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Article EARLY HAUNTS OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
Peterburgh , " certifying " whom it may concern , " that William Baguley had offered himself to the Bishop as a candidate for Holy Orders and . been refused , " there being crimes of a very heinous nature alleged against him" A interestingreminiscence in
. more - connection AArith this ¦ chapel is that AArhich fixes the marriage of the great actor , David Garrick , with Eva Maria Violette , of St , James ' s , Westminster , a dancer , as having been solemnised within its walls on the 22 nd June , 1748 , though Mrs . Garrick herself , in her old age ,
spoke of its having taken place in St . Giles ' s church . We have mentioned some of the noble celebrities who once lived here . There was , however , another class of people for whom the street appears to have had attractions—we allude to the actors and actresses and artists . Thus about the year 1733 , when the Earl of Rochford and Lady Dinely Goodyear were among the inhabitants , the actress , Mrs . Kitty Clive , was also one of them . Mr . Opie , the artist , lived
here m 1791 , though he moved to other quarters the following year . At 74 , which is now part of Messrs . Wyman ' s establishment , there died , in 1824 , Mr . G . P . Holdway Knight , comedian , commonly known as "Little Knight . " Two doors ^^ of Freemason ' s Hall the celebrated < actress , Miss Pope , lived for forty years ; and another theatrical
celebi-ity who affected the neighbourhood was Mrs . Robinson , "the beautiful Perdita" of the days when George III was King ; while literature and the arts have had representatives living here in the persons of James Hoole , translator of Tasso , Ariosto , and Metastasio , who resided with Hudson , the painter , Sir Joshua Reynolds ' s master , at
No . 56 , and Worlidge , who died in the same house ; while many of the letters in " Moore ' s Life " to Richard Brinsley Sheridan , are addressed to the latter at No . 56 . At No . 52 lived Sir Robert Strange , an eminent historical engraver , and an adherent of Prince Charles Edward , the young Pretender . Here he died in 1792 , and here his widow lived for many years .
Two other personal associations of a somewhat similar , but unpleasant , character may be mentioned . In 1735 , Ryan the comedian , was attacked by a foot-pad Avhen passing along the street , and was so severely wounded in the jaw by a pistol bullet that a performance was given on his behalf at Covent Garden , the then Prince of Wales
( Frederick , the first Prince of his house who joined the Craft ) contributing a hundred guineas . In 1780 , the first meeting convened by Lord George Gordon to petition Parliament for the repeal of a measui"e Avhich had been passed to give a certain relief to Roman Catholics , was held on the 29 th May ; and on the 6 th June , the " Gordon " riots broke out ; among the houses that were burnt down being that of Mr . Justice Cox , who lived in the street .
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.
Peterburgh , " certifying " whom it may concern , " that William Baguley had offered himself to the Bishop as a candidate for Holy Orders and . been refused , " there being crimes of a very heinous nature alleged against him" A interestingreminiscence in
. more - connection AArith this ¦ chapel is that AArhich fixes the marriage of the great actor , David Garrick , with Eva Maria Violette , of St , James ' s , Westminster , a dancer , as having been solemnised within its walls on the 22 nd June , 1748 , though Mrs . Garrick herself , in her old age ,
spoke of its having taken place in St . Giles ' s church . We have mentioned some of the noble celebrities who once lived here . There was , however , another class of people for whom the street appears to have had attractions—we allude to the actors and actresses and artists . Thus about the year 1733 , when the Earl of Rochford and Lady Dinely Goodyear were among the inhabitants , the actress , Mrs . Kitty Clive , was also one of them . Mr . Opie , the artist , lived
here m 1791 , though he moved to other quarters the following year . At 74 , which is now part of Messrs . Wyman ' s establishment , there died , in 1824 , Mr . G . P . Holdway Knight , comedian , commonly known as "Little Knight . " Two doors ^^ of Freemason ' s Hall the celebrated < actress , Miss Pope , lived for forty years ; and another theatrical
celebi-ity who affected the neighbourhood was Mrs . Robinson , "the beautiful Perdita" of the days when George III was King ; while literature and the arts have had representatives living here in the persons of James Hoole , translator of Tasso , Ariosto , and Metastasio , who resided with Hudson , the painter , Sir Joshua Reynolds ' s master , at
No . 56 , and Worlidge , who died in the same house ; while many of the letters in " Moore ' s Life " to Richard Brinsley Sheridan , are addressed to the latter at No . 56 . At No . 52 lived Sir Robert Strange , an eminent historical engraver , and an adherent of Prince Charles Edward , the young Pretender . Here he died in 1792 , and here his widow lived for many years .
Two other personal associations of a somewhat similar , but unpleasant , character may be mentioned . In 1735 , Ryan the comedian , was attacked by a foot-pad Avhen passing along the street , and was so severely wounded in the jaw by a pistol bullet that a performance was given on his behalf at Covent Garden , the then Prince of Wales
( Frederick , the first Prince of his house who joined the Craft ) contributing a hundred guineas . In 1780 , the first meeting convened by Lord George Gordon to petition Parliament for the repeal of a measui"e Avhich had been passed to give a certain relief to Roman Catholics , was held on the 29 th May ; and on the 6 th June , the " Gordon " riots broke out ; among the houses that were burnt down being that of Mr . Justice Cox , who lived in the street .