Penkethman. See Pinkethman.
Peter, John. See note, iii. 318.
Petty, Sir William (1623-1687), political economist.
Philips, Ambrose (1675-1749), poet, contributor to the Spectator,
where, as in the Tatler, he received high editorial praise. He
was one of Addison's coterie, and one of Pope's enemies after the
latter's satirical attack on his Pastorals. Henry Carey's sobriquet
of Namby Pamby' has outlived his Pastorals.
Pinkethman, William (1692-1724), actor and showman. His comic
vein (which was popular) was rather that of the merry-andrew, and
he was appropriately nicknamed 'Pinkey.' See i. 326.
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744).
Powell, George (1658?-1714), actor of some repute (in the manner of
Betterton), and dramatist. He acted Portius in Addison's Cato.
His earlier chief parts were Falstaff, Macbeth, Cortez, and Face
(in the Alchemist). He wrote Alphonso, King of Naples.
Powell, Martin (fl. 1710-1729), puppet-showman, who repeated and
satirized the operas at the Haymarket on his marionette stage in
the Piazza, Covent Garden. He was a dwarf. See note, i. 320.
Preston, Elizabeth, vi. 144. Her father and grandfather were
keepers of the Bear Garden at Hockley-in-the-Hole.
Prince, Mr., stage-dancer. See vi. 255.
Purcell, Henry (1658-1695), musical composer. See note, i. 325.
Rapin, René (1621-1687), scholar and Latin poet. His Réflexions sur
la Poétique d'Aristote (1674) was translated by Rymer.
Rawlinson, Thomas (1681-1725), book-collector, the supposed
original of 'Tom Folio' of the Tatler. See vii. 321.
Read, Sir William (d. 1715), originally a tailor, latterly a travelling
quack. From 1694 he practised at York Buildings, Strand, and
in 1705 he was knighted. See D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy,
vol.
Rich, Christopher (d. 1714), manager of Drury Lane Theatre. See
note, i. 314.
Robin, the porter at Will's Coffee-house (No. 398).
Rochester. See Wilmot.
Roderick, Dr. Charles, of Eton. See note, ii. 339.
Roscommon. See Dillon.
Rossi, Italian opera librettist. See note, i. 314.
Rowley, John, maker of mathematical instruments, whose astronomical
model (adapted from one by George Graham, clockmaker), made
for the 2nd Earl of Orrery, was the first known by the name of
'orrery.' See The Guardian (No. 1) and The Englishman (No. 11).
Rymer, Thomas (1641-1713), historian and critic. See Rapin.
Sacheverell, Henry (1674?-1724), preacher, impeached for seditious
libel in 1710. See note, i. 338.
Sackville, Charles, sixth Earl of Dorset and Earl of Middlesex
(1638-1706), author of a number of short poems, including 'To
all you ladies now at land.'
Saint-Evremond, Charles de Saint-Denys de (1613-1703), French
exile, who lived in London from 1662. He was an habitué of
Will's Coffee-house. His works were published posthumously.
Salmon, Mrs., exhibitor of waxworks. See note, i. 325.
Scarron, Paul (1610-1660), French writer of burlesques, comedies,
and the Roman comique.
Scawen, Sir William, merchant. See iii. 323.
Scott, John, D.D. (1639-1695?), divine. See note, vi. 295. Wood's
statement that he was a Canon of Windsor is examined in the
article in the Dict. Nat. Biog.
Scudéri, Madeleine de (1607-1701), French writer of romances, the
chief being Ibrahim, the Grand Cyrus, and Clélie.
Sedley, Sir Charles (1639?-1701), dramatist and wit, author of the
Mulberry-Garden (1668), Bellamira, or The Mistress (1687), and
other plays.
Sheffield, John, Duke of Buckinghamshire, Earl of Mulgrave (1649-
1721), author of the Essay on Satire and the Essay on Poetry.
Shadwell, Thomas (1642-1692), dramatist and poet-laureate
(1688-1692).
Shepheard or Sheppard, Miss Margaret, English governess in
Stockholm, the supposed 'Leonora of Nos. 140 and 163, a kins-
woman of Sir Fleetwood Sheppard, poet and courtier, who lived
1634-1698.
Sherlock, William (1641?-1707), D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, author
of A Practical Discourse concerning Death (1689).
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley (1650-1707), admiral.
Simpson, Professor, vii. 317. Perhaps intended for Robert Simson,
M.D., elected Professor of Mathematics in the University of
Glasgow in 1711.
Sly, John (d. 1729), haberdasher and tobacconist, the "hatter of
facetious memory" (Dr. Hoadly), and the "famous haberdasher, so
often mentioned in the Spectator" (Evening Post, 15 April 1729).
Smalridge, Dr. George (1663-1719), Bishop of Bristol, an oppo-
nent of Bentley in the dispute about the Letters of Phalaris.
Smith, Edmund (1672-1710), poet. See notes, i. 312, 322.
Snape, Dr. Andrew (1675-1742), Provost of King's College, Cam-
bridge. One of Dr. Hoadly's opponents in the Bangorian con-
troversy.
Somers, John, Lord (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor of England (1697).
He made his reputation as one of the counsel for the Seven Bishops
on June 29, 1688, ‘the most dangerous day' of the Dedication to
vol. i. of the Spectator. He was President of the Royal Society.
South, Dr. Robert (1634-1716), divine.
Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746), dramatist.
Sowton, John, servant at the St. James's Coffee-house.
See i. 92.
Sparkes, John (1682-1733), a native of Coventry, "a gladiator by
profession" (so runs his epitaph), who “fought 350 battles in the
principal parts of Europe with honour and applause.
Spencer, Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1674-1722). Succeeded
1702. Politician and book-collector.
Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713), divine and littérateur. His History of
the Royal Society of London appeared in 1667, and his Life of
Cowley in 1668.
Steele, Richard (1672-1729).
Stratford, Mr., Hamburg merchant. See v. 292.
Sunderland, Earl of. See Spencer.
Swan, Mr. See i. 229.
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745).
Sydenham, Dr. Thomas (1624-1689), physician and medical writer.
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715), poet-laureate. He collaborated with
Dryden in Absalom and Achitophel (2nd Part). See Brady.
Temple, Sir William (1628-1699), diplomatist and essayist.
Thomas, Enos. See ii. 275-
Thornhill, Richard (d. 1711). He killed Sir Cholmondeley Dering
in a duel on 9th May 1711 (see ii. 324). He was tried on
18th May 1711, and found guilty of manslaughter.
Swift says
he was murdered on Turnham Green, August 1711 (Journal to
Stella).
Tickell, Thomas (1686-1740), poet, contributor to the Spectator and
Guardian, and one of Addison's coterie. Author of the Prospect
of Peace, and translator of the 1st Book of the Iliad.
Tillotson, John (1630-1694), Archbishop of Canterbury.
Tofts, Mrs. Katherine (d. 1760?), actress and singer.
with her rival Marguerite de l'Épine in the first opera Arsinoe; and
in the second, Camilla, she played the title-rôle to Valentini who
took the part of the hero-she in English, he in Italian. See note,
i. 322. She retired from the stage in 1709, suffering from mental
disease. See Tatler, No. 20.
Toland, John (Janus Junius) (1669?-1722), a leading controversialist
on the Deistic side.
Tom, 'the Tyrant,' head waiter at White's Coffee-house. See note,
i. 336.
Tonson, Jacob (1656?-1736), bookseller. See note, 317. See also
the Kit-Cat series of portraits referred to, i. 317: also (for a literary
depreciation) Dryden's lines on him.
'Upholsterer, The.' See note, i. 336; and art. “Arne, Thomas," in
Dist. Nat. Biog.
Vaillant, Mr., bookseller. See vi. 293.
Villiers, George, Duke of Buckingham (1627-1687), joint author of
Viner, Sir Robert, Lord Mayor of London. See vi. 241.
Walker, Dr. Thomas, headmaster of Charterhouse School.
Waller, Edmund (1605-1687), poet.
Warner, John, goldsmith, near Temple Bar.
Warner, Richard, of Lincoln's Inn. See note, vii. 197.
Watt. 'Powder-Watt,' iii. 307.
Watts, Isaac (1674-1748), divine and hymn-writer.
Weaver, John (d. 1760), dancing-master. See note, v. 290.
Wharton, Thomas, Earl (and Marquis) of Wharton (1640 1715), the
reputed author of Lillibullero.
Whiston, William (1667-1752), theologian and mathematician.
succeeded Newton at Cambridge.
Wilks, Robert (1670-1732), actor and theatre-manager.
William III. (1650-1702).
Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), poet.
Winstanley, Henry (fl. 1703), architect. See note, ii. 339.
Winstanley, Mrs., widow of the preceding. She carried on the
exhibition of the Water-Works,' inaugurated by her husband.
See note, ii. 339.
Wise, Henry (1653-1738), partner of George London, landscape
gardener. See London and Wise.
Woolston, Thomas (1669-1733), metaphysical and theological writer.
Wycherley, William (1640-1715), dramatist.
Yorke, Philip (1690-1764), afterwards Earl of Hardwicke. See v. 294.
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