The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [803]
South, Dr Robert (1634–1716), Church of England clergyman and theologian; chaplain to James, Duke of York, brother of Charles II (1667); canon of Christ Church (1670); rector of Islip in Oxfordshire (1678); hopes for a bishopric dashed by the Glorious Revolution: 313, 657
Southwell, Edward (fl. 1761): 194
Southwell, ThomasSouthwell,2ndBaron (d. 1766): S.J.’s friendin1752: 133, 728, 861
Spence, Joseph (1699–1768); anecdotist and friend of Pope: 245, 767, 798
Spencer, George John Spencer, 2nd Earl, see Althorp, Viscount
Spenser, Edmund (1552?–99), poet and administrator in Ireland; author of The Shepheardes Calendar (1579) and The Faerie Queen (1589/90, 2nd edn 1596), a monumental work in English literary history pioneering the Spenserian stanza and synthesizing a range of archaic modes and registers; secretary to the Lord Deputy of Ireland (1580); commissioner for musters in Co. Kildare (1583–5); significant political writer, publishing A View of the Present State of Ireland (1596): 86, 150 and n. c,151 n. b, 158, 387, 995
Spottiswoode, John, of Spottiswoode (d. 1805), solicitor: 699 and n. b, 700, 702
Sprat, Dr Thomas (1635–1713), bishop of Rochester (1684); fellow of the Royal Society (1663); author of The History of the Royal Society (i66j); rector of Uffington in Lincolnshire (1670); royal chaplain (1676); canon of the Chapel Royal at Windsor (1681); dean of Westminster (1683); theology heavily influenced by Hooker: 936
Stanhope, James Stanhope, ist Earl (1673–1721), army officer, diplomat and Whig politician; founder member of the Kit-Cat Club; Major-General (1708); Lieutenant General (1709); successful campaigns in Spain ended disastrously at Brihuega (171 o); Secretary of State in the Southern Department (1714–18); Privy Councillor (1714); Secretary of State in the Northern Department (1718); helped secure Britain’s ruling dynasty and consolidate European peace through diplomatic negotiations (1716–21): 93
Stanhope, Philip (c. 1732–68), Chesterfield’s natural son: 144 n. a, 946–7
Stanton, Samuel (d. 1797), manager of a company of country actors: 512–13
Stanyan, Abraham (1669?–1732), diplomatist: 716
Statius, Publius Papinius (c. AD 40-c. 96); Roman poet, author of Silvae and the Thebaid: 137
Staunton, Sir George Leonard (1737–1801), physician and diplomatist; friend of S.J.; Attorney General for Grenada (1779); fellow of the Royal Society (1787); principal secretary to Lord Macartney’s embassy to China (1792): 196, 938
Steele, Joshua (1700–91), plantation owner and writer on prosody; author of An Essay towards Establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech, to be Expressed and Perpetuated by Peculiar Symbols (1775); sheriff of his parish, a member of the council, and judge in Barbados, home of his plantation: 437 and n. b
Steele, Sir Richard (1672–1729), writer and politician; playwright of the comedy The Tender Husband (1 jo 5); member of the Kit-Cat Club and associate of Addison; editor of the London Gazette (1707); founder of The Tatler (1709); co-founder, with Addison, of The Spectator (ijii): surveyor of the royal stables at Hampton Court (1714); governor of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1714); master of the new print culture: 99 n. b, 316 n. a, 503, 536, 791–2, 814
Steele, Thomas (fl. 1803), joint secretary of the Treasury, Paymaster-General of the Forces: 83
Steevens, George (1736–1800), literary editor and scholar; fellow of the Royal Society (1767); fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1767); member of the Literary Club (1774); editor of Shakespeare and acknowledged collaborator on S.J.’s second edition of the Works (1773), as well as the so-called Johnson-Steevens Shakespeare (1785); widely unpopular for his hoaxes and feuds, but a friend and important colleague for S.J.: 124, 252, 292, 315, 319, 322, 369, 407, 408, 433, 572, 626, 715, 731, 783, 942, 943, 1042 n. 501, 1046 n. 623, 1053 n. 801, 1057 n. 904, 1064 n. 1090, 1067 n. 1154, 1071 n. 1276
Stephani, the, French family of scholars and printers: 661, 764, 989 n. a
Stepney, George (1663–1707), diplomatist;