august british writer best known friendship romantic poet raised county durham spent life london friends studying oxford remained close death time oxford collaborated literary projects culminating joint expulsion following publication controversial treatise remained good friends relationship strained attraction women romantically involved met close friend shortly poet death jane common law wife children family settled london legal career meant travel away home living acquaintance known writers published literary works studied greek literature life published articles subject including entries fiction wrote poorly reviewed best known literary work life unfinished biography poet book researched painted clear picture young man criticised portraying negatively connected whig politicians received appointment government commission municipal corporations legal career moderately successful frustrated failure attain goal professor judge able provide family thanks inheritance income legal career early life eldest john née jones children given paternal grandfather paternal grandmother john father son wealthy businessman father welsh clergyman john trained law regularly instead devoted time managing estate serving justice peace family lived georgian manor known situated miles outside young man read books including life johnson john taught son greek latin summer family rented house hunted went horse riding attended preparatory school years moving age father grandfather attended oxford went oxford father alma mater met friends october discussed literature shared disdain religion oxford society united belief free love free thinking father initially feared son corrupted ideas learned respectable family collaborated pamphlet mock revolutionary poetry late attributed mentally unstable attempted stab king george iii knife composed novel find printer willing publish subversive work early published necessity outraged oxford authorities published anonymously suspicion soon fell pair refused acknowledge deny writing work expelled oxford result york leaving oxford sent york serve legal furious learned expulsion minded discipline son evangelical christian shocked learned son promoting angered learned son vegetarian decision attributed influence found employment office york initially planned visit changed plans spring fell love young woman named opposed institution marriage cared deeply feared leave marry repeatedly case marriage best interests eventually persuaded autumn visited couple edinburgh greatly enjoyed soon attracted spent time asked write eventually told feelings rebuffed began read novels moral themes aloud presence stay weeks return office york decided accompany home city october left london dispute father uncle remained soon unsuccessful romantic advances mother soon learned daughter living sent sister stay complained return way treated offended remained friendly terms troubled distress felt suddenly decided leave york sister subsequently sent series angry letters complained treated replies maintained valued free love left calm subsequently exchanged emotional letters course following months ceased communicating year wrote novel memoirs prince published anonymously claim translated latin man named prince request book sell later critics noted resemblance wrote positive review book published author promoting apparently reference attempts seduce law studies moved york london spring study law tried conceal political views classmates spent long hours studying law reading greek literature reconciled visited london remained contact couple left journey wales ireland april went ireland attempt cheer complained poor spirits letter receive letter embarked journey left dublin arrived unable locate returned home soon travelled london summer met visiting soon heard abandoned mary returned later year introduced mary november initially cool mary soon began enjoy frequent visits attracted learned feelings encouraged affair expression free love mary valued free love initially open idea learned pregnant moved windsor summer visited workload permitted left england resumed visits return longer close mary preoccupied efforts finish writing nonetheless able convince mary attend opera occasions soon decided leave attempt improve health despite attempts dissuade invited visit mary john glad hear left england hoping son conservative absence disappointed continued rejection political views attend church visits longer vegetarian somewhat concerned association radical publisher circle friends hunt acquainted members london literary circles including met gave copy book poetry called bar term practised law northumberland durham frequently visited family good terms reserved personality proved career remained dependent financial assistance father continued studying greek article wrote published issue liberal paper submitted fourth issue rejected causing editors met visiting friend husband jane common law husband shortly death died boating accident leaving jane young children soon saw household regularly autumn early winter december went family began writing jane regularly following spring frequently visited mother house took long walks march moved mother house home allowing freely jane legally married family wrath pursued relationship couple initially denied close friends romantically involved situation eased death father late inheritance received assured financial security accompanied brother john tour jane encouraged trip believing test commitment returned england february enjoyed trip missed reading greek literature english newspapers writing journals published title days occupied time trip frequently attacked catholic_church customs officials journals positive observations lifestyles ordinary people met recounted visit grave italy children jane pregnant spring moved house known devoted father children people london close friends knew couple married family heard rumours planning marry curious know chosen upset hearing plans union jane mother unwilling introduce jane social circles ensured visit enter family house durham seven years informed relationship jane word union spread durham stopped practising law time damage reputation friends supportive union particularly approved match despite having earlier jealous time spent jane couple child born november parents best spread news born soon began died jane gave birth second daughter selected friendship disrupted years later republished leaving previous dedication communicate years legal career scholarship continued studying greek literature able publish opinions greeks radical opportunity treatment greeks publication quarterly review article caused controversy conservative legal colleagues advancement legal career hindered marriage jane hoped receive legal appointment politically connected acquaintance immediate option opposition summer promised future position professor civil law newly created embarked course study preparation established owing lack funds setback upset greatly bitter lecture intended inauguration published hoped friend thomas love worked recommend position dismay help years later help gain employment company published oxford account memories article heavily edited submission irritated greatly editing effective reviewers impressed finished product contributed articles notable article review volume editor chose writer review second volume infuriated lord chancellor united_kingdom whig election victory appointed lucrative position royal commission examine municipal corporations fierce critic municipal corporations act preferred deliberate ideological approach fellow commission members considered unusually conservative whig commission work required away home extended period proved difficult jane knew free abandon time legally married receiving appointment finally visited seven year absence family altered opinion relationship jane service commission ended resumed practising law brother john recently begun practice john soon offended brother attempt use family connections advance career gained position northumberland required travel twice year jane complained trips enjoyed visiting north hoped legal service earn appointment judge disappointed wrote childhood historical novel set london time published chapters book received critics complained nature poor character development published particularly scathing review gained reputation greek scholar contributed author alphabet entries seventh edition family conflicts target blackmail attempt jane husband johnson provided journalist details jane marital status gregory soon published report crucial mistake gregory claimed wife member parliament legally married man prompting initiate libel suit gregory johnson quickly disappeared learned error gregory convicted libel served brief prison sentence following release prepared correction intended publication threatened legal position appealed convinced gregory publish died ensuring jane marital status jane free marry chose avoid revealing situation mother died condition father death mother purchase brother share decided potential cost maintaining house hostility jane face instead allowed brother buy interest house decision led conflict brothers price timing sale eventually worked details relationship sale completed family subsequently lived quiet stable life times finances strained able afford cook maid enjoyed spending time children paid particular attention education taught daughter latin discouraged tried convince jane study greek unsuccessful jane nephew moved household leaving military accepted henry member family hobby later years spent time maintaining gardens jane family domestic peace shattered romantically involved son hunt clear employment prospects causing thomas jane doubt wisdom union gentle discussing hoping avoid treating way treated years earlier thought took passive stance thomas jane decided send france unsuccessful attempt distract soon returned married hunt life poet surviving child invited produce biography father died years earlier family provided number papers use research volumes life published poorly received critics book edited previous article felt contain insights works oxford reception universally negative friends enjoyed book family upset way portrayed demanded return papers obtained injunction preventing publication volumes begun writing completed death later life suffered forced activities died sleep age brother john wrote positive obituary left estate net worth equivalent million went daughter jane provided brother bequeathed collection books sisters fairly wealthy left token amounts buried jane buried years later
Thomas Jefferson Hogg