!--ref="#Boarding_School_Rec_LM"-->Boarding School Recollections subseries, which became <!--ref="#Early_Rec_OV"-->Early Recollections in .</note> <ref target="http://www.worldcat.org/title/ladys-magazine-museum-of-the-belles-lettres-music-fine-arts-drama-fashions-c/oclc/48090188"/> </bibl> <bibl xml:id="Ladys_Monthly_Museum"> <title>Lady’s Monthly Museum; Or, Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction A monthly periodical running from 1798 to 1832. An Englishwoman’s Letter to <persName ref="#More_Hannah">Mrs. Hannah More</persName> on the Present Crisis London J. Hatchard 1820 Anonymously published eighteen-page pamphlet on the Queen Caroline Affair. WorldCat attributes the second edition of the pamplet to Jane Alice Sargant; Mitford’s letters of 1820 indicate that she believed it to have been written by her friend Barbara Hofland. The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences The London Literary Gazette Periodical founded by Henry Colburn, ran from 1817 to 1863. For details on the journal, see the Corvey Women Writers on the Web contribution page by Glenn T. Himes on "L.E.L: The Literary Gazette Collection" The London Magazine 1820 to 1829 An 18th-century periodical of this title (The London Magazine, or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer) ran from 1732 to 1785 . In 1820, John Scott launched a new series of The London Magazine emulating the style of Blackwood’s Magazine, though the two magazines soon came into heated contention. This series ran until 1829, and this is the series to which Mitford and her correspondents frequently refer in their letters. Scott’s editorship lasted until his death by duel on 27 February 1821 resulting form bitter personal conflict with the editors of Blackwood’s Magazine connected with their insulting characterization of a London Cockney School. After Scott’s death, William Hazlitt took up editing the magazine with the April 1821 issue. The Museum; or Record of Literature, Fine Arts, Antiquities, the Drama, &c. first issue: 27 April 1822 a weekly periodical edited by Peter Bayley and printed by John Valpy. New Monthly Magazine Periodical edited by Thomas Campbell from 1821 to 1830. Talfourd was a contributor. The Observer

Founded on December 4, 1791 by W.S> Bourne. It is the first Sunday newspaper in the world. Although its earliest years supported a conservative view, it has been generally centrist/liberal for most of its existence.

 Panoramic Miscellany, and Review of Literature, Science, Arts, Inventions and Occurrences John Thelwall 31 January 1826 to June 1826 Periodical edited by John Thelwall to which Mitford, signing as "M," contributed three stories to the first three issues of its short run (see Esterhammer ). Source: Angela Esterhammer, <quote>"<persName ref="#Thelwall_John">John Thelwall</persName>’s <title ref="#Panoramic_Misc">Panoramic Miscellany: The Lecturer as Journalist." Romantic Circles Praxis Series. <persName ref="#Thelwall_John">John Thelwall</persName>: Critical Reassessments September 2011. The Political Register Weekly periodical issued by William Cobbett from 1802 to 1835. Originally anti-Jacobin, the politics of the magazine became increasingly reformist. Cobbett’s magazine advocated in defense of the English countryside and its traditional ways of life against industrial change. Quarterly Review Tory periodical founded by George Canning in 1809, published by John Murray. William Gifford edited the Quarterly Review from its founding in 1809 until 1824, was succeeded briefly by John Taylor Coleridge in 1825, until John Gibson Lockhart took over as editor from 1826 through 1853. The Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette, etc. Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette and Berkshire County Paper, etc. Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette, Newsbury Herald and Berks County Paper, etc. Newspaper of Reading, Berkshire. Founded as The Reading Mercury, or Weekly Entertainer in 1723, the newspaper changed its name twice during Mitford’s lifetime. It was titled The Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette, etc. from 1767-1731, was renamed Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette and Berkshire County Paper, etc. from 1831-1839, and from 1839-1960 it was titled Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette, Newsbury Herald and Berks County Paper, etc. Source: Berkshire Family History Society. "Mr. Haydon’s Raising of Lazarus" The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, & Manufactures I. No. 4 April 1, 1823 239-241 Detailed discussion of the contents of Haydon’s painting, The Raising of Lazarus. The Iris Robert Montgomery Newspaper of Sheffield, Yorkshire, to which Barbara Hofland contributed poems. The Spectator A daily periodical founded by Joseph Addison Richard Steele which was published from 1711 to 1712. The original run consisted of fifty-five numbers, later collected into seven volumes and frequently reprinted thereafter. The paper was briefly revived by Steelein 1714. Letter reprinted in the Observer on June 20, 1825 from Blackwoods. The letter is signed by Philo-Dramaticus, and urges Charles Kemble and Robert Elliston, managers of Covent Garden and Drury Lane, respectively, to resist the demands of the leading actors of the day, which Philo-Dramaticus sees as ruining the theater. The letter specifically identifies Edmund Kean, Charles Young, and William Macready. Such demands include insisting on a limited run of performances and rewrites from the authors of plays to suit the actors’ tastes. The letter refers to the changes that Macready required for Mitford’s play Rienzi. The Tatler A literary and society journal founded by Richard Steele which was published from 12 April 1709 to 2 January 1711. The Times Newspaper issued daily, begun in London in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register, and titled The Times from 1 January 1788. Timothy Trueman’s Admonitions to the Clergy, Respecting Tithes: First Published in a Letter Inserted in the Statesman Newspaper, and Now Reprinted with Several Corrections and Additions, Particularly an Introduction Timothy Trueman, Pseudonym used by Mitford’s acquaintanceMr. Johnson Reading Cowslade and co. 1816 The Curse of Gehazi, or, Leprosy of Corruption: Exemplified in a Narrative of the Life of Robert Watkins, alias Robert Turner Watkins, alias Bribery Bob, Who was Executed on the 30th of July Last, for the Robbery and Murder of Mr. Stephen Rodway, Late of Cricklade, in Whitshire Timothy Trueman, Pseudonym used by Mitford’s acquaintanceMr. Johnson Reading R. Snare note resp="#lmw">An essay on representative government. Publication date uncertain, not listed on title pages, although likely 1819. A Letter to the Independent Electors of Westminster, as it Appeared in the Independent Whig of Sunday, May 21, 1809 Timothy Trueman, Pseudonym used by Mitford’s acquaintanceMr. Johnson London J.H. Hart An essay on representative government. Exact publication date uncertain, not listed on title pages, although likely 1809. Literary Works 55 Days Howard Brenton London Nick Hern The Abbot Walter Scott 1820 London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Edinburgh Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne Historical novel: One of Scott’s series of Tales from Benedictine Sources, The Abbot introduces the character Roland Graeme, and renders the experiences of Mary, Queen of Scots during her imprisonment and escape from Loch Leven Castle in 1567 . The Absentee Tales of Fashionable Life, second series Maria Edgeworth London J. Johnson The Works of Virgil, in Latin and English. The original Text correctly printed from the most authentic Editions, collated for this Purpose. The Æneid Translated By the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt, The Eclogues and Georgics, with Notes on the Whole, By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton. With several New Observations By Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Spence, and Others. Also, A Dissertation on the Sixth Book of the Æneid, by Mr. Warburton. On the Shield of Æneas, by Mr. W. Whitehead. On the Character of Japis, by the late Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. And, Three Essays on Pastoral, Didactic and Epic Poetry, by the Editor Christopher Pitt London R. Dodsley 1753 The Aeneid John Dryden London Thomas Chapman 1688 Dryden’s translation of The Aeneid may be found in Miscellany Poems, in two parts. Containing new translations of Virgil’s Eclogues, Ovid’s Love-elegies, several parts of Virgil’s Æneids, Lucretius, Theocritus, Horace, &c. With several original poems, never before printed. The Æneid of Virgil, translated into blank verse by J. Beresford James Beresford London J. Johnson 1794 The Aeneid Virgil Latin epic poem written between 29 and 19 BC. The Tragedies of Aeschylus Aeschylus Robert Potter Translation of Aeschylus’s plays read by Mitford. Agamemnon Athenian tragedy attributed to Aeschylus; the first play of the Oresteia Aladdin There were many pantomimes under this name on the English stage, many combining the story of Aladdin with that of other Arabian Nights tales such as Ali Baba and moving the story to a mythologized China from Arabia. Pantomime versions introduce the character of the "Widow Twankey," Aladdian’s mother. John O’Keefe dramatized the story as early as 1788 at Covent Garden. Alcestis Athenian tragedy attributed to Euripides. First produced at the City Dionysia festival in 438 BCE; one of the earliest surviving plays of the playwright. All for Love All’s Well that Ends Well Drama likely first performed around 1604 and first printed in 1623. Antigone The Antiquary Arabian Tales; or, A Continuation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, consisting of stories related by the Sultana of the Indies, newly tr[anslated] from the original Arabic into French by Dom Chavis and Cazotte; and tr[anslated] from the French into English, by Robert Heron Robert Heron Bell & Bradfute Edinburgh G.G.J. & J. Robinson London 1792 Mitford likely refers to this 1792 English translation of the Thousand and One nights; the earliest English translations of the work were titled "The Arabian Nights Entertainment" and appeared around 1706. As You Like It William Shakespeare Athalie

One of two plays written by Jean Racine (along with Esther), for the students at St. Cyr.

 Atherton, and Other Tales 1854 Beauty Poem by Mary Russell Mitford, first collected in her 1810 Poems, mentioned in a 13 February 1821 letter to Haydon as one of three poems from that volume that are "not better, that is too vain a word, but less bad than the rest." The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, public benefits : containing several discourses to demonstrate that human frailties, during the degeneracy of mankind, may be turn’d to the advantage of the civil society, and made to supply the place of moral virtues. Bernard Mandeville London Printed for J. Roberts Belford Regis; or, Sketches of a Country Town 1835 Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand: a tragedy, in five acts London John Murray 1816 Christian Bible The Holy Bible The sacred scriptures of Christianity consisting of the Old and New Testament. The Holy Bible Newly Translated from the Original Hebrew: with Notes Critical and Explanatory John Bellamy 1818 Published by subscription in 1818. Originally published in three volumes in about ten parts. A complete translation of the Bible was never completed; Bellamy’s translation begins with the Old Testament/Pentateuch. Blanch: A Poem in Four Cantos from Narrative Poems on the Female Character 1827 Bluebeard, or Female Curiosity: a Dramatic Romance in Three Acts London Cadell and Davies 1798 Bonduca The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott Edinburgh Constable and co. 1819 Part of Tales of my Landlord, third series. Bride of Lammermoor made up volumes one and two and Legend of Montrose volumes three and four of the four-volume work. Camilla, or a Picture of Young Lady Frances Burney London Payne Cadell and Davies 1796 Cecilia; or Memoirs of an Heiress Frances Burney London T. Lowndes 1782 Charles the First; An Historical Tragedy, in Five Acts 1834 The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V William Robertson 1769 The history of Sir Charles Grandison: In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. Samuel Richardson London S. Richardson 1753 Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage Byron London John Murray Published in parts between 1812 and 1818. Choephoræ The Libation Bearers Athenian tragedy attributed to Aeschylus; the second play of the Oresteia . Christina, The Maid of the South Seas; A Poem 1811 The Cid (1637) Cinna (1643) The City Wives’ Confederacy Sir John Vanbrugh A comedic play by Sir John Vanbrugh based on Florent Carton de Dancourt’s Les bourgeoises à la mode which was first staged in the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket Theatre on 30 October 1705./> Clarissa, or, The history of a young lady : comprehending the most important concerns of private life: and particularly shewing, the distresses that may attend the misconduct both of parents and children, in relation to marriage Samuel Richardson London S. Richardson 1748 Claudia’s Dream One of Mitford’s dramatic sketches, appeared in Lady’s Magazine September 30, 1822 462-66 , retitled as "The Siege" in Dramatic Scenes the Code of Alfred Doom-book Alfred c. 893 This law book, or Doom-book, is attributed to King Alfred. In the text, Alfred’s own laws are followed by those of his late seventh-century predecessor King Ine of Wessex and prefaced by a translation of Mosaic law from the Book of Exodus. Sources: OED, DNB Coeur de Lion; or the Third Crusade. A Poem in 16 books. (historical epic, 1822) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater Corinne, ou, L’Italie Corinne; or, Italy Madame De Stael Paris Nicolle 1807 Coriolanus Tales of Fancy: Country Neighbors, or, The Secret Sarah Harriet Burney London H. Colburn 1820 "Country Neighbors" makes up volumes two and three of the three-volume work Tales of Fancy. Country Stories 1835 The Critic: or, a Tragedy Rehearsed Sheridan A burlesque satire on theatrical production and performance, first performed in 1779 at Drury Lane Theatre The Travels of Cyllenius: A Poem, in 66 cantos Charles Dickinson published for the author [Charles Dickinson] First published in 1795 and privately printed by Charles Dickinson himself. Period records suggest that the poem was available in at least four different forms: as individual quarto cantos sold for 1 shilling each (some listing ’White’ as the name of the publisher, although this may be a bookseller); as a 1796 quarto complete edition of all sixty-six cantos; as partial quarto editions of the middle 40 cantos (possibly gathered from individual cantos, as each were numbered separately); and a 12mo. complete edition in two volumes, with 389 pages listed as printed at Farley-Hill in 1820, of which only 12 copies were made and which were presentation copies to Dickinson’s friends. Some editions appear "in boards," others in "half morocco." An auction catalog for Richard Valpy’s library indicates that there were "only 12 copies, printed by the author himself, who presented this to me (ie, Richard Valpy);" another presentation copy appears in an auction catalogs for Samuel Rogers’s library. Periodicals and their reviewers from 1796 do not appear to have had access to the complete work in 66 cantos but instead review partial editions of cantos 41-60 (Edinburgh Magazine); canto 38 only (Analytical Review); Cantos 38-60 (British Critic); Cantos 38 and 40 only (Monthly Review). WorldCat lists an edition of cantos 37 to 60 only from 1795. Separate listings for a two-page mock title-page for the work, attributed to Horne-Took, appear as "Speedily will be published, price 3l.6s. in boards, The travels of Cyllenius: a poem. In sixty-six cantos." Cymbeline Deaf and Dumb Deaf as a Post (Drury Lane, 1823) a one-act farce The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Discipline: A Novel Mary Brunton Edinburgh George Ramsay & Co. 1814 First edition published anonymously. Don Juan Byron London Hunt Published in parts between 1820 and 1824. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha Don Quixote Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Published in two volumes in 1605 and 1615 Don Sebastian The Dramatic Works of Mary Russell Mitford 1854 Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems 1827 Emily, A Dramatic Sketch Originally appeared in the London Magazine 3.17 (May 1821): 499-505. Later reprinted in Dramatic Scenes, Sonnets, and Other Poems (83-105). Emma: A Novel Jane Austen London John Murray 1819 Endymion Epilogue to Orestes by Euripides Talfourd wrote an "Epilogue" for a performance of Orestes by Euripides . Later printed in Richard Valpy’s Poems, Odes, Prologues, and Epilogues Spoken on Public Occasions at Reading School, second edition. The Essays of Elia Eunice Tales of Fashionable Life, first series Maria Edgeworth London J. Johnson An Account of the European Settlements in America, in six parts Edmund Burke London R. and J. Dodsley Evelina: Or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance Into the World Frances Burney London T. Lowndes 1778 First edition published anonymously. The Faerie Queene Edmund Spenser 1590-1596 The Faithful Shepherdess John Fletcher Likely first performed in 1608 and first appeared in print in 1609. Fiesco Mitford’s first attempt to write a full-length tragedy, never performed or printed, although she did submit it for consideration to William Macready and the managers of Covent Garden Theatre in 1820. Schiller also wrote a play on this subject, entitled Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua; or Fiesco’s Conspiracy at Genoa. In a letter of 9 February 1821 Mitford indicates that she was not familiar with Schiller’s work, having "neither seen nor sought for it". Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua; or Fiesco’s Conspiracy at Genoa <!--Check on date of trans., if available to MRM, if she read German. LMW--> Fingal: An Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together with Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson. Ossian James Macpherson London T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1762 "Galic" is Macpherson’s spelling. Florence Macarthy: An Irish Tale Henry Colburn London 1818 Foscari: A Tragedy 1826 Fragments of Ancient Poetry Collected in the Highlands of Scotland, and Translated from the Galic or Erse Language Ossian James Macpherson Edinburgh Hamilton and Balfour 1760 "Galic" is Macpherson’s spelling. The Fudge Family in Paris Thomas Moore London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1818 Gammer Gurton’s Needle Comic play written during the 1550s, considered one of the first comedies in English. Published anonymously, authorship is now likely attributed to William Stevenson (1530–1575). Gaston de Blondeville 1854 Gaston de Blondeville Glenarvon Glenfergus. In Three Volumes Jonathan Swift Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships Gulliver’s Travels 1726 Amended 1735 London Motte Guy Mannering Halidon Hill; A Dramatic Sketch from Scottish History Walter Scott 1822 Hamlet The Tragedy of Charles I William Havard 1747 Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-Talk Benjamin Robert Haydon Frederick Wordsworth Haydon 1 of 2 Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly 1876 Lectures on the English Comic Writers Hazlitt Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth William Hazlitt The Heiress Projected novel by Mary Russell Mitford, apparently never completed. Coles posits that this work was later incorporated into Atherton (1854) (Coles 87, p. 450, note 3) Helen Henry IV, part one William Shakespeare First printed in 1598; likely in performance before that date. Henry IV, part two William Shakespeare London Printed by V.S. for Andrew Wise and William Aspley Henry V William Shakespeare Henry VIII History of the Reigns of Edward and Richard II Sir Robert Howard 1690 Published near the end of his life, this play involved Sir Robert, a royalist sympathizer, in the ongoing controversy concerning the divine right of kings. Source: DNB The History of England six volumes 1754-61 Hume wrote the six volumes of this monumental history in reverse chronological order, beginning with the unification of England and Scotland in 1603 and the recent climactic events of the English Civil War and Restoration, which comprise volumes five and six. He then turned to earlier periods, so that the complete text covers English history from the Roman Invasion through the reign of James II. Mitford refers to Hume’s text in the preface to the published version of her play, Charles the First. Memoirs of the Late Thomas Holcroft, Written by Himself and Continued to the Time of His Death Thomas Holcroft William Hazlitt London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1816 The Honeymoon Horace (1640) Hudibras Samuel Butler First published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678, then as a single edition in 1684. Human Life: A Poem Samuel Rogers London John Murray 1819 The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker The Hypocrite

A satirical version of Moliere’splay, Tartuffe by Bickerstaff.

 The Iliad The author of this poem would have been presumed to be Homer in Mitford’s time. Maria Graham Journal of a Residence in India: illustrated by engravings Edinburgh A. Constable 1812 Another edition was published in 1813 in Edinburgh by A. Constable and Company, and in London by Longman, Rees, Orme, and Browne. Source: WorldCAT and Google Books. Inez de Castro; A Tragedy in Five Acts 1841 Inferno Dante Foligno, Italy 1472 The Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century epic poem %h3 Divine Comedy. Scholars believe the Divine Comedy was completed in 1420; it was first printed in . The Invariable Principles of Poetry, in a Letter Addressed to Thomas Campbell, Esq.; Occasioned by Some Critical Observations in his Specimens of British Poets, Particularly Relating to the Poetical Character of Pope. Bath R. Cruttwell London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1819 Part of a controversy over the significance poetry of Alexander Pope in the early 1800s, the essay responds to a previous publication by Thomas Campbell. Ion Euripides between 414 and 412 BC The ancient Greek play on which Thomas Noon Talfourd based his political tragedy, Ion of 1835 . Ion Ivanhoe John Bull the Englishman’s Fireside, a Comedy in five acts. George Colman the younger London Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme The Gospel of John Fourth Book of the New Testament of the Christian Bible, presumably (and contestedly) composed by John the Apostle.. Julian; a Tragedy in Five Acts 1823 The Curse of Kehama: A Poem in Two Volumes Robert Southey London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1810 Kenilworth by Walter Scott The Life and Death of King John William Shakespeare Likely written in the mid-1590s; not published until it appeared in the First Folio in 1623. Richard Valpy published an adaptation of the play in 1800, entitled King John, an Historical Tragedy, Altered from Shakespeare, as it was Acted at Reading School. King John, an Historical Tragedy, Altered from Shakespeare, as it was Acted at Reading School for the Subscription to the Naval Pillar, to be Erected in Honor of the Naval Victories of the Present War William Shakespeare Richard Valpy Richard Valpy Reading Smart and Cowslade 1800 King Lear Political and Literary Anecdotes of His Own Times. William King 1818 London John Murray According to the title page, a memoir of Dr. William King, "written in his seventy-sixth year," rediscovered and published for the first time by John Murray in 1818. John Milton L’Allegro Poem found in Milton’s 1645 Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, Compos’d at Several Times. 1645 The Legend of Good Women Chaucer A collection of legends believed to be composed during the 1380s. Letters to R[ichard] Heber, Esq., containing critical remarks on the series of novels beginning with "Waverley" and an attempt to ascertain their author John Leycester Adolphus London Rodwell and Martin 1821 Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems London Taylor and Hessey 1820 Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, published in July 1820, was the last volume of Keats’ poems to appear in print during his lifetime. Keats died from tuberculosis a little over half a year later, in February 1821. Macbeth Mahomet (1741) The Maid’s Tragedy Beaumont Fletcher Manfred Marino Faliero Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field Walter Scott 1808 London John Murray Edinburgh Constable and Co. Marriage: A Novel Susan Ferrier William Blackwood Edinburgh John Murray London 1818 William Shakespeare Measure for Measure London 1623 Comedy likely written in 1603 or 1604, first known to be published in the First Folio collection of 1623 . La Médecine de l’esprit Antoine Le Camus Paris 1753 Melincourt Thomas Love Peacock T. Hookham, Jr. & co. London 1817 First edition published anonymously as "by the Author of Headlong Hall." Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale Edinburgh A. Constable and co. 1820 The Merchant of Venice Merope The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare London Printed for T.C. by Arthur Johnson First printed in 1602; believed to have been written prior to 1597. Metamorphōseōn librī ["Books of Transformations"] The Metamorphoses Ovid 8 A.D. First translated into English by William Caxton in 1480. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded upon Local Tradition Walter Scott Edinburgh Manners and Miller; and Constable London Cadell and Davies Mirandola Miscellany Poems, in two parts. Containing new translations of Virgil’s Eclogues, Ovid’s Love-elegies, several parts of Virgil’s Æneids, Lucretius, Theocritus, Horace, &c. With several original poems, never before printed. John Dryden London Thomas Chapman 1688 The Miseries of Human Life, Or the Last Groans of Timothy Testy and Samuel Sensitive; with a few supplementary sighs from Mrs. Testy. With which are now for the first time Interspersed, Varieties, Incidental to the Principal Matter, In Prose and Verse. In Nine Additional Dialogues, as Overheard by James Beresford, A.M. Fellow of Merton-College, Oxford James Beresford 1807 London William Miller The Monastery The Fatal Revenge; or, the Family of Montorio Montorio; or the Fatal Revenge London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown 1807 A View of Society and Manners in Italy: with Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters John Moore, M.D. London Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1781 Much Ado About Nothing Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de la vie privée, du retour, et du règne de Napoléon Narrative Poems on the Female Character in the Various Relations of Human Life 1813 The New Testament The second half of the Christian Bible, containing scriptures composed in Greek documenting the life of Christ and the experiences and visions of his apostles. Nightmare Abbey Thomas Love Peacock T. Hookham, Jr. Baldwin, Craddock & Joy London 1818 First edition published anonymously as "by the Author of Headlong Hall." Northanger Abbey London John Murray 1817 First issued together with Persuasion in 1817 as Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion. O’Donnel: A National Tale Henry Colburn London 1814 The Odyssey The author of this poem would have been presumed to be Homer in Mitford’s time. Oedipus Tyrranus Oedipus Rex Oedipus the King Sophocles Mitford tends to refer to this play by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrranus. Old Mortality The Old Testament Hebrew Bible The collection of ancient Hebrew scriptures comprising the first half of the Christian Bible. On Reading a Ballad of <persName ref="#Wordsworth_Wm">Wordsworth</persName> Mary Russell Mitford Museum I August 31, 1822 301 Orestes in Argos; a Tragedy in Five Acts, by the late Peter Bayley, Esq. Peter Bayley London Thomas Dolby 1825 After his sudden death in 1823, Peter Bayley’s wife arranged to have his work performed at Covent Garden and then published. Orestes Euripides 408 B.C. Harrington, A Tale, and Ormond, A Tale. In Three Volumes. Vol.I Maria Edgeworth London R. Hunter Othello Otto of Wittelsbach: A Tragedy 1854 Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery [vol. 1] 1824 Our Village, 3rd edition Mary Russell Mitford "Our Village"[first draft story/sketch version] [1821] Coles suggests that "Our Village" here refers to the story/sketch of the same name rather than the entire series. This may be the sketch that became the first story in Our Village of 1824 (Coles #6, p. 40, note 11). Our Village All editions of Our Village. John Milton Paradise Lost 1667 Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other Pieces of our Earlier Poets, Together with Some of Later Date Thomas Percy London J. Dodsley 1765 The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, In Which are Included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality Tobias Smollett London D. Wilson Persuasion London John Murray 1817 First issued together with Northanger Abbey in 1817 as Northanger Abbey; and Persuasion. Peter Bell: A Lyrical Ballad John Hamilton Reynolds London Taylor and Hessey 1819 Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk Edinburgh William Blackwood 1819 John Gibson Lockhart A fictious first edition was advertised in Blackwood’s, and the first printed edition was labeled "second edition" on the title page, although it was actually the first edition. Published anonymously. Philaster Beaumont Fletcher Philoctetes Pizarro The Pleasures of Friendship: A Poem, in two parts (1810, rpt. 1812, 1818) John Milton Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, compos’d at several times London H. Moseley 1645 Poems. 1 vol. 1810 Mary Russell Mitford Poems. 2nd edition. With considerable additions. 2 vols. 1811 Mary Russell Mitford Poems, Odes, Prologues, and Epilogues Spoken on Public Occasions at Reading School. To Which is Added Some Account of the Lives of Rev. Mr. Benwell and Rev. Dr. Butt Richard Valpy Richard Valpy London J. Nichols and Son 1804 Poems, Odes, Prologues, and Epilogues Spoken on Public Occasions at Reading School. Second edition. Richard Valpy Richard Valpy London A.J. Valpy 1826 An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot (1734) Alexander Pope The Poetical Remains of the Late <persName ref="#Leyden_John">Dr. John Leyden</persName>, with Memoirs of his Life, by the <persName>Rev. James Morton</persName>. The Poetical Remains of <persName ref="#Leyden_John">Dr. Leyden</persName> John Leyden James Morton London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown Source: HathiTrust Pride and Prejudice: A Novel London T. Egerton 1813 Prometheus Chained One of R. Potter’s eighteenth-century translations of Aeschylus’s plays, from his volume The Tragedies of Aeschylus. Prometheus Bound The authorship of this influential ancient Greek tragedy was classically attributed to Aeschylus, but this has been disputed since the mid-19th century. The Queen’s Wake: a Legendary Poem The Queen’s Wake James Hogg Edinburgh A. Balfour, for G. Goldie 1813 A long poem, first published in 1813, purporting to be a collection of poems and ballads presented by Scottish bards to Mary, Queen of Scots at Holyrood. The poem became an unexpected commercial and literary success, and Hogg published a series of successively revised editions, the most influential of which was the fifth edition, which appeared in 1819. Mitford mentions the poem in a letter to Sir William Elford of September 20, 1820 . Recollections and Reflections, Personal and Political, as Connected with Public Affairs, During the Reign of George III by John Nicholls Recollections of a Literary Life; or, Books, Places, and People 3 vols. 1852 The Revenge: a Tragedy Edward Young First acted in 1721. Rhododaphne: Or, The Thessalian Spell: A Poem Thomas Love Peacock T. Hookham, Jr. Baldwin, Craddock & Joy London The Life and Death of Richard the Third King Richard III William Shakespeare Dramatizes King Richard III’s usurpation of the throne of England. The date of composition for this play is uncertain, but conjectured around 1592, and its first known performance was in 1633 for King Charles I. Rienzi; a Tragedy, in Five Acts 1828 The Rival Sisters a Poem in Three Cantos The Life and Strange SurprizingAadventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived eight and twenty years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the coast of America, near the mouth of the great river of Oroonoque; having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all the men perished but himself. With an account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by pyrates. Written by himself. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe London W. Taylor 1719 Maria Graham Three months passed in the mountains east of Rome : during the year 1819 London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Edinburgh A. Constable and Company 1820 Illustrated with engravings. Source: Google Books and WorldCAT. Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Beaumont and Fletcher Play was first performed in 1624 and first printed in 1640 Book of Ruth Book of the Old Testament, considered a historical book in the canon of the the Christian Bible. Authorship traditionally ascribed to the prophet Samuel. The Sad Shepherd: Or, A Tale of Robin Hood, a Fragment Ben Jonson Appeared in this form in 1783, edited by Francis Godolphin Waldron and Peter Whalley. Sadak and Kalasrade; or, The Waters of Oblivions. A Romantic Opera in Two Acts 1835 Self Control: A Novel Mary Brunton Edinburgh George Ramsay & Co. 1811 First edition published anonymously. Sir Francis Darrell; or, the Vortex. A Novel London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1819 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York C.S. van Winkle 1819 The Monks and the Giants: Prospectus and Specimen of an Intended National Work; Intended to Comprise the Most Interesting Particulars Relating to King Arthur and his Round Table, by William and Robert Whistlecraft of Stow-Market, in Suffolk, Harness and Collar Makers John Hookham Frere London John Murray 1818 An ottava rima burlesque written by John Hookham Frere under the nom de plume "William and Robert Whistlecraft." Sources: LBT, ODNB Poetical Introduction to the Study of Botany (1801) The Stranger Kotzebue Sun-Set Poem by Mary Russell Mitford, first collected in her 1810 Poems, mentioned in a 13 February 1821 letter to Haydon as one of three poems from that volume that are "not better, that is too vain a word, but less bad than the rest." Tartuffe

Controversial play by the French author Molière. The title character poses as a pious man and insinuates himself into a family. He tries to seduce the wife and daughter, and attempts to dispossess the family from their house, but his schemes are ultimately foiled.

 Temora, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Eight Books: Together with Several Other Epic Poems, Composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic language, by James Macpherson. Ossian James Macpherson London T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt 1763 "Galic" is Macpherson’s spelling. The Tempest The Testament of Love In Mitford’s time, believed to be the work of Chaucer. Now attributed to Thomas Usk. Théâtre des Grecs The Two Foscari Lord Byron Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress Thomas Moore London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1819 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling Henry Fielding London 1749 Scriblerus Secundus Tom Thumb London Printed and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane 1730 First performed outside the Haymarket Theatre in September 1730. Kane O’Hara Henry Fielding Airs, duets, &c. in the comic opera of Tom Thumb, in two acts London 1780. Tom Thumb: a burlesque tragedy London Printed by and for J. Roach, at the Britannia Printing Office 1805 Comic opera adapation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Thumb . Roach’s edition of 1811 features illustrations of Sarah Tyrer in the role of Queen Dollalolla in the 1805 production. [Source: WorldCAT] Twelfth Night William Shakespeare A late dark romantic comedy in Shakespeare’s oeuvre, with first recorded production in February 1602. Two Noble Kinsmen Tragicomedy likely first performed around 1613 and first printed in 1634; generally accepted as being co-authored by John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Intercepted Letters, or, the Twopenny Post-bag Thomas Moore London J. Carr 1813 Undine: A Romance, translated from the German George Soane Friedrich de la Motte Mitford would likely have been familiar with the 1818 translation by George Soane entitled Undine: a romance, translated from Friedrich de la Motte, Baron Fouqué’s Undine: eine Erzahlung, first published in German in 1811. Soane, a prolific playwright, also produced a play version of the Undine story in 1821. Valerius: A Roman Story John Gibson Lockhart Edinburgh William Blackwood London T. Cadell 1821 Venice Preserv’d A Very Woman; or the Prince of Tarent Massinger Fletcher Authorship and date contested. The Vespers of Palermo: A Tragedy in Five Acts Felicia Hemans 1823 Virginius Sheridan Knowles Vivian Tales of Fashionable Life, second series Maria Edgeworth London J. Johnson Sun-Set Poem by Mary Russell Mitford, first collected in her 1810 Poems, mentioned in a 13 February 1821 letter to Haydon as one of three poems from that volume that are "not better, that is too vain a word, but less bad than the rest." Voice of Praise is reprinted more frequently than other Mitford poems in nineteenth-century newspapers and other periodicals. Wallace: or, The fight of Falkirk. A Metrical Romance Margaret Holford London T. Cadell and W. Davies 1809 Wallace: an historical tragedy in five acts Charles E. Walker London John Miller Performed at Covent Garden in November 1820; William Macready performed the title role. Mitford’s 1821 October 22 letter to Talfourd suggests that Macready’s performance guaranteed the success of the play. Warbeck of Wolfstein Margaret Holford London Rodwell and Martin 1820 Washington; or Liberty Restored. A Poem in Ten Books Baltimore John Vance and co. Epic poem about George Washington published in 1809. Only Baltimore editions now in existence; Mitford may not have known of this work before she met Johnson and Northmore in 1819 because it was never published in England. Watlington Hill; A Poem 1811 Mary Russell Mitford Waverley; or ’Tis Sixty Years Since Archibald Constable 1814 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black 1761 Wheel of Fortune Winter Nights; Or, Fire-side Lucubrations Nathan Drake London Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1820 The Winter’s Tale William Shakespeare London 1623 Classed as a dark comedy or romance play, The Winter’s Tale was first known to be published in the First Folio collection of 1623 . William Tell The Woman Hater Beaumont Fletcher 1607 Women: Or Pour et Contre. A Tale Edinburgh Constable and co. 1818 The Works of Mary Russell Mitford: Prose and Verse; viz. Our village, Belford Regis, Country Stories, Finden’s Tableaux, Foscari, Julian, Rienzi, Charles the First 1841 Mary Russell Mitford The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowpwer, with prefaces, biographical and critical Alexander Chalmers Samuel Johnson London J. Johnson 1810 Zai’re (1732) Voltaire Scholarly Work on Mary Russell Mitford William Allan Coles The Correspondence of Mary Russell Mitford and Thomas Noon Talfourd (1821-1825) Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University August, 1956 Coles’ doctoral dissertation presented to the Department of English at Harvard University, an edition of 107 letters between Mary Russell Mitford and Thomas Noon Talfourd written between 1821 and 1825., housed at the John Rylands Library and the Harvard University Library. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford, Authoress of "Our Village," Etc, Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends Mary Russell Mitford Alfred Guy Kingan L’Estrange William Harness three volumes London Richard Bentley Francis Needham Francis Needham’s extensive and unpublished handwritten papers, which we estimate he kept roughly between the 1940s and 1960s, recording his research of Mary Russell Mitford’s letters and the local people of Berkshire whom she may have known and who may have served as the basis for characters in Our Village. The papers are held at Reading Central Library. Other Current and Relevant Scholarship Banned!: A Review of Theatrical Censorship in Britain Richard Findlater London Gibbon & McKee 1967 The Censorship of English Drama, 1824-1901 Cambridge: Cambridge University press 2010 Review: 55 Days The Telegraph Charles Spencer London October 25, 2012 Romantic Drama and Historical Hermeneutics British Romantic Drama: Historical and Critical Essays Terence Allan Hoagwood Terence Allan Hoagwood Daniel Watkins Cranbury, NJ Associated University Presses 1998