John Whishaw

He became an equity draughtsman,[4][5][6] living on New Square, and in time next to Francis Horner, whom he met in 1802 through James Abercromby.

[7][8] By 1799, shortly after it was founded, Whishaw belonged to the King of Clubs, the Whig social nexus set up by Bobus Smith.

Thomas Creevey, who counted Whishaw as a close friend, wrote in 1809 that he practically lived at Holland House.

[14] Around 1830 Anna Letitia Le Breton described the short, stout Whishaw, with cork leg, as "very lame, and with rather a surly manner".

[24] The Pope of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and His Friends 1813–1840 was published in 1906, edited by Lady Seymour.