The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister

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by Helena Whitbread


  Hall: Travels in France, 124

  Harvey, Miss, 242–3

  Haugh-end (Sowerby), 136–7, 406–7

  Hawksworth, Frank, 14

  Hazelwood, 171

  Hodgson, Miss, 373–4

  Holdsworth, Anne, 64, 226

  Holdsworth, Mr, 55

  Hope Hall 136, 407n

  Horton, Mr (magistrate), 130

  Horton, Sir Thomas 5, 395n

  Howarth, Charles, 164

  Hudson, Miss, 113, 339

  Hudson, Mr, 149, 365–6

  Indians: exhibition of, 364–5

  Ingham, Martha, 180

  Ingleby, Sir William, 336

  James (manservant), 37, 106, 141–2, 142, 150

  Johnson, Dr Samuel, 95–6

  Juvenal, 166; Sixth Satire 413n

  Kant, Immanuel, 163

  Kearney, Colonel, 274

  Kelly, Miss Isabel, 53, 54, 57, 58

  Kelly, John, 90, 367–8

  Kelly, Mrs see Browne, Miss Maria

  Kelly, William, 97, 105

  Kendal, 381

  Keswick, 382–4

  Knight, James, 82

  Knight, Mrs, 59–60

  Knight, Rev. Samuel 21, 26, 27, 28, 44, 45, 54, 334, 341, 362, 397n

  Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von: Leontine de Blondheim 162, 408n

  Lake District: AL’s trip to, 379–89

  Lamb, Lady Caroline: Glenarvon 319, 414n

  Langton Hall 18, 62, 74, 78, 151, 152, 248, 401n

  Lawton, Charles, 43, 232; extra marital affairs, 175; insuring his life in favour of wife issue, 332; jealousy of AL, 16–17, 47; marriage to Mariana 2–3, 10, 11–12, 16, 69, 105, 120, 135, 212, 305, 345, 392, 396n; reconciliation with AL, 382

  Lawton Hall, 2, 3, 15, 16, 47, 299, 322, 392

  Lawton, Mariana (née Belcombe), 2–3, 7, 10, 11–12; Blackstone Edge affair and AL’s alteration of feelings over response of, 299–304, 309–10, 312, 315–16, 329–31, 378; correspondence with AL 10, 12, 16–17, 19, 30, 69, 103, 106, 117, 139, 144–5, 148–9, 161–2, 170, 227, 245–6, 255, 288–9, 298, 343–4, 345–6, 348, 351, 352; death, 393; dental treatment, 36; favouring of in AL’s will, 235; feelings of shame at being seen in public with AL, 317, 319–20, 322, 327, 330; insuring of husband’s life in favour of issue, 332–3; marriage to Charles Lawton, 2–3, 10, 11–12, 16, 69, 105, 120, 135, 212, 305, 345, 392, 396n; relationship with AL, 15–16, 17, 18, 19, 24–5, 34–9, 42–3, 69–70, 86, 103–4, 105, 106, 113, 117, 118–21, 130–5, 137, 170, 175–7, 186, 188, 189, 194–5, 207, 212, 216, 225, 288, 304–6, 307, 312, 315–22, 327, 329, 392; reservations about AL’s appearance, 302, 306, 316, 317, 327, 345; rivalry with Isabella Norcliffe over AL, 106, 197, 231; venereal disease contracted, 175, 177–8; view of Miss Browne, 134–5; weakening of ties with AL, 345, 377–8, 379, 392

  Leeds Mercury, 121–2

  Lister, Anne: accused of slighting people in Halifax and attempts at rectifying, 359–63, 365–6; appearance and clothes, 17–18, 24, 184, 243, 317, 319, 369; assaults on, 129; avoidance of by women because of masculinity, 318, 322; behaviour as a child 403n; Blackstone Edge affair and alteration of feelings towards Mariana, 299–304, 307–8, 309–10, 312, 315–16, 329–31, 378; burns letters, 338; Buxton trip, 1–2; Christmases, 42; church attendances, 25, 51, 233, 264, 314, 328, 334, 348; compilation of indexes to journal 47, 48, 49, 109, 400n; correspondence with Anne Belcombe, 162, 307; correspondence with Isabella Norcliffe, 63–4, 73, 171, 246, 334–5, 390; correspondence with Mariana, 10, 12, 16–17, 19, 30, 69, 103, 106, 117, 139, 144–5, 148–9, 161–2, 170, 227, 245–6, 255, 288–9, 298, 343–4, 348, 351, 352; at dame-school in Ripon 97, 247, 403n; dealing with father’s affairs, 196, 197, 235, 335; death and burial, 393; and death of mother, 33, 34, 40, 47; and death of uncle Joseph, 28–30, 32, 33, 47; dental and gum problems, 143, 339, 340, 342; dwindling of relationship with Isabella and not wanting long-term relationship with, 198–200, 248–9, 329, 345, 354, 357–9; dwindling of relationship with Miss Browne, 97, 98, 105, 109, 110–11, 124–5, 126–7, 137–8; eye problems, 50, 165, 167, 200; finances and allowance, 48–9, 148, 160, 172, 198, 208–9, 210, 243, 244, 357; firearms carried, 347, 352–3; first lover 411n; French trip with father and sister (1822), 235–42; frustrations over dependency on aunt and uncle, 7–8, 15; health concerns and ailments, 49, 51, 81, 143–4, 166–7, 237, 282–3, 339, 341–2; horses and riding (Hotspur and Caradoc), 204, 232, 245, 264–5, 269, 271, 277, 279, 279–80, 293, 294, 335, 340, 341, 369, 388–9, 390; journal writing as source of comfort, 171, 220, 233, 235, 236, 307, 319, 371; Lake District trip with aunt, 379–89; leech treatment, 281–2; living with Ann Walker as wife 407n; London trips, 237–9, 242–3; loneliness felt at Shibden Hall, 15; management of Shibden estate, 292, 343, 344, 346, 368, 372; at Manor House school (York) 402n; masculinity of appearance and manner 20, 410n; mysterious letters affair, 128–30; Newcastle trip, 174–8; North Wales trip with aunt, 210–25; obituary, 393–4; Paris trip with her Aunt (1819), 104, 126; plays flute, 10, 21, 26–7, 50, 328; political outlook and opposition to radicalism, 123, 124; practical joke played on in Leeds Mercury, 121–2, 129; receives hurtful snubs at the hands of society, 338–9; relationship with Belcombe family, 34–5, 36; relationship with Anne Belcombe, 1, 3–7, 155–7, 158, 187, 275, 373; relationship with Isabella Norcliffe, 18–19, 20, 22, 63–4, 78, 79–80, 105, 106–7, 113, 114, 133, 154–5, 156, 187–8, 195–6, 197; relationship with Mariana Belcombe, 15–16, 17, 18, 19, 24–5, 34–9, 42–3, 69–70, 86, 103–4, 105, 106, 113, 117, 118–21, 130–5, 137, 170, 175–7, 186, 188, 189, 194–5, 207, 212, 216, 225, 288, 304–6, 307, 312, 315–22, 327, 329, 392; relationship with Miss Maria Browne and calling on issue 22–3, 51, 52–4, 56, 57–9, 61, 62, 63, 65–6, 67, 68, 70–2, 73–4, 75, 82, 86–7, 88–90, 92–6, 400n; relationship with Miss Pickford, 255–63, 278, 285, 291, 292–4, 296, 314–15; routine at Shibden Hall, 7, 9–11, 15, 16, 105; Scarborough trip, 315–22; self-education, 14–15, 18, 21; sexual fantasy over affair with Sarah Binns 405– 6n; sexuality, 5; sketch painted of, 247–8; snobbery and disdain for local townspeople, 15, 20, 57, 201, 226–7; social standing in Halifax, 15; speculation over sexuality by townspeople, 20, 60–1; studies and lectures attended, 22–3, 26, 27–8, 54, 56, 61, 82, 98–9, 142, 166, 168, 335; travels to Paris and extended visit (1825), 346, 376–7, 379, 391–2; venereal disease contracted and treatment, 175, 177–8, 179–80, 201, 248, 250–1, 260, 310–11, 313, 334–5, 376; view of father, 235, 238–9, 241, 299; visits to Langton Hall to see the Norcliffes, 76–80, 153–7, 323–4, 328–9; wanting to leave Shibden Hall, 39; weakening of ties with Marianna, 345, 377–8, 379, 392; will, 235; York visits and functions attended, 33–9, 131–4, 151–2, 182–90, 264–76, 324–7, 330–4

  Lister, Anne (aunt), 6, 7, 25, 28, 104, 114–15, 150, 159, 186, 207, 215–16, 260, 309, 310; trip to Lake District with AL, 379–89

  Lister, James (uncle), 6, 29, 89, 164, 205, 207, 209, 234; death, 392

  Lister, Captain Jeremy (father) 8, 19, 32, 82–3, 145, 173, 398n, 403n; AL’s view of, 235, 238–9, 241, 299; AL’s visits to at Market Weighton 33, 82–3, 183, 188, 191; dealing of affairs by AL 196, 197, 235, 335; mismanagement of estate and debts of 45–6, 81, 197, 235, 399n; trip to France with daughters, 235–42

  Lister, Joseph (uncle), 10, 19, 25, 28–9, 32

  Lister, Marian (sister), 9, 145, 173, 234, 235, 239, 241, 254, 258

  Lister, Mary (aunt), 29–30, 32, 58, 198

  Lister, Rebecca (mother) 28, 31, 33, 398n, 399n

  Llangollen, 212–13

  Locke, John 99, 403n

  Lockhart, J.G.: Adam Blair 222, 411n

  London:, AL’s visits to, 237–9, 242–3

  Londonderry, Marquis and Marchioness of, 325

  Maclean, Breadalbin, 187, 270

  Maclean, Sibella 228, 355, 373, 415n

  MacReady, 323

  Malthus, Thomas: Essay on Population, 37

  Manor School (York) 83, 420n

  Marsh, Miss Mary Jane 30,
34, 37, 83, 84, 131, 151–2, 159, 161, 275, 285, 294, 397– 8n

  Merchant Hall (Fossgate), 84

  Milne, Henrietta (Harriet) (née Belcombe) 3, 35, 38, 131, 157, 175, 189–90, 266, 267, 379, 398n

  Milne, William 119, 130, 405n

  Mitchell, Daniel, 91

  Moore, Thomas: Lallah Rookh 21, 114, 167, 404n, 408– 9n

  Morgan, John, 43

  Morritt, Miss, 316, 317, 318, 321, 322

  Napoleon, 290–1

  Newcastle: AL’s trip to 174–8

  Noble, Mary, 258

  Norcliffe, Charlotte, 77, 78, 80, 106–7, 153, 155, 156, 323, 327–8

  Norcliffe, Emily 47, 401n

  Norcliffe, Isabella, 18–19, 20, 22, 50, 111, 150, 323, 328–9; correspondence with AL, 63–4, 73, 171, 246, 334–5, 390; death, 392; and drinking, 154–5, 345, 355, 358–9; relationship with AL, 18–19, 20, 22, 63–4, 78, 79–80, 105, 106–7, 113, 114, 133, 154–5, 156, 187–8, 195–6, 197; rivalry with Mariana over AL, 106, 197, 231; venereal disease contracted, 450; weakening of ties with AL, 198–200, 248–9, 329, 345, 354, 357–9

  Norcliffe, Mr and Mrs, 47, 144, 152, 251, 252, 335, 336; AL’s visit to, 76–80, 153–7, 323–4, 328–9

  Norris, James Edward, 44

  North Wales: AL’s trip to, 210–25

  Northgate House 9, 19, 25, 32, 41, 44, 55, 72, 76, 125, 173, 197, 198–9, 242, 254, 291, 299, 343, 369, 396n

  Oates, John, 21–2, 94, 112

  Paley, Miss Ann, 115, 116, 160

  Paley, Dr, 59–60, 116, 160

  Paley, Mrs, 116, 140, 370

  Paris, 76–7; AL’s trip to (1819), 104, 126; AL’s extended trip to (1825) 346, 376–7, 379, 391–2

  Parry, Captain, 336–7

  Parsons, Mr, 76–7

  Pattison, Ellen, 246

  Pattison, Helen, 300, 301, 303, 343, 351

  Pearson, Mrs, 299

  Percy, Sir Henry 411n

  Peterloo Massacre (1819) 119, 123, 405n

  Pickford, Miss, 255–63, 277–8, 279, 285, 291, 292–4, 295–6, 297, 299, 313–15, 362

  Piece Hall (Halifax) 65, 401n

  Playforth, George, 145, 147, 159, 174, 181, 196–7, 208, 216, 224, 246, 273, 277, 280–1, 291, 292, 294, 340, 347

  Plummer, Miss, 343

  Pollard, Charlotte 90, 122, 254, 264, 267–8, 395n

  Pollard, ‘Colonel’ 395n

  Pollard, George, 116

  Ponsonby, Sarah 19, 212, 213, 215, 219, 220–4, 228–9, 328, 396– 7n

  Powis, Mr, 216

  Prescott, Mrs, 20

  Priestley, Edward, 159–60, 198

  Priestley, George 91, 412n

  Priestley, Henry 406– 7n

  Priestley, Joseph 407n

  Priestley, Major, 283, 284, 378

  Priestley, Mr W., 354

  Priestley, Mrs 354, 355–6 [not clear which Priestley this is]

  Priestley, Mrs Lydia, 48, 49, 102–3, 113, 115, 150, 160, 230, 264, 278, 280, 281, 356, 370, 373, 374, 376

  Priestley, Mrs Mary 25, 131, 136, 264, 289, 406n

  Radcliffe, Sir Joseph, 286

  radicalism 123, 404– 5n

  Raine, Eliza 238, 411n Ralphs, 55

  Raucourt, Mademoiselle 410n

  Rawdon, James, 255

  Rawson, Mrs Catherine, 11, 51–2, 55, 99–100, 146–7, 169, 206, 357, 362, 368, 390

  Rawson, Christopher 110, 136, 232, 407n

  Rawson, Emma, 206

  Rawson family 11, 396n

  Rawson, Jeremiah, 101, 123, 151

  Rawson, Mary Anne 407n

  Rawson, Mrs Stansfield, 168, 362

  Rawson, Stansfield, 248

  Rawson, Tom, 55, 57, 64, 127

  Robinson, George, 50

  Robinson, Mary, 386, 415–16

  Rotheroe, Jane, 281

  Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 179, 306, 409n

  Ruspin, ‘Mrs’, 141

  Salmon, Mrs, 324, 325, 326

  Salmonds, Maria, 274–5

  Saltmarshe, Emma, 47, 105, 111, 118, 122, 125, 127, 140, 141, 143, 165–6, 167, 171, 172, 173, 230, 254, 261, 359–62, 368, 371, 372, 375

  Saltmarshe, Mr, 172

  Saltmarshe, Mrs C., 166, 281, 357

  Saltmarshe, Philip, 56, 360

  Scarborough 298, 413n; AL’s visit to 315–22

  scarlet fever, 13, 140, 141

  Scott, Fenton, 14

  Scott, Sir Walter, 136, 270

  Shibden Hall (Halifax), 3, 7, 13, 15, 227, 235, 287, 335, 339, 346, 392, 393

  Siddons, Sarah 149, 407n

  Simmons, Mr, 310, 311, 312, 313

  Simpson, Dr, 250

  Simpson, Mrs, 134

  Slingsby, Henry, 335–6

  smallpox vaccination, 11

  Smith, Jane, 252–3

  Sophocles, 166

  Staël, Germaine de 290–1, 412n

  Stainton, Sir George, 355

  Stanley, Elizabeth 395n Stansfield, Emma, 47, 48

  Stansfield, James, 361

  Stansfield, Mrs James, 361

  Staveley, Miss A., 13, 14

  Staveley, Miss Bessie, 57, 92, 246, 390

  Staveley, Miss Sarah, 13, 14, 57, 246

  Staveley, Mrs, 66, 246

  Sugden, Mr, 12–13

  Sunderland, Mr, 114, 340–1

  Swann, John, 35

  Sympson, Mrs, 268, 270

  Talma, François Joseph 77, 402n

  Taylor, Mrs, 247, 248

  Theatre Français 198, 410n

  Thompson, E.P. 404n

  Threlfall, Miss, 255, 256, 263, 285, 291, 292, 293, 295–6, 299, 314

  Tiresias 257, 412n

  Townsend, William, 116, 125

  Tussaud, Madame, 146, 212

  Vallance, Miss Mary, 78, 80, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 373, 407n

  Veitch, Mrs, 205

  W., Mrs 96–7

  Walker, Ann 117, 169–70, 206–7, 393–4, 407n

  Walker, Elizabeth 117, 407n

  Walker, Mrs, 122, 138

  Waterhouse, John, 47, 101, 286–7

  Waterhouse, Mrs John, 147, 149, 163, 168, 286–7, 362, 362–3

  Waterhouse, Samuel, 56, 149

  Watkinson, Elizabeth, 122

  Webb, Mr 237, 411n

  Webster, Mr, 98–9

  White Lion Inn (Bala), 218

  Whitehead, Bridget, 263

  Wickhams, Miss, 372–3

  Wiglesworth, Mr, 279, 344

  Wilcock, Miss, 260

  Wilcock, Mrs, 257, 261, 277, 279

  Willey, Miss, 265, 266, 270–1

  Willey, Mrs, 265, 266, 275

  women’s rights, 124

  Wortley, Mr, 286–7

  Wriglesworth, Mr, 60

  Wroe, John 405n

  Wynyard, Mrs, 274

  York, 20; AL’s visits to, 33–9, 131–4, 151–2, 182–90, 264–76, 324–7, 330–4; Music Festival, 322, 324–6

  Yorke, Miss, 265, 268, 269, 272, 273

  Young, Edward: Night Thoughts on Life 376, 415n

 

 

 


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