John Fenwick (baptised 17571823) was an English army officer, political radical and

Irish nationalist Irish nationalism is a nationalist political movement which, in its broadest sense, asserts that the people of Ireland should govern Ireland as a sovereign state. Since the mid-19th century, Irish nationalism has largely taken the form of cult ...

writer. He was a close friend of

William Godwin William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. Godwin is most famous fo ...

, a loyal associate of

James Coigly Father James Coigly (''aka'' James O'Coigley and James/Jeremiah Quigley) (1761 – 7 June 1798) was a Roman Catholic priest in Ireland active in the republican movement against the British Crown and the kingdom's Protestant Ascendancy. He ...

, and the husband of

Eliza Fenwick Eliza Fenwick (; 1 February 1767 – 8 December 1840) was a Cornish author, whose works include ''Secresy; or The Ruin on the Rock'' (1795) and several children's books. She was born in Cornwall, married an alcoholic, and had two children by him ...

Life

In mid-1801 Fenwick bought from

Daniel Lovell Daniel Lovell (died 27 December 1818) was an English journalist, involved in high-profile court cases concerned with press freedom. Life Lovell was for many years proprietor and editor of ''The Statesman (London), The Statesman'', a London newspap ...

a newspaper, the ''Albion and Evening Advertiser''. He ran it with

Charles Lamb Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his '' Essays of Elia'' and for the children's book '' Tales from Shakespeare'', co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764� ...

, but publication ceased in August of that year. He had known Lamb through Godwin, from the previous year.

Works

*''Memoirs of General Dumourier'' (1794), translator Fenwick wrote for Richard Phillips a biographical sketch of William Godwin, for ''Public Characters of 1799–1800'', from personal acquaintance, and asserting Godwin's personal fame of the period.

Notes

1757 births 1823 deaths British Army officers {{more cats, date=June 2024 Irish nationalists