Talbot’s correspondents

Talbot corresponded with more than 1100 individuals and institutions. Most of them are represented below. In this index, each person is listed only under their last known name. This list will be updated frequently as additional biographical information is developed. Enquiries, suggestions and corrections are always welcome.

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à COURT William Henry Ashe - William Henry Ashe à Court, 2^nd Baron Heytesbury (1809-1891), diplomat

ABBOTT Francis - Francis Abbott, (b. 1802), English-born Secretary of the Scottish General Post Office, Edinburgh and a personal friend of the Talbots

ABNEY William de Wiveleslie - Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920), Captain, chemist & educator

ACADEMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES - Paris

ADAM Alexander Forsyth - Alexander Forsyth Adam (1822-1881), Writer of the Signet , Edinburgh; Hon Sec, Photographic Society of Scotland, 1860-1862

ADAM Diamantina, née Palatiano - Lady Diamantina Adam, née Palatiano (d. 1 Jun 1844); 2^nd wife of Gen Sir Frederick Adam (1784-1853)

ADAM Frederick - Gen Sir Frederick Adam (1784-1853), Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Isles; Gov of Madras

ADAMS NH - NH Adams, of the Royal Asiatic Society, London

ADAMSON John - Dr John Adamson (1809-1870), physician & photographic pioneer, St Andrews

ADDAMS Robert - Prof Robert Addams (b. 1791), Professor of Experimental Philosophy at The London Institution and The Royal Institution

AIRY George Biddell - Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892), Astronomer Royal

ALEXANDER Harry Head - Harry Head Alexander (1811-1842), printer; Secretary, Chippenham Literary & Scientific Institution

ALEXANDER Richard - Richard Alexander, watchmaker & bookseller, Chippenham

ALLEN Stephen - Stephen Allen (1813-1889), tutor, Cambridge; sometimes clergy, latterly of Shouldham Hall, Norfolk

AMICI Giovanni Battista - Prof Giovanni Battista Amici (1786-1868), Italian optician & man of science

ANCHEUS [?] - of the Hotel Grande Bretagne, Bellagio

ANGLO-MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION - London

ANSTIE George Washington - George Washington Anstie (1799-1882) of Park Dale, Devizes; Secretary, Wiltshire Anti-Slavery Society

ANTHONY E & H T Company - E & H T Anthony Co., New York; photographers & photographic manufacturers

ANTHONY Edward - Edward Anthony (1819 -1888), New York; photographer & merchant

ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY - London

APPS Alfred - Alfred Apps, (1839-1913), The Strand, London; optician & electrical instrument maker

ARAGO Dominique François Jean - Dominique François Jean Arago (1786-1853), French physicist, astronomer & man of science

ARMACKS & STRICLAIN - horticultural suppliers, Peckham

ARNEY William A - William A Arney, sometime resident of Fisherton Goal, Wiltshire

ARNOLD Thomas Kerchever - Rev Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1800- 9 Mar 1853), educator & theological writer; Rector of Lyndon, Rutland, 1830-1853.

ARNOLD William Langton - William Langton Arnold (1801- 3 Nov 1822) Cambridge student; brother of TK Arnold; first chemical scholar elected on the Micklebrough foundation

ART UNION - The Art-Union, Monthly Journal of the Fine Arts and the Arts, Decorative, Ornamental (London)

ARTARIA & FONTAINE - publishers, Mannheim & London

ASHER & Company - foreign booksellers & publishers, Berlin & London

ASKEW Thomas - Thomas Askew, of Salisbury

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY - (later Royal Astronomical Society), London

ATHENAEUM journal - The Athenæum and (London) Literary Chronicle, London

ATKINS John - Capt John Atkins, 17^th Lancers; debtor, resident in Lancaster Castle

ATTWOOD Thomas - Thomas Attwood (1783-1856), radical MP, banker & manufacturer

ATWOOD Henry Adams Sergison - Rev Henry Adams Sergison Atwood (1800-1877), author

AUNT [unidentified] - [of WHFT]

AUSTIN Stephen - Stephen Austin (1804-1892), printer & publisher, Hertford

AWDRY Frederick - Frederick Awdry (1817-1884), solicitor, Chippenham

AWDRY Henry Goddard - Henry Goddard Awdry (1804-1881), solicitor, Chippenham

AWDRY John - John Awdry (1766-1844), solicitor, Reybridge

AWDRY John Wither - Sir John Wither Awdry (1795-1878), JP & Chief Justice, Bombay Supreme Court

AWDRY Justly William - Justly William Awdry (b. 1818), solicitor, Chippenham

AWDRY Miss - Miss Awdry, of Rey Bridge Cottage, Reybridge, Wiltshire

AWDRY West - West Awdry (1807-1892), solicitor, Chippenham

AWDRY William Henry - William Henry Awdry (1778-1847), solicitor, Chippenham

BABBAGE Charles - Prof Charles Babbage (1792-1871), mathematician & inventor

BADCOCK Robert Gibson - Robert Gibson Badcock (1805-1871), banker, antiquarian,The Elms, Taunton

BAGSTER Jonathan - Jonathon Bagster (1813-1872), publisher, London

BAGSTER Robert - Robert Bagster (b. 1848), publisher, London

BAILEY Charles - Charles Bailey (1815-1878), architect & archaeologist

BAILEY Owen - Owen Bailey; Importer of Works of Art, Printseller & Publisher, London

BAILLIE David - David Baillie (b. 1787), Scottish-born gentleman, resident in London

BAILLIER Hippolyte BOOKSELLERS - Hippolyte Baillier Booksellers, Paris & London

BAKER Thomas John Lloyd - Thomas John Lloyd Baker (1777-1841), High Sheriff

BALFOUR John Hutton - Dr John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884), Scottish botanist

BANKES William John - William John Bankes (1786-1855), politician

BANKS Alexander - Alexander Banks, of the Engraving, Lithographic & General Printing Office, Edinburgh

BANKS Charles Selman - Charles Selman Banks (1805-1881), stonemason, Lacock

BANKS George, snr - George Banks, snr (1786-1864), stonemason & coalseller, Lacock

BANKS Henry Haig - Henry Haig Banks (b. 1836), engraver, Edinburgh

BANKS William - William Banks (b. 1809), engraver, copperplate printer and lithographer, Edinburgh

BANKS WILLIAM & SON - William Banks & Son, engravers, printers and lithographers, Edinburgh

BARCLAY George - George Barclay (b. 1802), master engraver & printer, London

BARING Alexander - Alexander Baring, 1^st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848), financier & statesman

BARING Charles Thomas - Charles Thomas Baring (1807-1879), Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol from 1856-1861

BARING Francis - Francis Baring, 3^rd Baron Ashburton, (1800-1868), MP

BARING Frederick - Rev Frederick Baring (1806- 4 Jun 1868); Rector of Abbotstone, and Vicar of Itchen Stoke, Hampshire, 1830-1845

BARLOW & LE CAPELAIN - Patent Journal Office, London

BARNES Charlotte Davison, née Bland - Charlotte Davison Barnes, née Bland (b. 1788), wife of Rev Theophilus Barnes, Rector of Castleford

BARRAUD Henry - Henry Barraud (1811-1874), English portrait & genre painter

BARRESWIL Charles Louis - Charles Louis Barreswil (1817-1870), French chemist

BARRON Archibald Farquharson - Archibald Farquharson Barron (1835-1903), author & Superintendant, Royal Horticultural Society Garden, London

BARROW John - Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), Secretary of the Admiralty, scientist & man of letters

BARRY Henry - Rev Henry Barry, clergy & scholar, Chippenham

BARTON John - Sir John Barton (1771-1834), instrument maker, Royal Mint

BASSET Francis - Francis Basset, 1^st Baron de Dunstanville and Basset (1757-1835), MP, FRS & political writer; Francis Basset, 1^stBaron de Dunstanville and Basset (1757–1835), MP, FRS, and political writer. In 1824, his second marriage was to Harrie

BASSETT Alexander - Alexander Bassett (1824-1887), civil and mining engineer in Wiltshire and Wales; JP in Wales

BATES E - E Bates, tax official, London

BATHURST William Lennox - William Lennox Bathurst, Baron Bathurst (1791-1878), MP

BATTERSBY Thomas Dundas Harford - Rev Thomas Dundas Harford Battersby (1823-1883), author

BAUER Franz Andreas - Franz Andreas Bauer, Francis Bauer (1758-1840), Austrian botanical illustrator, resident at Kew

BAYER M J - M J Bayer, courier to the Talbot family in the 1860s-1870s

BEACH William Hicks - William Hicks Beach (1783-1856), MP

BEARD Richard - Richard Beard (1801-1885), coal merchant & daguerreotypist, London

BEATTY Francis Steward - Francis Steward Beatty (1807-1891), Irish engraver, Daguerreotypist and social activist

BECKER J A - J A Becker, Paris

BECKETT William Thomas - William Thomas Beckett (b. 1818), curate of Lacock

BEDFORD Francis - Francis Bedford (1799-1883), bookbinder, London

BELCHER Edward - Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877), Admiral, scientist & author

BENNET Archibald - Archibald Bennet (1783-1868), Secretary of the Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh

BENNETT Edward Turner - Edward Turner Bennett (1797-1836), zoologist & author

BENTHAM George - George Bentham (1800-1884), philosopher & botanist

BEOKER A - A Beoker, correspondent from France

BERENS Richard - Richard Berens, DCL (1782-1849), Fellow and Bursar of All Souls College, Oxford

BERTOLONI Antoine - Prof Antoine Bertoloni (1793-1868), Italian botanist

BESSEMER Henry - Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-1898), inventor & astronomer

BIENMULLER Wilhelm - Wilhelm Bienmuller, engraver & photographer, Avignon

BIGGS Richard W - Richard W Biggs (d. 1883), Mayor of Devizes

BILTON William - Rev William Bilton (1800-1888), amateur geologist, travel author

BINGHAM RICHARDS & Company - London

BIOT Jean-Baptiste - Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), French scientist

BIRCH Samuel - Dr Samuel Birch (1813-1885), linguist, Keeper at the British Museum, London

BISHOP George St M - George St M Bishop, heraldic painter to Her Majesty, of Bishop & Tait, London

BLOMFIELD Arthur - Arthur Blomfield (1827-1896), curate of Lacock, Mar 1854-1864

BLOMFIELD Charles James - Dr Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857), Bishop of London

BLORE Edward - Edward Blore (1787-1879), architect & artist

BOGER Deeble - Deeble Boger (d. 1875), of Wolsdon; solicitor to the Mt Edgcumbes

BOHN Henry George - Henry George Bohn (1796-1884), bookseller & publisher, London

BOLTON John Henry - John Henry Bolton (1795-1873), solicitor, London

BONNEY Thomas Kaye - Thomas Kaye Bonney (1782- 7 Apr 1863), Rector of Normanton, Rutland, 1814-1863; Prebendary of Lincoln, 1823-1863; Archdeacon of Leicester, 1831-1863

BOOTT Francis - Dr Francis Boott (1792-1863), American physician & botanist

BOSANQUET James Watman - James Watman Bosanquet (1804-1877), banker & author

BOSCAWEN William Henry - Rev William Henry Boscawen; Rector, Marchwiel, Denbigshire; father of WSC Boscawen

BOSCAWEN William St Chad - William St Chad Boscawen (1854-1913), Assyriologist & author; son of WH Boscawen

BOSSARD Fr A - Fr A Bossard; Swiss; photographic chemist in Ohio in 1858; sometimes resident in France; photographer, author, authority on bivalves

BOUARD Alfred François - Alfred François Bouard, French advocate, based in London

BOURDELAIN John jnr - John Bourdelain jnr, assistant to Antoine Claudet at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, London

BOURNE Alfred - Alfred Bourne, surgeon, dentist & daguerreotypist, Trinidad

BOUVERIE Bridget - Lady Bridget Bouverie, née Douglas (1758-1842), widow of Hon William Henry Bouverie (1752-1806)

BOWERBANK Lewis - Rev Lewis Bowerbank (1782-1853), curate of St Cyriac's, Lacock,1846-1847; former Rector of St Catherines, Jamaica, 1823-1843; friend of Rev George Bridges

BOWIE Jean - Jean Bowie, London: relative? of James Bowie (1789-1869), plant collector in Brazil and Cape Town for Kew

BOWLER Robert Ewan - Robert Ewan Bowler (d. 1874), lithographer, London

BOWLES William Lisle - Rev William Lisle Bowles (1762-1850), Wiltshire poet, critic & antiquary

BRADBURY George S - George S Bradbury, governor of Union Workhouse, World's End, Chippenham

BRANDE William Thomas - William Thomas Brande (1788-1866), chemist & author

BRAYLEY Edward William, jnr - Edward William Brayley, jnr (1801-1870), librarian & lecturer; Asst, Royal Institution; Sec, Russell Institution, London

BRETT Edmund Percy - Rev Edmund Percy Brett (b. 1824, Ireland); Vicar of Sandhurst, Gloucestershire 1854-1879

BREWSTER David - Sir David Brewster (1781-10 Feb 1868), Scottish scientist & journalist; one of WHFT's closest friends

BRIDGES George Wilson - Rev George Wilson Bridges (1788-1863), photographer & traveller

BRIGHAM RICHARDS & Company - shippers, London

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Editor - Editor, The British Journal of Photography

BRITISH MUSEUM TRUSTEES -

BRITTON John - John Britton (1771-1857), antiquary

BRODIE William Bird - William Bird Brodie (1780-1863), MP

BROMLEY Robert Howe - Sir Robert Howe Bromley (1778-1857), of Stoke

BROOKER Thomas - Thomas Brooker (1813-1885), copper and steel plate printer & 'Artistic Printer', London

BROUGHAM Henry Peter - Henry Peter Brougham, Baron Brougham & Vaux (1778-1868), Lord Chancellor

BROUGHTON Henry Delves - Sir Henry Delves Broughton, 9^th Baronet of Broughton (1808-1899)

BROWN David - David Brown, assistant to Nicolaas Henneman in London

BROWN Edward - Edward Brown (1812-1865) auctioneer & hotel proprietor, Grasmere

BROWN Mr - acquaintance of Jacques Étienne Gay

BROWN T L - T L Brown, Secretary, Royal Panopticon of Science & Art, London

BROWNING John - John Browning (1835-1925), scientific instrument maker, London

BRUCE Charles William Brudenell - Charles William Brudenell Bruce (1834-1897), MP

BRUNEL Isambard Kingdom - Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), civil engineer

BRUNNER William - William Brunner, Hungarian refugee & photographer

BRUNTON John Dickinson - John Dickenson Brunton (1821-1907), engineer and amateur calotypist

BUCKLAND William - William Buckland (1784-1856), Dean of Westminster & scientist

BUCKLE Samuel - Samuel Buckle (1809-1860), brewer & photographer, Leamington

BUNSEN Christian Karl Josias Frieherr von - Chevalier Christian Karl Josias Frieherr von Bunsen (1761-1860), diplomat and scholar; Prussian Ambassador to Britain

BUNTING Thomas Percival - Thomas Percival Bunting (1810-1885), author

BURDEN Richard - Richard Burden, Excise officer, India Docks; factotum for the Feildings and for WHFT

BURDEN William H - William H Burden, son of Richard Burden; seaman and botanical collector

BURGESS Henry - Henry Burgess (1808-1886), Scottish author

BURKE John Bernard - Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892), genealogist & editor

BURNELL John - John Burnell (b. 1806) - lantern, leaf & horn manufacturer, London; would-be photographic inventor

BUSCH & Co - Edward Busch & Co, merchants, Liverpool

BUTLER George - Rev George Butler (1774-1853), Head Master of Harrow School, 1805-1829; Dean of Petersborough from 1842

BUTLER Henry Montagu - Henry Montagu Butler (1833-1918), Headmaster at Harrow & author

BUTLER Sarah Maria, née Gray - Sarah Maria Butler, née Gray (1796-1872), wife of George Butler, Dean of Peterborough

BUTLER Thomas - Thomas Butler, assistant secretary, British Museum, London

C - unknown correspondent, not a family member, possibly in France

CALDWELL Henry Berney - Henry Berney Caldwell (b. 1805), magistrate

CALLCOTT Maria, née Dundas - Lady Maria Callcott, née Dundas (1785-1842), author

CAMPBELL Alicia, née Kelly - Alicia Campbell, née Kelly; 'Tam' (1768-1829)

CAMPBELL John - John Campbell, 2^nd Marquess of Breadalbane (1796-1862), scientist

CANDOLLE Augustin Pyrame de - Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (1778-1841), Swiss botanist

CAPEL James - James Capel; stockbroker, London

CARPMAEL & Company - London patent agents, London

CARPMAEL William - William Carpmael (1804-1867), patent agent & engineer, London

CARTER James & Company - James Carter & Co, seedsmen & florists, London

CARTER Thomas - Thomas Carter, excise officer, Chippenham

CARTWRIGHT W - W Cartwright, Secretary, North Wilts Reform Association

CATTERMOLE Richard - Rev Richard Cattermole (1795-1858), author

CAUCHOIX Robert Aglae - Robert Aglae Cauchoix (1776-1845), instrument maker, Paris

CAVENDISH William George Spencer - William George Spencer Cavendish, 6^th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)

CAWDOR Elizabeth W, née Thynne - Lady Elizabeth W Cawdor, née Thynne (d. 1816)

CAYLEY Edward Stillingfleet - Edward Stillingfleet Cayley (1802-1862), MP & editor

CETTO Anton Freiherr von - Anton Freiherr von Cetto (1756-1847), Bavarian statesman

CHADWICK E - E Chadwick, Secretary, Poor Law Commissioners Office

CHANCE James Timmins - Sir James Timmins Chance (1814-1902), manufacturer & engineer

CHANDLER Charles - Charles Chandler, of Devizes

CHEVALIER Charles - Charles Chevalier (1804-1859), optician, Paris

CHILDREN John George - John George Children (1777-1852), librarian & scientist

CHRISTIE Samuel Hunter - Dr Samuel Hunter Christie (1784-1865), mathematician & Secretary of the Royal Society

CHRISTY William, jnr - William Christy, jnr; London-based seed collector in Funchal and elsewhere

CLARK David - David Clark, of Inlands Farme, near Lacock

CLARK George Thomas - George Thomas Clark (1809-1877), JP, civil engineer & author

CLARKE Charles S - Charles S Clarke, Secretary to Bishop Charles John Ellicott

CLAUDET Antoine François Jean - Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867), French-born scientist, merchant & photographer, resident in London

CLEMENTS Nathaniel - Nathaniel Clements, 2^nd Earl Leitrim (1768-1854)

CLOUZARD & SOULIER - photographers, Paris

CLUTTERBUCK Thomas - Thomas Clutterbuck (1779-1852), of Harnish, Wiltshire

COACH Company - York House, Bath

COCHRANE John - John Cochrane, printer, bookseller & binder, Melksham

CODDINGTON Henry - Rev Henry Coddington (1798-1845), natural philosopher, fellow & tutor, Trinity College, Cambridge; d. in Rome

COGHILL John Joscelyn - Sir John Joscelyn Coghill (1826-1905), JP, High Sheriff & writer of operas

COLE Christopher - Sir Christopher Cole (1770-1836), Captain, MP & naval officer

COLE Henry - Sir Henry Cole (1808-1882), civil servant, artist & Director of the South Kensington Museum

COLE Mary Lucy, née Fox Strangways - Lady Mary Lucy Cole, née Fox Strangways (1776- 3 Feb 1855); m. Thomas Mansel Talbot (1747-1813), Feb 1794; m. Capt Sir Christopher Cole (1770 - 24 Aug 1836), 28 Apr 1815; WHFT's aunt

COLEMAN Walter - Walter Coleman (1778-1845), of Langley Fitzhurst

COLERIDGE Herbert - Herbert Coleridge (1830-1861) author; Secretary of proposed Philological Society

COLLEN Henry - Henry Collen (1800-1879), miniature painter, calotypist & spiritualist, London

COLLIS George Richmond - George Richmond Collis (1811-1881) silversmith, Birmingham; also vice consul for several countries

COLLS Richard - Richard Colls (1802-1880), artist, picture dealer and photographer, London

COLLYNS Charles Palk - Charles Palk Collyns (1793-1864), surgeon

COMBES John - John Combes, mining engineer

CONYERS Timothy - Timothy Conyers, of Lacock

COOPER Anthony Ashley - Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Ashley, 7^th Earl of Shaftsbury (1801-1885), MP

COOPER John (1) - John Cooper (1), clothier, Trowbridge

COOPER John (2) - John Cooper (2), banker, Melksham

COOPER William Ricketts - William Ricketts Cooper (1843-1878), Secretary, Society of Biblical Archaeology, London

CORDERO DI SAN QUINTINO Giulio dei Conti - Jules de St Quintin, Giulio dei Conti Cordero Di San Quintino (1778-1857), Italian Egyptologist

COTTRELL George Edward - George Edward Cottrell (b. 1812), barrister

COUTTS & Company - bankers, London

COVENTRY Andrew - Andrew Coventy, Edinburgh Advocate; member Photographic Society of Scotland & Royal Society of Edinburgh

COVENTRY Arthur - Arthur Coventry, of Smith & Coventry Iron Works, Manchester

COWDEROY Benjamin Thomas - Benjamin Thomas Cowderoy (1812-1904), land agent in Reading; man of science; business manager for WHFT; later a politician and promoter in Victoria, Australia

COWELL John Clayton - Maj Gen Sir John Clayton Cowell (1832-1894), Master of the Royal Household

COX & SONS - printers, London

COX John A - John A Cox, printer, London

COXE William H - William H Coxe (d. 18 Dec 1869), assistant, British Museum, London

CRELLE August Leopold - August Leopold Crelle (1780-1855), German mathematician

CROFTON Denis - Denis Crofton (1819-1887), Irish Assyriologist, author and philanthropist

CROOKES William - Sir William Crookes (1832-1921), chemist & physicist; editor of The Photographic News

CUMBERLAND UNION BANK - Keswick

CUNDALL Joseph - Joseph Cundall (1818-1865), publisher, London

CUNLIFFE-OFFLEY Eizabeth Emma, née Crewe - Eizabeth Emma Cunliffe-Offley, née Crewe (d. 1850)

CUNNINGTON William - William Cunningham (1813-1906), archaeologist

DAFFORNE James - James Dafforne (d. 1880), writer on art; Art Union Journal

DALTON James - Rev James Dalton (1764-1843), botanist

DARLEY John - John Darley, architect & surveyor, Chippenham

DAUBENY Charles Giles Bridle - Prof Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1795-1867), MD & chemist

DAVENPORT Edmund Sharington - Rev Edmund Sharington Davenport (1778 -1842)

DAVIDSON James - James Davidson (1793-1864), antiquary

DAVIDSON Robert - Robert Davidson (1804-1894), Scottish chemist, dyer and electrical inventor; the 'Father of the Electric Locomotive'

DAVIS Edmund Louis - Edmund Louis Davis, President, Horticultural Society of London

DAVIS Joseph - Joseph Davis, accountant, Horticultural Society of London

DAVY Jane, née Kerr - Lady Jane Davy, née Kerr (1780-1855), Scottish socialite; 1^st m Shuckburgh Apreece (d. 1807); 2^nd m in 1812 to Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829)

DAY & SONS - lithographers, London

DAY Edward E - Dr Edward E Day, physician, Bristol

DAY Frances Sally - Miss Frances Sally Day (1816-1892), portrait painter and photographer; first woman Photographer to the Queen; of Camden Town, near London

DE LA RUE Warren - Warren De La Rue (1815-1889), astronomer and printer [sometimes Delarue]

DE MORGAN Augustus - Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871), mathematician

DE STARCK Henry George - Henry George De Starck (1796-1865), clergy

DE STARCK Juliana Dorothea - Miss Juliana Dorothea De Starck

DE THANNENBERG Léon - Count Léon De Thannenberg, artist

DELAGRANGE Joseph Elisabeth George Mathieu - Joseph Elisabeth George Mathieu Delagrange, French Advocat

DELAMOTTE Philip Henry - Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-1889), artist & photographer

DELBRUCK Martin Friedrich Rudolph von - Martin Friedrich Rudolph von Delbruck (1817-1903), Prussian statesman

DELITZSCH Conrad Gerhard Friederich - Prof Conrad Gerhard Friederich Delitzsch (1850-1922), German biblical scholar

DENIS C A - C A Denis, Belgian artist, writing from London

DESPREZ Philip Charles Soulbien - Philip Charles Soulbien Desprez (d. 1879), author & curate

DIAMOND Hugh Welch - Dr Hugh Welch Diamond (1809-1886), surgeon & photographer

DICK Thomas - Thomas Dick (1774-1857), Scottish scientific writer

DICKINSON Elizabeth - Elizabeth Dickinson (d. before 1833), of Bowden Park

DICKINSON William Binley - William Binley Dickinson (1790-1870), numismatic scholar

DIGBY Theresa Anna Maria, née Fox Strangways - Theresa Anna Maria Digby, née Fox Strangways (1814-1874), WHFT's cousin, m. 20 Jun 1837 Edward St. Vincent Digby, 9^th Baron Digby of Geashill (1809 –1889); Bedchamber Woman to the Queen

DIGHTON Thomas Dibden - Thomas Dibden Dighton (1799-1883), architect & model maker, London

DILKE Charles Wentworth (the elder) - Charles Wentworth Dilke, the elder (1789-1864), newspaper editor, critic & antiquary

DILLWYN Lewis Weston - Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855), Welsh botanist & MP

DISDERI & Company - photographers, Paris

DOBBIE Malcolm G - Malcolm G Dobbie (1829-1882), Secretary, Edinburgh Photographic Society

DOD Charles Roger Phipps - Charles Roger Phipps Dod (1793-1855), Irish author & editor

DODDS Joseph - Joseph Dodds (1819-1891), MP & solicitor (struck off for embezzlement, 1889), Stockton

DON David - David Don (1800-1841), Scottish botanist

DONOBERG Thomas - Thomas Donoberg, secretary for unidentified organisation, London

DOUDNEY Edward - Edward Doudney, waterproofer & tailor, London

DOUGLAS Henry Alexander - Rev Henry Alexander Douglas (1821-1875), Scottish chaplain to Cape Town

DOVE John - John Dove (b. 1811), editor & author, Glasgow

DOWDING Thomas - Thomas Dowding, baker, Chippenham

DOWNING Charles Toogood - Dr Charles Toogood Downing (1811-1873), MD, traveller in China, photographic experimenter

DRACH Solomon Moses - Solomon Moses Drach (1835-1869), astronomer

DROEGE Friedrich - Friedrich Droege, or Frederich Droge (1801-1854), German-born miniature painter, active in London, later a photographer

DRY Thomas - Thomas Dry, solicitor, London

DUBOSQ Jules - Jules Dubosq (1817-1886), French optician & instrument maker

DUCKETT William - William Duckett, wine merchant, Bath

DUNCOMBE G Francis - G Francis Duncombe, of the Executive Committee of the Great Exhibition of 1851

DUNDAS Harriet, née Hale - Lady Harriet Dundas, née Hale (d. 1834)

DUVIGNAN E - E Duvignan, French inventor of printing for the blind

EARLE Richard - Richard Earle, secretary, Colonial Office

EASTLAKE Charles Lock - Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (1793-1865), painter

EDEN George - George Eden, 1^st Earl of Auckland (1784-1849), Governor General of India

EDGCUMBE Caroline Augusta, née Feilding - Lady Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, née Feilding (1808- 2 Nov 1881); WHFT's half-sister; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1840–1854 & 1863–1865; m. 3^rd Earl Mt Edgcumbe 6 Dec 1831

EDGCUMBE Charles Ernest - Charles Ernest Edgcumbe (1838-1915), JP, WHFT's nephew

EDGCUMBE Ernest Augustus - Ernest Augustus Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 3^rd Earl of Mt Edgcumbe (1797- 3 Sep 1861), WHFT's brother-in-law

EDGCUMBE Ernestine Emma Horatia - Ernestine Emma Horatia Edgcumbe (16 Aug 1843-1925), WHFT's niece

EDGCUMBE William Henry - William Henry Edgcumbe, Lord Valletort, 4^th Earl Mt Edgcumbe (5 Nov 1833 -. 25 Sep1917); 'Val'; JP & Lord Steward of the Royal Household; WHFT's nephew 'Bimbo'

EDGELL Edward Betenson - Edward Betenson Edgell (d. 1904), rector of Bromham, Wiltshire

EDITOR OF THE (unidentified publication) -

EGERTON Daniel - Daniel Egerton (1772-1835), English actor

EGG Joseph - Joseph Egg, gunmaker, London

EGGELING Hans Julius - Prof Hans Julius Eggeling (1842-1918), Orientalist & Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, London

ELLACOMBE Henry Nicholson - Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1822–1916), clergyman, Honorary Canon of Bristol, Vicar of Bitton; gardener & author

ELLICOTT Charles John - Charles John Ellicott (1819-1905), Lord Bishop of Gloucester & Bristol

ELLIOTT Mr - Mr Elliott, scientific instrument maker, London; in the employ of John Newman at 122 Regent Street

ELLIOTT Robinson - Robinson Elliott (1814-1894, sometimes, Robinson Elliot); painter, poet & inventor, of South Shields, near Newcastle upon Tyne

ELLIOTT S - S Elliott, of the Post Office. Chippenham

ELLIS Robert - Robert Ellis (1823-1885), physician, chemist & author

ELPHINSTONE Howard - Sir Howard Elphinstone (1804-1893), MP & barrister

ELWES Henry John - Henry John Elwes (1846-1922), botanical traveller

EMPSON Charles - (1794-1861), traveller, fine art bookseller & museum keeper, Bath

ERROLL William George Hay - William George Hay Erroll, 17^th Earl of Erroll (1801-1846), Lord Steward

ERTEL Traugott Lebrecht von - Traugott Lebrecht von Ertel (1777-1858), scientific instrument maker, Munich

ESTCOURT Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Bucknall - Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Bucknall Estcourt (1801-1876), MP

EVANS Hugh C - Hugh C Evans, printer, Bristol

EYRES William - William Eyres, ironmonger & wheelwright, Melksham

FANE John - John Fane, 11^th Earl of Westmorland (1784-1859), statesman

FARADAY Michael - Prof Michael Faraday (1791-1867), scientist

FAZAKERLEY Elinor, née Montague - Hon. Elinor Fazakerley, née Montague (d. 1847); m. John Nicolaas Fazakerley in 1822

FAZAKERLEY John Nicholas - John Nicholas Fazakerley (1787-1852), MP

FEILDEN Mary Houghton, née Jackson - Mary Houghton Feilden, née Jackson (d. 1867), Dowager Lady Feildin of Feniscowles, Lancashire; member of the Jamaican House of Assembly

FEILDING Charles - Rear Admiral Charles Feilding (1780- 2 September 1837), Royal Navy; WHFT's step-father

FEILDING Elisabeth Theresa, née Fox Strangways - Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding, née Fox Strangways, first m. Talbot (1773 - 12 March 1846), WHFT's mother

FEILDING Matilda - Matilda Feilding (1775-1849), WHFT's 'aunt' - sister of Charles Feilding, his stepfather

FELLOWES Thomas A - Thomas A Fellowes, solicitor, Chippenham

FELLOWS Charles - Sir Charles Fellows (1799-1860), archaeologist

FENTON Roger - Roger Fenton (1819-1869), photographer & lawyer

FERRIER Claude Marie - Claude Marie Ferrier (1811-1889), photographer & photographic publisher, Paris

FESTEAU A - A Festeau, Paris

FIELD Thomas - Thomas Field, assistant to Henneman & Malone in London

FIGUIER Guillaume Louis - Guillaume Louis Figuier (1819-1894), French author & chemist

FINCH George - George Finch (1794-1870), JP & MP

FINCH Henrietta - Henrietta Finch (1794-1828)

FITZGERALD Robert - Robert Fitzgerald, pauper; formerly of the Commissariats Staff

FITZMAURICE Henry Charles Keith Petty - Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice, 5^th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927); WHFT's first cousin, once removed

FITZMAURICE Henry Petty (Lord) - Lord Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3^rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780- 31 Jan 1863), MP & noted statesman; WHFT's uncle

FITZMAURICE Henry Petty (Sir) - Sir Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 4^th Marquess of Lansdowne (1816- 5 Jul 1866), Baron Wycombe, (Earl of Shelburne, 1836-1863), MP; WHFT's cousin

FITZMAURICE Louisa Emma Petty, née Fox Strangways - Louisa Emma Petty Fitzmaurice, née Fox Strangways, Marchioness of Lansdowne (1785 - 10 Apr 1851), wife of Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, 3^rd Marquess of Lansdowne; Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, 1837-1838; WHFT's aunt

FITZMAURICE William Thomas Petty - William Thomas Petty Fitzmaurice, Earl of Kerry (1811-1836), MP

FITZSIMMONS Cornelius - Cornelius Fitzsimmons, Scottish gardener at Lacock Abbey

FIZEAU Armand Hippolyte Louis - Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (1819-1896), French physicist

FLETCHER George & Henry - George & Henry Fletcher, army clothiers, London

FLETCHER Henry M - Henry M Fletcher, manager, Derry Hill National School, Calne

FLICERI G - G Fliceri, of Milan

FLUDYER Mary, née Fane - Lady Mary Fludyer, née Fane (d. 1855), sister of John Fane, 10^th Earl of Westmorland

FOOT Henry - Henry Foot, photographer, Bath

FOOT James - James Foot, photographer, Bath

FOOT Samuel - Samuel Foot, Salisbury clerk

FORBES James David - Prof James David Forbes (1809-1868), Scottish scientist

FORD J - J Ford, warehouseman of Bath

FOSTER Peter Le Neve - Peter Le Neve Foster (1809-1879), photographer & microscopist

FOUCAULT Jean Bernard Léon - Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868), French physicist

FOX Caroline - Caroline Fox (1767-1845)

FRAHNSTOVER & POGGE - Hamburg

FRAMPTON Harriot Louisa, née Fox Strangways - Lady Harriot Louisa Frampton, née Fox Strangways (1778 - 6 Aug 1844); dau of Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2^nd Earl of Ilchester & Mary Theresa O'Grady; m. James Frampton (1769-1855) in 1799

FRAMPTON Henry - Henry Frampton (1804-1879)

FRAMPTON James - Lt Col James Frampton (1769- 8 Feb1855), High Sheriff, of Moreton, Dorset

FRAMPTON Louisa Charlotte - Louisa Charlotte Frampton (1808-1885), author

FRAMPTON Mary - Mary Frampton (1773-1846), botanist & author

FRANCK G - Dr G Franck, German photographer and author

FRANKLAND Louisa Anne, née Murray - Lady Louisa Anne Frankland, née Murray (d. 1871), wife of Sir Robert Frankland-Russell, 7^th Baronet Russell of Thirkleby (1784-1849); sister of WHFT’s aunt the Countess of Ilchester.

FRANKLEN Isabella Catherine, née Talbot - Isabella Catherine Franklen, née Talbot (1804-1874)

FRAUNHOFER Joseph von - Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787-1826), optician, Munich

FREE-MAN AND LOVER OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY -

FREEMAN James - James Freeman (1814-1870), Daguerreotypist for Richard Beard in Bath; possible calotypist in Bath and later claimed to have worked for WHFT; from 1853, partner in Freeman Studios in Sydney, Australia; died during a visit to Wales

FREETH Sampson - Lt Sampson Freeth, Royal Engineers

FRIENDS OF LORD GREY -

FRY Herbert - Herbert Fry (1830-1885), photographer & author

FULLER John Bird - John Bird Fuller (1801-1872), High Sheriff

FULLER John Mee - Prof John Mee Fuller (1834-1893), vicar & author

FULLER Neston - Neston Fuller, of Monk's Park, Wiltshire

FURLONGE William Holland - William Holland Furlonge, sometimes William Holland Furlong (1826-1881), Irish born chemist, photographer and Assyriologist

FURSDON Charles - Charles Fursdon (b. 1798), Trinity College, Cambridge, scholar

FUSS Paul Heinrich von - Paul Heinrich von Fuss (1797-1855), mathematician, of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg

FUSSELL Stephen & Isaac - Stephan Fussell & Isaac Fussell, Lacock tennants

GABRIELLI J J - J J Gabrielli, warehouseman or art agent in London

GAISFORD Henrietta Horatia Maria, née Feilding - Henrietta Horatia Maria Gaisford, née Feilding(1810- 9 Aug 1851), WHFT's half-sister

GAISFORD Horace Charles - Lt Horace Charles Gaisford (1851-1879), WHFT's nephew

GAISFORD Thomas - Capt Thomas Gaisford (1816-1898), JP, WHFT's brother-in-law

GALE John - John Gale, carpenter at Lacock

GALIGNANI Mssrs - publishers of Galignani's Messenger, Paris

GALLWEY Harriet Payne, née Quin - Lady Harriet Payne Gallwey, née Quin (1784-1845), wife of Lt Gen Sir William Payne Gallwey (1759-1831), 1^st Bart

GALLWEY Martha - Lady Martha Gallwey, sister of Lt Gen Sir William Payne Gallwey, 1^st Bart (1759-1831)

GALTON Francis - Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), scientist

GAMBART Ernest - Ernest Gambart (1814-1902), Belgian printseller & publisher, active in London

GARDEN Felix Robert - Felix Robert Garden (d. 1872), chemical supplier, London; successor to his father, Alexander Garden, former partner in Accum & Garden

GARDNER John - John Gardner (1804-1880), chemist & Secretary, Royal College of Chemistry, London

GASSIOT John Peter - John Peter Gassiot (1797-1877), merchant & electro-chemist

GAY Jacques Étienne - Jacques Étienne Gay (1768-1864), French botanist

GELLER William Overend - William Overend Geller (b. Gelder), 1804-1881), artist

GERGONNE Joseph Diez - Joseph Diez Gergonne (1771-1859), French mathematician

GIBBS & Company - Genoa

GIBSON J & H G - J & HG Gibson, Writers of the Signet, Edinburgh; John (1796-1877) and his 2^nd son, Henry Gordon (1827-1869)

GIBSON John, jnr. - John Gibson, jnr, (1796-1877), Writer of the Signet, of the firm of J & HG Gibson, Edinburgh

GIBSON-CRAIG Margaret Christian - Margaret Christian Gibson-Craig (d. 1871), daughter of Sir James Gibson-Craig (1799-1886), Scottish politician, bibliophile & art collector

GILCHRIST-CLARK John - John Gilchrist-Clark (1830- 18 Aug 1881), Scottish JP; WHFT's son-in-law

GILCHRIST-CLARK John Henry - John Henry Gilchrist-Clark (1861-1902), Scottish JP; WHFT's grandson

GILCHRIST-CLARK Matilda Caroline, née Talbot - Matilda Caroline Gilchrist-Clark, née Talbot (25 Feb 1839-1927), 'Tilly', WHFT's 3^rd daughter; m. John Gilchrist-Clark 16 Jun 1859

GLADSTONE John Neilson - Capt John Neilson Gladstone (1807-1863), MP

GLADSTONE William Henry - William Henry Gladstone (1840-1891), politician & author

GLENGALL E - E Glengall, member of the Athenæum Club

GLIDDON George Robbins - George Robbins Gliddon (1809-1857), American diplomat & Egyptologist, born in Devonshire

GODDARD John Frederick - John Frederick Goddard (1797-1866), lecturer, chemist & photographer

GODWIN George - George Godwin (1813-1888) London architect; editor of The Builder; Secretary of the Art Union

GOLDNEY & FELLOWES - solicitors, Chippenham

GOLDNEY Harry - Harry Goldney, town clerk of Chippenham

GORDON Elizabeth Anne, née Coxe - Elizabeth Anne Gordon, née Coxe; 'Bessey'

GORDON Harriet, née Douglas - Harriet Gordon, née Douglas, Lady Aberdeen (d. 1833)

GORDON Robert - Robert Gordon (d. 1864), MP

GREAT EXHIBITION of 1851 Executive Committee -

GREEN J F - J F Green, house agent, Grasmere

GREENE E H - E H Greene, property owner, Beanacre, Wilts

GREENHILL J N - J N Greenhill, art dealer, London

GREENWOOD Henry - Henry Greenwood, editor, The British Journal of Photography & stationer in Liverpool

GREY Charles - Lt Gen Charles Grey (1804-1870), MP, Private Secretary to the Queen

GRIFFITH George - George Griffith, Secretary, British Association for the Advancement of Science, London

GRIMSLEY Thomas - Thomas Grimsley, stonemason, Oxford

GRINCATO - [name uncertain] - artist or art dealer

GRIVEL Joseph - Joseph Grivel (1810-1876), Swiss Assyriologist

GRIVEL L - L Grivel, son of Joseph Grivel, the Assyriologist

GROGAN William - William Grogan, Auctioneer & Estate Agent, London

GROSETT John Rock - John Rock Grosett (1783-1866), MP; Jamaican Parliament; occupant of Lacock Abbey until summer 1827

GROVE George - Sir George Grove (1820-1900), editor, Macmillan & Company, London

GROVE William Robert - Sir William Robert Grove (1811-1896), scientist

GUEST Edwin - Edwin Guest (1802-1880), barrister, linguist & author

GUNDRY William - William Gundry, banker, Chippenham

GUTCH John Wheeley Gough - Dr John Wheeley Gough Gutch (1809-1862), surgeon, author & photographer

GUTHRIE John - Rev John Guthrie (1792-1865), Vicar at Calne from 1835-1865 & from 1858, Canon Residenciary of Bristol Cathedral

HACK B N - B N Hack, solicitor's agent, London

HADDY John - John Haddy, horse provider, Bath

HADDY William - William Haddy, horse provider, Bath

HAIGH Daniel Henry - Rev Daniel Henry Haigh (1819-1879), antiquary

HAIGHT Richard Kip - Richard Kip Haight (1798-1862), American merchant, poet & traveller

HALL Samuel Carter - Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), editor of the Art Union

HALLAM Samuel - Samuel Hallam, member of the Conservative Club

HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS James Orchard - James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889), antiquary

HALLORAN Charles - Charles Halloran, Secretary, Corsham Literary & Philosophical Society

HAMILTON William Rowan - Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865), Irish mathematician

HAMMERSLEY & Co - Hammersely & Company, bankers, London

HANDFORD E - E Handford, printer for Thomas Brooker, London

HANISCH Julius - Julius Hanisch, Swiss inventor

HARDWICKE Robert - Robert Hardwicke, publisher, London

HARFORD John Scandrett - John Scandrett Harford (1785-1866), banker, author & watercolourist

HARFORD Louisa Hart, née Davis - Louisa Hart Harford, née Davis (1796-1872)

HARLE Charles Ebenezer - Charles Ebenezer Harle, scholar

HARMAN Ezekiel - (1773-1845), of Bowden Park, Wilts; neighbour of WHFT, active in local affairs

HARMAN Ezekiel Dickinson - Ezekiel Dickinson Harman, son of Ezekiel Harmen

HARPER & SUTTON LABORATORIES - Norwich

HARRIS Col - Col Harris, enquirer about a calotype license

HARRIS William Snow - Sir William Snow Harris (1791-1867), scientist

HARRISON & SONS - printers, London

HARRISON Alfred Edwin - Alfred Edwin Harrison, bookkeeper for Henneman in London

HARRISON Charles W - Charles W Harrison, electrical engineer

HARRISON David - David Harrison, sometime assistant to Nicolaas Henneman in London

HARRISON Henry - Henry Harrison (1785-1865), London architect; employed to modify Lacock Abbey

HASELEY J - J Haseley, metalworker, Birmingham

HATCHARD & Company - publishers & booksellers, London

HATCHARD Thomas - Thomas Hatchard (d. 1858), publisher & bookseller, London

HAWKINS Edward - Edward Hawkins (1780-1867), numismatist & archaelologist

HAWORTH Adrian Hardy - Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767 - 24 Aug 1833), etymologist, botanist & carcinologist

HAYWARD John R - John R Hayward, Barrister, London

HAYWARD Thomas - farmer, Lacock

HEADLAM Arthur William - Rev Arthur William Headlam (1826-1909), clergy; private tutor to Charles Henry Talbot

HEALE William - William Heale (b. 1773), gardener, Calne

HEATH Vernon - Vernon Heath (1820-1895), photographer & author

HEEREN Friedrich - Prof Dr Friedrich Heeren (1803-1885), German chemist

HELLYER William Varlo - William Varlo Hellyer (1776-1868), lawyer, VP of the Royal Institution, London, and Sec of their Lectures Committee

HENDERSON Arthur & Company - Arthur Henderson & Co, nurserymen, London

HENDERSON Hugh - Hugh Henderson, photographer, Glasgow

HENDERSON James - James Henderson (b. 1824), photographer, London and Launceston, Cornwall

HENDERSON John Andrew & Company - John Andrew Henderson & Co, florists, London

HENLEY William Thomas - William Thomas Henley (1814-1882), instrument maker

HENNECART J - J Hennecart, gauzemaker, Paris

HENNEMAN Nicolaas - Nicolaas Henneman (1813-1898), Dutch, active in England; WHFT's valet, then assistant; photographer; opened calotype printing studio in Reading in 1843 and transferred to London in 1848

HENSLOW John Stevens - Prof Rev John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861), botanist

HERBERT Edward Henry Charles Hugh - Edward Henry Charles Hugh Herbert (1802-1852), 2^nd son of 2^nd Earl Carnarvon

HERBERT Henry George - Henry George Herbert, 2^nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772-1833)

HERBERT Henry John George - Henry John George Herbert, Lord Porchester, 3^rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800-1849)

HERBERT Letitia Emily Dorothea, née Allen - Letitia Emily Dorothea Herbert, née Allen (1782-1878); m. Rev Hon William Herbert in 1806

HERBERT William - Rev Hon William Herbert, Dean of Manchester (1778-1847), MP; clergy; botanist; linguist

HERSCHEL John - Capt John Herschel (1837-1921), military & scientist

HERSCHEL John Frederick William - Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871), astronomer & scientist

HERVEY Thomas Kibble - Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799-1859), solicitor & author

HICKS Augusta Sophia, née Feilding - Augusta Sophia Hicks, née Feilding (1776-1858), WHFT's aunt (sister of Charles Feilding, his stepfather)

HIGGINS John - John Higgins, inventor, 370 Oxford St, London

HIGHLEY Samuel, jnr - Samuel Highly, jnr (1825-1900), editor; Secretary, Photographic Society of Great Britain

HIGMAN John Philips - Rev John Philips Higman (1793-1855), mathematician

HILL David Octavius - David Octavius Hill (1802-1870), Scottish painter & photographer

HINCKS Edward - Rev Edward Hincks (1792-1866), Irish Egyptologist & Orientalist

HIND John Russell - John Russel Hind (1823-1895), astronomer

HIRD William Greenwood - William Greenwood Hird (1818-1889), scholar, author & book keeper

HIRST Thomas Archer - Thomas Archer Hirst (1830-1892), mathematician & Secretary of the British Association for the Advancement of Science

HISCOCK E G - E G Hiscock, possible assistant to Nicolaas Henneman in London

HOBART Mrs - Mrs Hobart, portrait owner, London

HOBBS William - builder

HOBHOUSE Charles Parry - Sir Charles Parry Hobhouse (1825-1916), judge

HOBHOUSE John Cam - John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton (1786-1869), statesman & friend of Byron

HOCHSTETTER Christian Ferdinand - Prof Christian Ferdinand Hochstetter (1787-1860), Austrian botanist, mineralogist & clergyman

HODGES Edward Richmond - Edward Richmond Hodges (1826-1881), orientalist & missionary

HODRING HODRING & TOWNSHEND - representing the Undersheriff's Office, Salisbury

HOGARTH Joseph - Joseph Hogarth (1802 - 9 Oct 1879), London printseller

HOITT William - William Hoitt, of the Selwood Foresters

HOLMES Nathaniel - Nathaniel Holmes, of the Universal Private Telegraph Company, London

HOLTZAPFFEL & Company - machinery and tool manufacturers, London

HOOKER Maria Sarah, née Turner - Maria Sarah Hooker, née Turner (1797–1872), eldest daughter of the painter & wife of Sir William Jackson Hooker

HOOKER Thomas Redman - Rev Thomas Redman Hooker (1762-1838), WHFT's tutor at Rottingdean

HOOKER William Jackson - Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), Professor & botanist

HOOPER Francis Philip - Francis Philip Hooper, London solicitor

HOPPER Thomas - Thomas Hopper (1776-1856), architect & surveyor, London

HORLOCK Knightley William - Knightley William Horlock (1802-1882), author & huntsman

HORSLEY John Calcott - John Calcott Horsley (1817-1903), painter

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON -

HOUSE OF COMMONS -

HOVELL John Rayner - John Rayner Hovell (b. 1823), of Hastings

HUDSON James - James Hudson, Asst Sec, Royal Society, London

HUGHES LOCKE OLIVIER SAUNDERS - Devizes

HUGHES William Hughes, jnr - William Hughes Hughes, jnr (1792-1874), MP & author

HUMBOLDT Alexander von - Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), German scientist

HUMPHRYS Robert - Robert Humphrys (1778-1839), of Ivy House, near Chippenham, Wiltshire; book club organisor

HUNLOKE Anne, née Eccleston - Lady Anne Hunloke, née Eccleston (1788-1872); after 1860, known as Lady Anne Scarisbrick

HUNNEMAN James - James Hunneman, London nurseryman

HUNT Robert - Robert Hunt (1807-1887), scientist & photographic historian

IBBETSON Levett Landon Boscawen - Levett Landon Boscawen Ibbetson (1799-1869), Geologist, inventor, organiser and early photographer

ILLINGWORTH Richard - Richard Illingworth, agricultural reformer, of Bristol

INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF CHIPPENHAM -

INDEPENDENT VOTERS -

INSTITUT D'AFRIQUE - Paris

ISAAC John Raphael - John Raphael Isaac (1808-1870), engraver & lithographer, Liverpool

J ROBBINS & Company - chemists, London

JACKSON John Edward - Rev Canon John Edward Jackson (1805-1891) antiquary; author; Daguerreotypist; Hon Canon, Bristol Cathedral; Rector, Leigh Delamere, nr Chippenham

JACKSON Jonathan - Jonathan Jackson, photographer and medical and photographic chemist, of Jackson Brothers, Manchester

JACQUIN Joseph Franz Freiherr von - Prof Joseph Franz Freiherr von Jacquin (1766-1839), Austrian botanist

JAMES CAPEL NORBURY TROTTER & Company - stockbrokers, London

JAMES Henry - Sir Henry James (1803-1877), surveyor, Director General of The Ordnance Survey

JAMIN Jules - Jules Jamin, optician, Paris

JELLICORSE John - John Jellicorse, of the Stansfield Mill, Halifax

JENKINSON Charles Cecil Cope - Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3^rd Earl Liverpool (1784-1851)

JENNINGS Peter Harnett - Peter Harnett Jennings (b. 1816), of The Shrubbery, Dover

JERDAN William - William Jerdan (1782-1869), editor of The Literary Gazette

JIGGINS James - James Jiggins (b. 1795), New Inn, Parker's Piece, Cambridge; possibly earlier a servant to the Feildings

JOHNSON John - John Johnson, optician, London

JOHNSON William - editor of The Practical Mechanics Journal

JOHNSTON Thomas Brumby - Thomas Brumby Johnston (1814-1897), Secretary, Photographic Society of Scotland, Edinburgh

JOHNSTONE F Hutchinson - Lt F Hutchinson Johnstone, of Dublin

JOLLIFFE Sophia Penelope, née Sheffield - Lady Sophia Penelope Jolliffe, née Sheffield (1822-1882), 'Sophy', first m WTHF Strangways, WHFT's uncle, on 21 Jul 1857, becoming Countess of Ilchester; second, m 19 Jan 1867, William George Henry Jolliffe, 1^st Baron Hylton

JONES Calvert Richard - Rev Calvert Richard Jones (1802-1877), Welsh painter & photographer

JONES George - George Jones (b. 1816), butler at Lacock until the end of 1851; manager for Henneman iin London until early 1853

JOUBERT DE LA FERTÉ Ferdinand Jean - Ferdinand Jean Joubert de la Ferté (1810-1884), French-born engraver & photographer; British citizen from 1855, active in London; sometimes worked for Warren De La Rue

JOURNAL DES PATENTES - Journal des Patentes (Paris)

JOY Henry Hall - Henry Hall Joy (1786-1840), lawyer, owner of Hartham Park and friend of Byron

JUGENHEIM Le Compte - Le Compte Jugenheim, Count Jugenheim, of Paris; Bach collector

KARSLAKE & CREALOCK - solicitors, London

KATER Henry - Capt Henry Kater (1777-1835), instrument maker & man of science

KEAN James - James Kean, dealer in paper, London

KEENE C & Company - C Keene & Co, fabric dealer, London

KEITH James - James Keith, printseller, Edinburgh

KELLAND Philip - Prof Philip Kelland (1808-1879), English-born mathematician, influential in educational reform in Scotland

KEMP George - Dr George Kemp, Scottish physician (b. 1818)

KERRISON Robert Masters - Dr Robert Masters Kerrison (1776-1847), New Burlington St, London; physician and advocate for clean water supplies

KEY Thomas Hewitt - Thomas Hewitt Key (1799-1875), philologist

KIDD John - Prof John Kidd (1775-1851), physician & librarian

KILBURN William Edward - William Edward Kilburn (1818-1891), photographer, London

KILVERT John - Dr John Kilvert (1798-1861), surgeon & amateur paleontologist, Bath

KING John Myers - Rev John Myers King (1804-1887), author and Vicar of Cutcombe Vicarage, nr Dunster

KING William Charles - William Charles King, solicitor, London

KING William Read - William Read King, solicitor, London

KING William Richard - William Richard King, solicitor, London

KING Willlam Read & Son - William Read King & Son, solicitors, London

KINNEAR Charles George Hood - Charles George Hood Kinnear (1830-1894), Edinburgh architect & Secretary, Photographic Society of Scotland, Edinburgh

KNIGHT George - George Knight, photographic supplier, London

KNOTT Richard - Richard Knott, of Lacock

KOZIEL E - E Koziel (d 1900), Sec, Société Française de Photographie

KREEFT John Christopher Tobias - John Christopher Tobias Kreeft, Christopher Kreeft (1787-1850), merchant & Mecklenburg Consulate General, London

LABARTHE Jules - Jules Labarthe, Swiss calotypist

LABOUCHERE Henry - Rt Hon Henry Labouchere, 1^stBaron Taunton (1798-1869), politician; President of the Board of Trade

LACAN Ernest - Ernest Lacan (1828-1879), editor of La Lumière (Paris)

LACEY Job - Job Lacey, courier

LACOCK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY -

LACROIX P - P Lacroix, British Consulate, Nice

LADD John Nelson - John Nelson Ladd, accountant, Calne

LAMBERT Aylmer Bourke - Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761-1842), botanist

LANGENHEIM Ernst Wilhelm (William) - Ernst Wilhelm (William) Langenheim (1807-1874), German photographer, active in Philadelphia

LANGENHEIM Friedrich (Frederick) - Friedrich (Frederick) Langenheim (1809-1897), German photographer, active in Philadelphia

LANGENHEIM W & F Co - W & F Langenheim Co, German photographers, active in Philadelphia

LANGSTON Julia Frances, née Moreton - Hon Julia Frances Langston, née Moreton (d. 1869), daughter of Baron Ducie, later 1^st Earl of Ducie

LAULERIE Martin - Martin Laulerie, of the Société Française de Photographie

LAWES Joseph - Joseph Lawes, owner, Angel Inn, Chippenham

LEA John Walter - John Walter Lea, religious scholar, Assyriologist

LEEFE Frederick Ewbank - Frederick Ewbank Leefe (1811-1833), electrotyper; former employee of the Photogalvanographic Company, London

LEFEVRE John George Shaw - Sir John George Shaw Lefevre (1797-1879), Poor Law Commissioner

LEMON Charles - Sir Charles Lemon (1784-13 Feb 1868), politician & scientist; WHFT's uncle

LEMON Charlotte Anne, née Strangways - Lady Charlotte Anne Lemon, née Strangways (d. 1826), WHFT's aunt

LENORMANT François - François Lenormant (1837-1883), French archaeologist

LÉON M & J LÉVY - M. Léon & J. Lévy, photographic suppliers, Paris

LEPLAY Pierre Guillaume Frédéric - Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Leplay (1806-1882), French scientist

LEPSIUS Karl Richard - Dr Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884), German Egyptologist

LEREBOURS Noel Paymal - Noel Paymal Lerebours (1807-1873), optician, of Lerebours & Secretan, Paris

LEVESON-GOWER Granville George - Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2^nd Earl of Granville (1815-1891), MP & diplomat

LINDLEY John - Prof John Lindley (1799-1865), botanist

LINNEAN SOCIETY - London

LITTLE Robert D - Robert D Little, land surveyor, Chippenham

LLEWELYN Emma Thomasina, née Talbot - Emma Thomasina Llewelyn, née Talbot (1806-1881), photographer; WHFT's Welsh cousin

LLEWELYN John Dillwyn - John Dillwyn Llewelyn (1810-1882), Welsh photographer, JP & High Sheriff

LLOYD Hannibal Evans - Hannibal Evans Lloyd (1771-1847), philologist

LOCKE Anna Maria Selina, née Powell - Anna Maria Selina Locke, née Powell (d 1838), wife of Wadham Locke (d 1835), JP, High Sheriff, of Rowdeford House, Wiltshire

LODER Richard - Richard Loder, wholesale stationer, London

LONG Charles Edward - Charles Edward Long (1796-1861), genealogist & antiquary

LONG Richard Penruddock - Richard Penruddock Long (1825-1875), MP

LONG Walter - Walter Long (1793-1867), MP

LONGBOTTOM Robert J - Robert J Longbottom, Sec, Royal Polytechnic Institution, London

LONGMAN & Company - publishers, London

LONGMAN Thomas - Thomas Longman (1804-1879), publisher, London

LONGMAN William - William Longman (1813-1877), publisher, London

LOVEJOY George - George Lovejoy (1808-1883), bookseller, Reading

LOW Augusta Ludlow, née Shakespear - Augusta Ludlow Low, née Shakespear (1809-1892), wife of General Sir John Low

LOWER Marc Antony - Marc Antony Lower (1813-1876), author, etymologist

LUBBOCK John William - John William Lubbock, 3^rd Baronet (1803-1865), mathematician & astronomer

LUMLEY George - George Lumley, printseller and later author

LUSIGNAN J - J Lusignan, assistant to Lord Guilford

LUXMOORE William T - William T Luxmoore, agent for The Albany, London

LYE Benjamin Leigh - Capt Benjamin Leigh Lye (1785-1855), veteran of Waterloo; Sec & Treas, Bath & West of England Society

LYTTELTON George William - Sir George William Lyttelton, 4^th Baron Frankley (1817-1876), politician & scholar

MACAULAY Thomas Babington - Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), MP & historian

MACDONALD Flora Isabella Clementina - Flora Isabella Clementina Macdonald (1822-1899), Maid of Honor and Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria

MACDONALD James Leonard - James Leonard Macdonald (1833-1922), cleric, St Brides, Liverpool; later, Vicar of All Saints, Hyde Park, London

MACKAY Miss - Miss Mackay, of London; autograph collector

MACKENZIE Robert Shelton - Dr Robert Shelton Mackenzie (1809- 30 Nov 1880), Irish-born author & literary editor, based in England; after 1852, resident in the US; d. in Philadelphia

MACKENZIE William - William Mackenzie, publisher, Glasgow, London & Edinburgh

MADDEN Frederick - Sir Frederick Madden (1801-1873), librarian & author

MAGGS Joseph Herbert - Joseph Herbert Maggs, waterproof covering mfr, Melksham

MAGINN James J - James J Maginn, Manchester photographer

MAGRATH Edward - Edward Magrath, Secretary of the Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London: WHFT’s club; a gentleman’s club composed primarily of artists and scientists

MALCOLM John - John Malcolm, Sec, Western Literary & Scientific Institution, London

MALONE Thomas Augustine - Thomas Augustine Malone (1823-1867), chemist, partner with Nicolaas Henneman, photographer

MANSEL Rawleigh Addenbrooke - Rawleigh Addenbrooke Mansel, 'Rory'; photographer & High Sherriff of Carmanthenshire; half-brother to Calvert Jones

MANSELL W A & Company - W A Mansell & Co, photographic and fine art publishers, London

MARET Hugues Antoine Joseph Eugène - Hugues Antoine Joseph Eugène Maret, Marquis de Bassano, (1806-1889), photographic entrepreneur, Paris

MARKLOVE Henry R J - Henry R J Manlove (b. 1790), Cheltenham artist & photographer

MARRIAN & GAUSBY - Birmingham silversmiths

MARRIAN Benjamin James Pratt - Benjamin James Pratt Marrian (1811-1891), commonly, J P Marrian, Birmingham brass founder, inventor of gimballed naval lamps, possible photographer

MARSHALL J H - J H Marshall, landlord at Grasmere

MARTEN George Robert - George Robert Marten (1801-1878), JP

MARTENS Friedrich von - Friedrich von Martens (1809-1875), German inventor & photographer, active in Paris

MARTIUS Carl Friedrich Philipp von - Dr Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), German botanist

MARWICK James D - James D Marwick, photographer & City Clerk for Edinburgh

MASON Nathaniel Haslope - Nathaniel Haslope Mason (1828-1904), botanist & plant collector

MATHISON William Collings - William Collings Mathison (1817-1870), tutor at Cambridge, author, Rector, Dickleburgh, Norfolk

MATTEUCCI Carlo - Prof Carlo Matteucci (1811-1868), Italian physicist

MATTHEWS John - Rev John Matthews, curate of Lacock ca. 1850

MAURI Ernesto - Ernesto Mauri (1791-1836), Italian botanist

MAXWELL John Hall - John Hall Maxwell (1812-1866), agriculturalist, Secretary, Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland

MAXWELL Mary, née Clark - Mary Maxwell, née Clark

MAY John - John May, manager of the Seend Ironstone Quarry

MAYER John George - John George Mayer, London furrier

MAYO Charles T - Charles T Mayo, Corsham solicitor

MAYO Joseph - Rev Joseph Mayo, of Brow Cottage; Secretary, Devizes Literary & Scientific Institution

MAZZIANI Domenico - Domenico Mazziani, Botanical Garden, Corfu

MCCORMICK Robert - Dr Robert Mccormick (1800-1890), surgeon & naturalist

MCCRACKEN J I - J I Mccracken, of Bingham, Richards & Company, London

MCCRAW William - William Mccraw (b. 1825), Edinburgh photographer

MCFARLANE A - A Mcfarlane, photographic experimenter, Liverpool

MCLEAN & HAES - London photographers - Thomas Miller McLean (b 1832) and Frank Haes (1833-1916)

MCPHAIL John - John Mcphail, Lacock Abbey gardener

MENANT Joachim - Joachim Menant (1820-1899), French Assyriologist & magistrate

MENDEL - Dr Mendel, of Ettinge Mense

MENTEATH Charles Granville Stuart - Charles Granville Stuart Menteath (1800-1880), barrister

MERCIER Philip H - Philip H Mercier, of Geneva

MEREWETHER Henry Alworth, jnr - Henry Alworth Merewether, jnr (1813-1877), JP, author & Recorder for Devizes

METHAM Lorenzo Pastor (TRIPE until May 1863) - Lorenzo Pastor Metham - Lorenzo Pastor Tripe until May 1863 - (1812-1899), surgeon, Mason, Patron of Royal British Female Orphan Asylum & brother of Linnaeus P Tripe

METHUEN Jane Dorothea, née Mildmay - Jane Dorothea Methuen, née Mildmay(1789-1846)

METHUEN Paul - Paul Methuen, Baron Methuen (1779-1849), MP

MEYER Edward - Edward Meyer - Eduard Meyer (1855-1930), German author on Troy, resident in England

MICHELL Edward - Edward Michell, solicitor, Chippenham

MILES & EDWARDS - Henry Miles & John Edwards - furniture printers, upholsterers & cabinet makers, London

MILMAN Henry Hart - (1791-1868), antiquary & Dean of St Paul's Cathedral

MINCHIN William - William Minchin, Trustee

MITCHELL & SON - Mitchell & Son, specialist printers, London

MITCHELL John - John Mitchell, chemist & assayist, London

MITSCHERLICH Eilhard - Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863), German mineralogist & chemist

MOFFAT John - John Moffat (1819-1894), Scottish engraver & photographer

MOHL Julius von - Julius von Mohl (1800-1876), German orientalist

MOIGNO l'Abbé François Napoléon Marie - l'Abbé François Napoléon Marie Moigno (1804-1884), French physicist & editor of Cosmos

MONTAGU W - W Montagu, co-editor of The Polytechnic Journal

MONTGOMERIE George Stephen Molyneux - Rev George Stephen Molyneux Montgomerie (1790- 17 Jan 1850), close friend of Talbot family, artist, Rector of Garboldisham, near Thetford, Norfolk; d by his own hand

MOORE Thomas (1) - Thomas Moore (1780-1852), Irish poet

MOORE Thomas (2) - Thomas Moore (possibly d. 1854), member of the Lacock Parish Vestry

MOORE William - William Moore, gardener's assistant at Lacock Abbey

MORETTI Giuseppe - Giuseppe Moretti (1782-1853), Italian botanist & author

MORGAN BROTHERS & Company -

MORIES Charles - Charles Mories, Hon Sec (unidentified organisation)

MORIN D R - D R Morin, visitor to WHFT

MORTIMORE N - N Mortimore, prospector

MOSSE Charles - Charles Mosse, Parliamentary clerk

MOWER William - William Mower, upholsterer & coffin maker, London

MUNDY Francis Noel - Francis Noel Mundy (1833-1903), WHFT's nephew

MUNDY Harriot Georgiana, née Frampton - Harriot Georgiana Mundy, née Frampton (1806-1886); WHFT's cousin & sister-in-law; m. William Mundy, 1830

MUNDY Laura - Laura Mundy (1805- 1 Sep 1842), WHFT's sister-in-law

MUNDY Sarah Leaper, née Newton - Sarah Leaper Mundy, née Newton (d. 1836), WHFT's mother in law

MUNDY William - William Mundy (1801-1877), politician, WHFT's brother-in-law

MUNRO Benjamin - Benjamin Munro, botanist

MUNRO Donald - Donald Munro (d. 1853), Gardener to Horticultural Society of London

MURCHISON Roderick Impey - Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1^st Baronet Murchison (1792-1871), geologist

MURRAY & HEATH - (Robert Murray & Vernon Heath), instrument makers & photographers, London

MURRAY Amelia Matilda 'Emily' - Amelia Matilda Murray, 'Emily' (1795-1884), Maid of Honor to Queen Victoria; social reformer; traveller; author

MURRAY Edward - Rev Edward Murray (1798-1852), author & inventor

MURRAY George - George Murray (1784-1860), Bishop of Rochester

MURRAY J O - J O Murray, London-based English Editor of La Lumiere (Paris)

MURRAY John - John Murray (1808-1892), London publisher

MURRAY Robert - Robert Murray (1798-1857), Irish instrument maker, based in London at John Newman; from 1855 photographic partner with Vernon Heath

MURRAY Stewart M - Stewart M Murray (1789-1858), author & Supt Glasgow Botanic Gardens

MURRAY T Lamie - T Lamie Murray, Sec, Society for Relieving Distress

MUSHET JOHN & SON - John Mushet & Son, property agents, Edinburgh

NAPIER Caroline Amelia, née Fox - Caroline Amelia Napier, née Fox (d. 1860)

NAPIER William Francis Patrick - Lt Gen Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1785-1860); author

NASH David William - David William Nash (1809-1876), barrister & author

NASH John - John Nash, Asst Sec, Philological Society

NAYLOR T W - T W Naylor, unemployed inventor in Newcastle

NEELD Joseph - Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), MP & botanist

NEILL & Company - Neill & Co, Edinburgh printers

NESBITT Alexander - Alexander Nesbitt (1817-1886), archaeologist & collector of ancient glass

NETHERCLIFT Joseph - Joseph Netherclift (1792-1863), London lithographer

NEWBERY John - John Newbery, autograph collector, Reading

NICCOLLS Mary - Mary Niccolls, of Bath

NICHOLL Christiana Judy - Christiana Judy Nicholl, of Merthyr Mawr

NICHOLL Edward Powell - Rev Edward Powell Nicholl (1831-1902), Vicar of Lacock from 1864 until his resignation in 1870; photographer

NICHOLL Jane Harriot, née Talbot - Jane Harriot Nicholl, née Talbot (1796- 12 Jan 1874), WHFT's cousin

NICHOLL John - Dr John Nicholl (1797-1853), MP

NICHOLL Lucy Mary - Lucy Mary Nicholl (d. 1876), of Merthyr Mawr

NICHOLS John Gough - John Gough Nichols (1806-1873), London printer & author

NICHOLSON Richard - Richard Nicholson, London solicitor

NICOL John - Dr John Nicol (d. 1910), Chemist; VP, Edinburgh Photographic Society

NICOLAS Nicholas Harris - Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799-1848), antiquary, reformer & author

NINET Victor - Victor Ninet (b. 1823); Paris daguerreotypist, photographer, author & manufacturer

NORRIS Edwin - Dr Edwin Norris (1795-1872), orientalist; Secretary, & Librarian, Royal Asiatic Society

NORTH Frederick - Frederick North, 5^th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827)

NURSE William Mountford - William Mountford Nurse (1789-1855), builder

O'BRIEN Susannah Sarah Louisa, née Fox Strangways - Lady Susannah Sarah Louisa O'Brien, née Fox Strangways (1743-1827), WHFT's great aunt

OAKELEY Herbert Stanley - Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley (1830-1903), Prof of Music at Edinburgh

ODHAMS Elizabeth - Elizabeth Odhams, servant at Lacock Abbey

OLIVER Daniel - Daniel Oliver (1830-1916), Keeper, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

OLIVIER D J - Rev D J Olivier, Clifton Rectory, Bedfordshire

OLLIVANT Alfred - Alfred Ollivant, Bishop of Llandaff (1798-1882), author

OPPERT Julius - Prof Julius Oppert (1825-1905), German Assyriologist, active in Paris

ORD William Henry, jnr - William Henry Ord, jnr (1803-1838), MP, Lord of the Treasury & barrister

OSBORN & SONS - Osborn & Sons, nurserymen, Fulham

OSBORNE John Walter - John Walter Osborne (1828-1902), Irish-born inventor of photolithographer, active in Australia

OVERTON R - R Overton, Sheffield silversmith

OWEN Francis Philip Cunliffe - Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen (1828-1894), naval officer & museum curator

OWEN Hugh - Hugh Owen (1808-1897), Bristol photographer

PAGE William Bridgewater, jnr - William Bridgewater Page, jnr; of W B Page & Sons, nurseryman; Botanic Gardens, Southampton

PAGE William, Esq - William Page, Esq, 3 Argyll St, London

PALEY James - Rev James Paley (1790-1863), Vicar at Lacock 1814-1853

PALEY Robert C - Rev Robert C Paley (1829-1853), missionary to Abbeokuta, photographer

PALGRAVE Francis - Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), historian

PANIZZI Anthonio Genesio Maria - Sir Anthonio Genesio Maria Panizzi (1797-1879), British Museum Librarian

PARKER F - F Parker, printer, London

PARSONS Daniel - Rev Daniel Parsons (1811-1887), historian

PARSONS William - William Parsons, 3^rd Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), astronomer & MP

PAYNE & FOSS - Payne & Foss, booksellers, London

PEACOCK George - Prof George Peacock (1791-1858), mathematician

PEARSON Hugh Nicolaas - Hugh Nicolaas Pearson, Dean of Salisbury (1776-1856)

PEEL Robert - Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), Prime Minister

PENNANT Elizabeth Dawkins, née Bouverie - Elizabeth Dawkins Pennant, née Bouverie (d 1859), wife of George Hay Dawkins Pennant (d 1840), of Penrhyn Castle, Wales

PERCEVAL Dudley Montagu - Dudley Montagu Perceval (1800-1856), author

PERCIJ Giovanni - Giovanni Percij, London servant to the Feildings and Talbots

PERCY Algernon - Algernon Percy, 4^th Duke of Northumberland (1792-1865), peer & philanthropist

PERKINS, BACON & Company - Perkins, Bacon & Co, London bank note engravers

PERVASONE Giovanni - Giovanni Pervasone, botanist

PETIT DE BILLIER Amélina - Amélina Petit de Billier, 'Mamie', 'Amandier' (1798- 8 September 1876), governess and later close friend of the Talbot family

PETIT DE BILLIER Mssr [brother] - Mssr Petit de Billier, Paris-based brother of Amélina Petit de Billier, the Talbot family governess

PETIT DE BILLIER Mssr [nephew] - Mssr Petit de Billier (most likely either Frederic Petit de Billier or Fritz Petit de Billier), nephews of Amélina Petit de Billier, Talbot family governess and later close friend of the family

PETTER & GALPIN Co - Petter & Galpin Co, London printers; George William Petter (1823-1888) and Thomas Dixon Galpin (1828-1910)

PETTITT Alfred - Alfred Pettitt (1821-1880), Lake District photographer & painter

PETTY Walter - Walter Petty (1815-1877), miniature painter, Manchester; photographic colourist, London

PHELPS Philip - Philip Phelps, Surveyor of Taxes & Bailiff, Lacock

PHILIPON Charles - Charles Philipon (1806-1862), French caricaturist, lithographer & journalist

PHILLIPPS Samuel March - Samuel March Phillipps (1780-1862), legal writer & Under Secretary of State

PHILLIPPS Thomas - Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), antiquary & collector

PHILLIPS Harry - Harry Phillips (1766-1839), London auctioneer

PHILLIPS John - Prof John Phillips (1800-1874), BAAS founder & geologist

PHILLIPS Joseph - Joseph Phillips, Chippenham solicitor

PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE Editor - Editor of The Philosophical Magazine

PHIPPS Charles Lewis - Charles Lewis Phipps (1782-1862), JP

PIM James - James Pim (d. 1856), Irish Quaker banker & atmospheric railway promoter

PINCH Charles - Charles Pinch, Bath architect

PINCHES Theophilus Goldridge - Theophilus Goldridge Pinches (1856-1934), Assyriologist & author

PITTAR Richard W - Richard W Pittar (b 1818) Irish-born barrister for Sarl & Co, Champion Iron Mines, Seend, Wiltshire

PLAYFAIR Hugh Lyon - Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair (1786-1861), military & provost of St Andrew's University

PLAYFAIR Lyon - Dr Lyon Playfair, 1^st Baron Playfair (1818-1898), chemist

PLIMMER George - Dr George Plimmer, Melksham surgeon

POLLARD F - F Pollard, BAAS organiser, Exeter

POLLOCK William Frederick - Sir William Frederick Pollack (1815-1888), 2^nd Bt, Master of the Court of Exchequer

PONCELET Jean Victor - Dr Jean Victor Poncelet (1788-1867), French mathematician

POOLE & CARPMAEL - Poole & Carpmael, London solicitors

POOLE HENRY & SON - Henry Poole & Son, marble and stoneworkers, London

POOLE Moses - Moses Poole, of Poole & Carpmael, Patent Attorneys, London

PORTER Anne Agnes - Anne Agnes Porter, 'Po' or 'Miss Porter' (1750-1814), Scottish born governess to the 2^nd Earl of Ilchester, primarily at Penrice

PORTER Charles - Charles Porter (1797-1877); fellow Cambridge student with WHFT; Clergyman

POWELL Baden - Rev Prof Baden Powell (1796-1860), mathematician

PRATT W T - W T Pratt, amateur photoengraving experimenter, London

PRESTON R W - R W Preston, of London; photolithographer

PRETSCH Paul - Paul Pretsch (1808-1873), Austrian photographer & inventor; founder of the Photogalvanographic Company

PRICE & BOLTON - Price & Bolton, London solicitors

PRICE William Frederick Lake - William Frederick Lake Price (1810-1896), artist & photographer

PRICHARD John - John Prichard, Welsh architect; Charles Henry Talbot apprenticed to

PRING Thomas - Thomas Pring, builder, in Reading

PRITCHARD Andrew - Andrew Pritchard (1804-1882), London optician

PRITCHARD Henry Baden - Henry Baden Pritchard (1841-1884), photographer & chemist

PROVIS John - John Provis, timber merchant, antiquary, lecturer & railway promoter, Chippenham

PURVIS James - Rev James Purvis (b. 1827), Master of Grammar School, Oswestry; photographic inventor

PUSEY Edward Bouverie - Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800-1882), theologian

PUSEY Philip - Philip Pusey (1799-1855), agriculturalist, MP

PYMONT W - W Pymont, picture seller, London

QUARITCH Bernard - Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), London bookseller

QUETELET Lambert Adolphe Jacques - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796-1874), Belgian mathematician

RADDI Joseph - Joseph Raddi - Giuseppe Raddi (1770-1829), Italian botanist

RAMSDEN John William - John William Ramsden (1834-1894), photographer in Leeds

RANDALL David - David Randall, of Neath, solicitor for CRM Talbot

RANDELL John A - Secretary, Wilts Rifle Association

RAVENSCROFT Henry - Henry Ravenscroft, London wigmaker

RAWLINSON Henry Creswick - Sir Henry Creswick Rawlinson, 1^st Baronet (1810-1895), orientalist

READ R - R Read, official of the St James's Club, London

READE Joseph Bancroft - Rev Joseph Bancroft Reade (1801-1870), microscopist & photographer

READING David - David Reading, builder, working on Lacock Abbey

REDHOUSE James William - Sir James Wilson Redhouse (1811-1892), orientalist

REEVE Lovell Augustus - Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865), publisher & botanist

REEVES F - F Reeves, parent of J Reeves

REEVES J - J Reeves, photographic assistant

REICH J H - J H Reich, Swiss tutor

REILLY L - L Reilly, coach operator, Bath

REILLY T - T Reilly, of the General Post Office, London

RICHARDSON Henry F - Henry F Richardson, Sec, Agricultural Employment Institute, London

RICHARDSON John - Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), arctic explorer & naturalist

RIDGWAY James Leech - James Leech Ridgway (1801-1862), London publisher

RIGAUD Stephen Peter - Stephen Peter Rigaud (1774-1839), historian of mathematics

RIGNOLLE D'uguenne - D'uguenne Rignolle, of Calais

RILEY Edward - Edward Riley, laboratory of the Dowlais Iron Works

RITCHIE W - W Ritchie, solicitor for Poole & Carpmael, London

RIVIERE Robert - Robert Riviere (1808-1882), London bookbinder

ROACH Edwin Osmond - Edwin Osmond Roach (1828-1876), Irish-born Vicar at St Cyriac's, Lacock, 1870-1876; Asst Provincial Grand Chaplain, Freemason

ROBERTON John David - John David Roberton (d 1843), Asst Sec, Royal Society

ROBERTSON John - John Robertson, Hon Comm Sec, Charing Cross Hospital, London

ROBINS William - William Robins, London solicitor

ROBINSON Joseph Barlow - Joseph Barlow Robinson (d. 1893), sculptor, Derby

ROCHETTE Désiré Raoul - Désiré-Raoul-Rochette, commonly known as Raoul-Rochette (1789-1854), French archaeologist & Secrétaire Perpétuel of the Académie des Beaux-Arts

ROCK Daniel - Rev Dr Daniel Rock (1799-1871), antiquary, ecclesiologist, textiles expert & Chaplain to the Earl of Shrewsbury

RODWELL John - John Rodwell, bookseller, 46 New Bond St, London

RODWELL John Medows - Rev John Medows Rodwell (1808-1900), orientalist

ROE [?] George - George Roe ? solicitor? of Devonshire

ROGERS James - James Rogers, of Bath

ROGERS Robert - Robert Rogers, Curate of St Cyriac's, Lacock, in 1830

ROGET Peter Mark - Dr Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869), scientific writer

ROOKE Frederick William - Capt Frederick William Rooke (ca. 1775-1855), of Lackham, Wilts

ROSE Hugh James - Rev Hugh James Rose (1795-1838), theologian, author & Principal of King's College, London

ROSLING Alfred - Alfred Rosling (1802-1882), Quaker timber merchant; founder member of the Photographic Society and later their treasurer

ROSS & THOMSON - James Ross & John Thomson, Edinburgh photographers

ROSS Andrew - Andrew Ross (1798-1859), London optician & author

ROSS Horatio - Horatio Ross (1801-1886), MP, crack shot & Scottish photographer

ROSS James Clark - Sir (1800-1862), Arctic & Antarctic navigator

ROST Reinhold - Reinhold Rost (1822-1896), German orientalist

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY - London

ROYAL INSTITUTION - London

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH -

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE - London

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON - (usually to/from The Council)

RUSSELL Henry - Sir Henry Russell (1783-1852), diplomat

RUSSELL J - J Russell, carriage builder, Chippenham

RUSSELL John - Lord John Russell (1792-1878), statesman

RUSSELL John Scott - Prof John Scott Russell (1808-1882), Scottish engineer; Secretary, Royal Commission of 1851

RUTHVEN Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore - Mary Elizabeth Thornton Hore Ruthven, 8^th Baroness Ruthven (1784-1864)

RYAN John - Prof Dr John Ryan (1810-1876), chemist at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, London

RYDER Dudley - Sir Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby & Viscount Sandon (1762-1847)

SABINE Joseph - Joseph Sabine (1770-1837), botanist, Sec, Royal Horticultural Society & lawyer

SAINT JOHN-MILDMAY Jane, née Mildmay - Jane St John-Mildmay, née Mildmay (1765-1857)

SAINT PRIEST Ange - Le Compte Agne Saint Priest, French author & editor

SALTER James - James Salter, Nurseryman, Seedsman, and Florist - Bath

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON Co - London publishers

SANDFORD Erskine Douglas - Erskine Douglas Sandford, Edinburgh advocate & landlord

SARL & Company - London

SARL William - William Sarl, Champion Iron Works, Seend

SARVIS John - John Sarvis, pianoforte tuner, London

SAUNDERS Charles Alexander - Charles Alexander Saunders (1796-1874), Secretary, Great Western Railway

SAUNDERS Thomas Hosier - Thomas Hosier Saunders (1778-1859), JP, woolen manufacturer & solicitor, of Great Bradford (Bradford upon Avon)

SAUTTER Maurice - Maurice Sautter, patent agent, Paris

SAYCE Archibald Henry - Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933), Egyptologist & Orientalist

SCHAFHAUTL Karl Emil - Dr Karl Emil Schafhautl (1803-1890), photographer, music theorist & geologist

SCHERER Adrien de - Col Adrien de Scherer, French amateur astronomer, St Gallen

SCHMIDT Johan Henrik Gamst Valdemar - Prof Johan Henrik Gamst Valdemar Schmidt (1836-1925), Danish Egyptologist

SCHOENBEIN Christian Friedrich - Christian Friedrich Schoenbein (1799-1868), German-Swiss chemist, inventor of gun-cotton

SCHRADER Eberhard - Dr Eberhard Schrader (1836-1908), German orientalist & theologian

SCHUK Carl - Carl Schuk, Vienna galvanographic printer

SCOTT Robert Anthony Edward - Capt Robert Anthony Edward Scott (1817-1903), ret RN during 1850s (subsequently re-commissioned); elected to founding Council of The Photographic Society of London; Pres, Devon & Cornwall Photographic Society

SCROPE George Julius Duncombe Poulett - George Julius Duncombe Poulett Scrope (1797-1876), geologist, magistrate & MP

SEALY John - John Sealy, ironmonger & blacksmith, Tetbury

SELWYN Townshend - Rev Townshend Selwyn (1783-1853), botanist, Curate of Kilmington, Somerset, and Canon of Gloucester

SENHOUSE Joseph Pocklington - Joseph Pocklington Senhouse (1804-1874), of Netherhall, Maryport, Cumberland

SEYMER Harriet Ker, née Beckford - Lady Harriet Ker Seymer, née Beckford (1779-1853), wife of Henry Ker Seymer (1782-1834), JP, MP & High Sheriff of Dorset

SHADBOLT George - George Shadbolt (1830?-1901), editor; founding member of the Photographic Society of London

SHAKESPEAR Henrietta - Henrietta Shakespear

SHARP Thomas - Thomas Sharp (1819-1873), London photographer & bootmaker

SHARP W H - W H Sharp, botanical traveller to Corfu

SHAW George - Prof George Shaw (1818-1904), Prof of chemistry, patent agent, author and early photographer, Birmingham

SHEEPSHANKS Richard - Richard Sheepshanks (1794-1855), astronomer

SHEFFIELD Julia Brigida, née Newbolt - Lady Julia Brigida Sheffield, née Newbolt (d. 1875)

SHELDON H G - H G Sheldon, Society of Biblical Archaeology

SHERADESSA [?] Comte de - Comte de Sheradessa[?], Royal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany

SHERLOCK William - William Sherlock (1813-1889), London and Devon calotypist

SHIRLEY Eliza, née Stanhope - Eliza Shirley, née Stanhope (d. 1859)

SHORT William - Rev William Short, Vicar of Chippenham

SIMMS & SON BOOKSELLERS - Bath

SIMPKINSON John Nassau - Rev John Nassau Simpkinson (1817-1894), author; CH Talbot's tutor at Harrow

SMALLFIELD J - J Smallfield, of J E Taylor, printers, London

SMARTT A W - A W Smartt, of Murray & Heath, instrument makers, London

SMITH & SON - London

SMITH Barnett - Barnett Smith, of Northwold Villa, Cheltenham

SMITH Charles - Charles Smith, warehouseman

SMITH Daniel - Daniel Smith (1804- before Feb 1872), Gloucestershire-born weaver of gold lace; self-taught Assyriologist, later a schoolmaster in Melbourne, Australia

SMITH ELDER & Company - printers & publishers, London

SMITH George (1) - George Smith, student at Rottingdean

SMITH George (2) - George Smith (1840-1876), bank-note engraver, Assyriologist

SMITH J - J Smith, photographer, London

SMITH James Edward - Sir James Edward Smith, MD (1759-1828), botanist

SMYTH Charles Piazzi - Prof Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), photographer & Astronomer Royal for Scotland

SMYTH W - W Smyth, German daguerreotypist

SMYTH William Henry - Adm William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), scientific writer

SNEYD Maria - Mrs Maria Sneyd, of Blackheath

SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE STATISTIQUE - Paris

SOCIETY OF ARTS - later, Royal Society of Arts, London

SOLICITOR GENERAL -

SOLLY Edward - Edward Solly (1819-1886), chemist, antiquary & Sec, Society of Arts

SOMERVILLE Mary, née Fairfax - Mary Sommerville, née Fairfax(1780-1872), writer on science

SOMMERFELDT Thomas - Thomas Sommerfeldt, German-born servant of WHFT, resident at Bow

SOTHEBY Samuel Leigh - Samuel Leigh Sotheby (1805-1861), auctioneer and patron of science & arts

SOULIER Charles - Charles Soulier (1840-1875), photographer, Paris, of Clouzard & Soulier

SOWERBY George Brettingham - George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854), naturalist

SPEDDING Jane - Jane Spedding, London-based property owner in Greta Bank; cousin of Thomas Storey Spedding

SPEDDING John James - John James Spedding (b. 1834), JP, property manager at Greta Bank; nephew of Thomas Story Spedding

SPEDDING Thomas Story - Thomas Story Spedding (1800-1870), friend of Thomas Carlyle; owner of Greta Bank

SPENCER Henry - Dr Henry Spencer (1805-1842), surgeon in Chippenham.

SPENCER John Charles - John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp, 3^rd Earl of Spencer (1782-1845), politician

SPILLER John - John Spiller (1833-1921), chemist & photographer

SPRING-RICE Thomas - Thomas Spring-Rice, 1^st Baron Monteagle (1790-1866), statesman

STEEL Thomas Henry - Rev Thomas Henry Steel (1806-1881), tutor

STEELE E - E Steele, commentator on etymology

STEINMAN George Steinman - George Steinman Steinman (1811-1893), author & antiquary

STEUDEL Ernst Gottlieb - Dr Ernst Gottlieb Steudel (1783-1856), Swiss physician & botanist

STEVENS Samuel - Samuel Stevens, agent for the Natural History Agency, London

STEWARD Ambrose Harbord - Ambrose Harbord Steward (1770-1837), of Stoke Park, Suffolk

STEWART Constance, née Gilchrist-Clark - Constance Stewart, née Gilchrist-Clark, 'Connie' (b. 1863), WHFT's Scottish granddaughter

STEWART James - James Stewart, of Edinburgh

STILWELL & Company -

STILWELL John G - John G Stilwell, navy agent, London

STILWELL Thomas - Thomas Stilwell, navy agent, London

STONE W H - W H Stone, thief at Lacock & subsequent resident of the Devizes House of Correction

STORY-MASKELYNE Mervyn Herbert Nevil - Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne (1823-1911), photographer, politician & scientist

STRANGWAYS Caroline Leonora Fox, née Murray - Caroline Leonora Fox Strangways, née Murray, Countess of Ilchester (1788-1819)

STRANGWAYS Henry Stephen Fox - Henry Stephen Fox Strangways, 'Harry', 3^rd Earl of Ilchester (1787- 3 Jan 1858); WHFT's uncle

STRANGWAYS John George Charles Fox - John George Charles Fox Strangways (1803- 8 Sep 1859), MP; Brickworth House, Wiltshire

STRANGWAYS Juliana Maria, née Digby - Juliana Maria Strangways, née Digby, Countess of Ilchester (d. 23 Sep 1842), 2^nd wife of Henry Thomas Fox Strangways, 2^nd Earl of Ilchester (1747-1802); WHFT's grandmother; 'Grand Mam', 'Granny'

STRANGWAYS William Thomas Horner Fox - William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4^th Earl of Ilchester (1795- 10 Jan 1865), botanist, art collector & diplomat; WHFT's favourite uncle; m 21 Jul 1857 Lady Sophia Penelope, née Sheffield (1822-1882), making her Countess of Ilchester

STRATFORD William Samuel - Lt William Samuel Stratford (1790-1853), astronomer

STUART Dudley Coutts - Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803-1854), politician & advocate of Polish independence

STUART John - John Stuart (1813-1877), geneaologist; Sec of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

STUART-WORTLEY John - John Stuart-Wortley, 2^nd Baron Wharncliffe (1801-1855), politician & photographer

SUGGETT M - M Suggett, amateur calotypist, Manchester

SULLIVANT Joseph - Joseph Sullivant (1809-1884), American scientist & author

SUTTON Thomas - Thomas Sutton (1819-1875), photographer & chemist

SWAN Joseph Wilson - Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914), chemist & electrical inventor

SWANSON John - Lt John Swanson, Edinburgh Police

SWARBRECK Samuel Dukinfield - Samuel Dukinfield Swarbreck (1799-1865), solicitor and artist, on behalf of his wife Delia Caroline Swarbreck, author, Richmond, Yorkshire

SWAYNE John - John Swayne, Clerk of the Peace for Wiltshire

SYLVESTER James Joseph - Prof James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897), English mathematician, active in America

SYMOND Arthur - Arthur Symond, Registrar of Metropolitan Buildings, London

TAIT Peter Guthrie - Prof Peter Guthrie Tait (1831-1901), Scottish mathematician

TALBOT Charles Henry - Charles Henry Talbot, (2 Feb 1842 - 26 Dec 1916), 'Charlie'; 'Tally'; antiquary & WHFT's only son

TALBOT Christopher Rice Mansel - Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, 'Kit' (1803-1890), immensely wealthy landowner, mathematician & politician; WHFT's Welsh cousin

TALBOT Constance, née Mundy - Constance Talbot, née Mundy (30 Jan 1811 - 9 Sep 1880), m. WHFT 20 Dec 1832

TALBOT Ela Theresa - Ela Theresa Talbot (25 Apr 1835 - 25 Apr 1893), WHFT's 1^st daughter

TALBOT Ellinore Sybilla - Ellinore Sybilla Talbot, 'Ronille' (1801-1810), WHFT's Welsh Cousin

TALBOT Henry John Chetwynd - Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, 18^th Earl Shrewsbury, 5^th Baron Talbot (1803-1868)

TALBOT John - John Talbot, 16^th Earl Shrewsbury (1791-1852)

TALBOT Mary Thereza - Mary Thereza Talbot (1795- 8 Feb 1861), WHFT's cousin

TALBOT Rosamond Constance - Rosamond Constance Talbot (16 Mar 1837 - 7 May 1906), 'Rose'; 'Monie'; artist & WHFT's 2^nd daughter; died & buried at San Remo, Italy, with a memorial at Lacock;

TALBOT Theodore Mansel - Theodore Mansel Talbot (1839-1876), WHFT's Welsh nephew

TALBOT William Henry Fox - William Henry Fox Talbot (11 Feb 1800 - 17 Sep 1877)

TARDIEU Jacques Leon - Jacques Leon Tardieu, photographer & inventor, Paris

TARRANT Alfred - Alfred Tarrant, London bookbinder

TATE James - James Tate (1771-1843), schoolmaster & author

TAYLOR Brook - Sir Brook Taylor (1776-1846), diplomat

TAYLOR John Traill - John Traill Taylor (1827-1895), Scottish watchmaker, photographer & editor of The British Journal of Photography

TAYLOR Josiah - Josiah Taylor - Joshua Taylor, London-based marine artist

TAYLOR Richard (1) - Richard Taylor (1781-1858), publisher & naturalist

TAYLOR Richard (2) - Dr Richard Taylor (1770-1860), MD & amateur scientist, of Bath

TELFER Tobias S - Tobias S Telfer, asst in Henneman's Regent St, London, establishment

TENORE Michele - Michele Tenore (1780-1861), Italian botanist & traveller

THACKERAY Francis - Rev Francis Thackeray (1793-1842), clergyman & author

THACKERAY Mary Anne, née Shakespear - Mary Anne Thackeray, née Shakespear (1793-1850); WHFT's cousin

THIRLWALL Newell Connop - Newell Connop Thirlwall, Bishop of St Davids (1797-1875), author

THOMAS F L & J W - F L & J W Thomas, goldsmiths & jewelers, London

THOMAS Robert W - Robert W Thomas (d. 1881), London chemist & early member of London Photographic Society

THOMPSON Charles Thurston - Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-1868), engraver & photographer

THOMPSON Edward Healy - Rev Edward Healy Thompson (d. 1891), curate at Calne, author & convert to Catholicism

THOMPSON Paul Beilby Lawley - Paul Beilby Lawley Thompson, Baron Wenlock (1794-1852), MP

THOMPSON Stephen - Stephen Thompson (1831-1892), London photographer; traveller and photographer for the British Museum; author; lecturer and art critic

THOMPSON William - William Thompson, calotypist, Ipswich

THOMSON David - Prof David Thomson (1817-1880), Natural Philosophy, Glasgow University; Scottish scientist

THORNTHWAITE William Henry Emelien - Dr William Henry Emelien Thornthwaite (1819-1894), optician & author

THORP Thomas - Thomas Thorp (1797-1877), Fellow of Trinity Coll, Cambridge; Archdeacon of Bristol

THORPE Thomas - Thomas Thorpe (1791- 17 Feb 1851); bookseller, 178 Piccadilly, London

THRUPP Thrupp, George Athelstane - Thrupp, George Athelstane (1822–1905), coachbuilder, London

TOMKINS Henry George - Rev Henry George Tomkins, of Weston Super Mare

TORRE Nicholas Lee - Nicholas Lee Torre (b. 1795), classical scholar & author

TRAHERNE Charlotte Louisa Mansel, née Talbot - Charlotte Louisa Mansel Traherne, née Talbot, 'Charry' (1800-1880) wife of Rev John Montgomerie Traherne; WHFT's cousin

TRAHERNE John Montgomerie - Rev John Montgomerie Traherne (1788-1860), JP, antiquary & author

TREBILCOCK James - James Trebilcock, Cornish photographer

TREFFRY H W - H W Treffry, engineer, London; daguerreotypist, Glasgow

TRELAWNY Edward John - Edward John Trelawny (1792-1881), adventurer

TRELOAR Thomas - Thomas Treloar, coach agent, Bath

TREUTTEL & WURTZ - booksellers, Paris

TREVELYAN Walter Calverley - Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan, 6^th Baronet (1797-1879), naturalist & antiquary

TRICKET J B - J B Tricket, accountant for Henneman's Talbotype Rooms, London

TRIMNELL Elizabeth - Elizabeth Trimnell, executrice, of Bath

TRUBNER & Company - agents, Berlin

TRUBNER C - C Trubner, agent to the Berlin International Photographic Exhibition

TRUFFAUT & SAUTTER - patent agents, Paris

TRUFFAUT Louis Henri Joseph - Louis Henri Joseph Truffaut, patent agent, Paris

TRUSTEES OF THE MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT -

TURNER Charles W - Charles W Turner, of Exeter

TURNER Dawson - Dawson Turner (1775-1858), botanist, author & banker

TURNER William - William Turner (1792-1867), diplomat, traveller & Egyptologist

TWOPENY William - William Twopeny (1797-1873), barrister, antiquary & accomplished amateur artist, London

UNIDENTIFIED - Please help!

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL - London

UTZSCHNEIDER Joseph von - Joseph von Utzschneider (1763-1840), German instrument maker

VAJLATI Charles - Charles Vajlati, courier to the Marquis of Lansdowne

VALLOTTON Theodore - Theodore Vallotton, Solicitor, London

VARDON Alfred Thomas - Alfred Thomas Vardon (1811-1892), artist & teacher, Grasmere, later Bath

VAUGHAN Charles John - Charles John Vaughan (1816-1897), Dean of Llandaff, headmaster

VAUX William Sandys Wright - William Sandys Wright Vaux (1818-1885), antiquary

VEITCH James jnr - James Veitch, jnr (1815-1869), nurseryman & botanist; Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, London

VEITCH William - William Veitch, of the Edinburgh Evening Courant

VELTEN Johann - Johann Velten - Jean Velten, publisher, Carlsruhe [Karlsruhe] & St Petersburg

VENN J et Fils - J Venn et Fils, notaries & translators, London

VEZEY R & E - R & E Vezey, Coach & Harness Makers, Bath

VICARS Hedley - Hedley Vicars (b. 1797?), of Newcastle

VICKERY Elizabeth - Elizabeth Vickery (1776- 25 Sep 1835), 'Betty', WHFT's governess

VIGORS Nicholas Aylward - Capt Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785-1840), MP; zoologist

VIVIAN George - George Vivian (b. 1800), Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset

VIVIAN William - William Vivian (b. 1830), iron founder, Cornwall

VIVIANI Domenico - Prof Domenico Viviani (1772-1840), Italian botanist

VOGEL Fritz C - Fritz C Vogel, photographer in Frankfurt

VOGEL Hermann Wilhelm - Dr Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834-1898), President of the Berlin Photographic Society

WADE James - James Wade, of the Office of the Exhibition of 1851

WAKEFIELD Edward Jerningham - Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820-1879), author

WALDRON Clement - Clement Waldron, attorney, Cardiff

WALKER George Townshend - Lt Gen Sir George Townshend Walker (1764-1842)

WALKER H G & Company - H G Walker & Co, chemists, Bath

WALKER William - William Walker (1791-1867), engraver, miniature painter & photographer, London

WALLACE Alfred Russel - Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913), surveyor & naturalist

WALTERS Melmoth - Melmoth Walters (b. 1794), Barrister at Law, of Batheaston

WANKLYN W - W Wanklyn, property owner, of Greenbank, Bury, Lancs

WARD F O - F O Ward, of Hood's Magazine

WARD J G - J G Ward, clergy

WARD John William - John William Ward, 1^st Earl Dudley (d. 1833)

WARD Richard James - Richard James Ward, of Bath

WARD Theophilus - Dr Theophilus Ward (ca. 1835-?1875), engraver, photographer, formerly of the Photogalvanographic Co, London

WARINGTON Robert - Robert Warington (1807-1867), chemist and advocate for chemistry.

WATERS P - P Waters, servant to the Feildings

WATKINS & HILL - instrument makers, London

WATKINS Francis - Francis Watkins, of Watkins & Hill, instrument makers, London

WATSON John - John Watson (1814-1865), London photographer; one time assistant to Nicolaas Henneman

WATSON Milland - Milland Watson, of Willard & Mann, Edinburgh

WAYLEN James - James Waylen (1810-1894) author & historian of Devizes

WEBBER Alex & Company - Alex Webber & Co, wine merchants, London

WELD Charles Richard - Charles Richard Weld (1818-1869), Asst Sec & Librarian, Royal Society

WELLS Thomas Spencer - Sir Thomas Spencer Wells (1818-1897), surgeon; friend of Rev George Bridges

WEMYSS Margaret, née Campbell - Lady Margaret Wemyss, née Campbell (d. 1850)

WERDINSKY Adolphe de - Count Adolphe de Werdinsky; Dr Adolphe de Werdinsky (1803-1856), Polish born exile? sometime resident of Hull, inventor, promotor, charlatan & man of mystery

WEST Benjamin - Benjamin West, of Blackburn, calotypist

WEST J A - J A West, writing from Paris

WEST William - William West (1801-1860), artist, based in the Clifton Observatory & Camera Obscura

WETHERED Joseph - Joseph Wethered; of Wethered, Cossham and Wethered Colliery, Bristol

WHEATSTONE Charles - Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), scientist

WHEELER George - George Wheeler, of the Warminster Nursery

WHEWELL William - Rev William Whewell (1794-1866), Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor and natural philosopher.

WHITE & VEITCHE - stovemakers, London

WHITE Franklin - Franklin White (1813-1870), Daguerreotypist & calotypist, of Springfield, Massachusetts

WHITE Walter - Walter White (1811-1893), Asst Sec & Librarian, Royal Society, London

WHITLOCK Joseph - Joseph Whitlock (1806-1857), first Daguerreotypist in Birmingham

WICKS William Heaven - William Heaven Wicks (1784-1838), Gentleman's Boarding School, Chippenham

WILKINS George - George Wilkins (b. 1814), gardener at Lacock

WILKINSON Henry M - Henry M Wilkinson, Essex naturalist, resident in London; amateur Hebraist

WILKINSON Thomas Boston - Rev Thomas Boston Wilkinson (d. 1888), Rector of East Harling, Norfolk, friend of the Montgomerie family

WILLATS Thomas & Richard - Thomas & Richard Willats, London opticians & photographic suppliers

WILLEMENT Thomas - Thomas Willement (1786-1871), stained glass artist, London

WILLIAMS & NORGATE - London booksellers

WILLIAMS Emma - Emma Williams, from Asheworth Vicarage

WILLIAMS James Augustus - Rev James Augustus Williams (1820-1869), Dummer House, Basingstoke, Hampshire; tutor to Charles Henry Talbot

WILLIAMS John - John Williams (1811-1862); author; Asst Sec, Philological Society, London

WILLIAMS Sherburne Hodgkinson - Lt Col Sherburne Hodgkinson Williams (1788-1873), Royal Engineers & engineer to Hallette's Atmospheric Railway

WILLIAMSON John William - John William Williamson, barrister, London

WILLOUGHBY Clementina Sarah, née Drummond - Clementina Sarah Willoughby, née Drummond, Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (1786-1865)

WILMOT Thomas - Thomas Wilmot, auctioneer, London

WILMOT William, jnr - William Wilmot, jnr, solicitor, Chippenham

WILSON John - John Wilson, of the Royal Panopticon of Science & Art, London

WINSOR & NEWTON - watercolour manufacturers, London

WINSOR William - William Winsor (1804-1865), artists' colour manufacturer & Sacred Harmonic Society member

WINWOOD Henry Hoyte - Rev Henry Hoyte Winwood (b. 1830); Hon Sec, Bath Natural History & Antiquarian Field Club

WOOD Charles - Charles Wood, of the Treasury

WOOD W - W Wood, of the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway

WOODS Thomas - Dr Thomas Woods (1815-1905), Irish physician, photographer, inventor & friend of Lord Rosse

WORDSWORTH Christopher [the younger] - Christopher Wordsworth, the younger (1807-1885), Headmaster of Harrow & Bishop of London

WORSLEY Thomas - Rev Thomas Worsley (1797-1885), theologian & Master of Downing College, Cambridge

WRIGHT Charles - Charles Wright, employee of Payne & Foss, London booksellers

WRIGHT James - James Wright, footman to the Talbots & Constable for Lacock

WRIGHT Thomas - Thomas Wright, servant at Lacock

WYATT Matthew Digby - Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-1877), architect

WYATT Thomas - Thomas Wyatt (1799-1859), portrait painter & photographer

WYNDHAM-QUIN Edwin Richard Windham - Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, Viscount Adare, 3^rd Earl Dunraven (1812-1871), Welsh MP & spiritualist

WYTTENBACH Jacob Samuel - Jacob Samuel Wyttenbach (1748-1830), Swiss theologian & botanist

YOUNG Thomas - Dr Thomas Young (1773-1829), physicist & Egyptologist

ZACH Franz Xaver von - Franz Xaver von Zach (1754-1832), Hungarian astronomer

ZUCCARINI Joseph Gerhard - Dr Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797-1848), German botanist

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