servants-clerks-governesses

In 1783, at the home of Robert & Elizabeth (Houghton) Gosling, Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Langley (Bucks):

Mary Ann Hardcastle, governess to Gosling daughters
Mary Cartwright, housekeeper

Read the case at The Old Bailey
Read the case at London Lives
Read a 2Teens post about Miss Hardcastle

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Post-1785, in the service of Drummond Smith of Tring Park and Hyde Park, Piccadilly:

George Christopher Meves

The evidence is laid out in an 1868 book, The Authentic Historical Memoirs of Louis-Charles, Prince-Royal, Dauphin of France. On page 68, in a reproduced letter, Meves writes, “In 1785 I gave up the grocery business, and entered the service of Sir John Shaw, and travelled with him abroad. I afterwards entered the service of Sir Drummond Smith, and remained in his service for a number of years.”

In 1788, connected with the Banking Firm Goslings:

William Ewings, clerk

Read the case at The Old Bailey

In 1795/6, at Erle Stoke Park (Wiltshire), the home of Joshua and Sarah Smith:

Alexander Struthers, footman
William Hiskins, under-butler
William Eaton, butler

these gentlemen, as well as the five family members, obtained Hair Powder Tax certificates

In 1802, a witness at the Old Bailey, in the case against Jeremiah Emblin:

William Ewings, bank cashier, Goslings & Sharpe, 19 Fleet Street, London

the accused was sentenced to 14-years transportation for embezzlement; the main charge, passing a draft for £209 11s Read the case at The Old Bailey

On 19 February 1806, a witness at the Old Bailey, in the case against Richard Sillitoe:

Richard Field, coachman to Lady Frances Compton

Sillitoe was accused of mail theft; Richard Field testified to finding pieces of a 2£ bank note Read the case at The Old Bailey

Before circa 1810, in connection with the Banking Firm Goslings:

John Robson, bank clerk, Goslings & Sharpe, 19 Fleet Street, London

Having left his position as clerk at Goslings & Sharpe, c1810, Robson enters into the banking business of “Richmond & Swaledale Bank,” in Yorkshire; Robson died in November 1819, after a road accident.

In 1820, connected with the Roehampton Grove household of Mr. William Gosling, Banker:

James Crump, butler

Two letters, written by Crump, dated Roehampton Grove in July & August 1820; he may have been still in their employ in 1840 (based on another letter)

In 1821, connected with the Portland Place household (No. 6) of Mrs Augusta Smith:

Mrs Chaplin

described as “the woman who keeps my house”

In 1830, connected with the Banking Firm Goslings:

William Ewings, cashier {?could be son to above, and later promoted – see below?}
William Ellis Gosling, bank partner

Sir John Chetwode, bart.

Read the case at The Old Bailey

In 1831, connected with Curries Distillery, Bromley:

Sherwood Cushion, clerk

Read of the robbery at his home at The Old Bailey

In 1833, connected with the Banking Firm Goslings:

John Bowe, clerk
William Ewings, clerk
John Lawson, clerk {presume: Goslings}
Thomas Ridley, clerk

Read the case at The Old Bailey

In 1834, connected with the Banking Firm Goslings:

George Strange, cashier

Read the case at The Old Bailey

In 1839, at the home of Bennett Gosling (“went into the country” surely refers to Roehampton Grove):

Thomas Wenlock, valet
Ann Jackson (alias, Maria Donaldson), unspecified “servant”

Read the case at The Old Bailey

Also in 1839, at the home of Langham Christie, Cumberland-street, Marylebone:

John Walker, servant

Minutes of evidence, April 1839: Read the case

The 1841 census*, for West Stoke (Sussex)

Charles [Scrase] Dickins, aged 45 [head of household]
Lady Elizabeth Dickins, aged 45 [his wife]
Charles Dickins, aged 11 [son]
Compton Dickins, aged 10 [son]
William Dickins, aged 9 [son]
John Watson, aged 40
Phyllis Hughes, aged 50
Mary Ironside, aged 40
Sarah Dee, aged 40
Elizabeth Freeman, aged 15
Edward Wood, aged 20
James Holden, aged 20
John Wallace, aged 20
Charlotte Ellice, aged 25
Frances Chester, aged 25
Harriett Browning, aged 20
Ann Ford, aged 20
Sarah Marshall, aged 20
James Marshall, aged 15
Mary Bunyard, aged 25

Website: Sussex Online Parish Clerks [June22: website not functioning for me]

The 1841 census*, for Bersted Lodge (Sussex)

Susan Smith, aged 60 [head of household]
Earl of Mayo, aged 70 [brother-in-law]
Countess of Mayo, aged 60 [twin sister]
Robert Bourke, aged 40 [nephew of Lord & Lady Mayo]
Richard Bourke, aged 15 [son of Robert B.]
Bulkley Praed, aged 65 [brother of Mrs Smith & Lady Mayo] [spelled Prade? on census]
Henrietta Perrett, aged 25
Percilla Elliot, aged 40
Elizabeth Quick, aged 20 [hired as Mrs Smith’s attendant in 1830]
Elizabeth Litton, aged 30
Anne Macffarland, aged 40
Mary Evans, aged 35 [spelled Evens? on census]
Martha Hayler, aged 25
Mary Hammond, aged 20
Ann Kent, aged 20
Mary Stevens, aged 20
Eliza Webb, aged 12
James Buckle, aged 35
George Bull, aged 35
William Chant, aged 25
Joseph Turpin, aged 25
William Stern, aged 25
George Ballard, aged 15

Website: Sussex Online Parish Clerks [June22: website not functioning for me]

*note from Ancestry.co.uk regarding the 1841 census:
The ages of people over 15 years old were usually rounded down to the nearest 5 years. For example, someone who was actually 24 years would have their age listed as 20, and someone who was actually 27 years old would have their age listed as 25.