James Woodhouse
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(b. April 18, 1735, Rowley Regis, Midlands – d. 1820, London, England )
Gender: M
James Woodhouse (Bap.1735, d.1820) was a shoemaker, encouraged to publish his
Poems on Sundry Occasions(1764) by poet William Shenstone. EM organized a subscription for the second edition of 1767 and had him appointed land bailiff at Sandleford. After their falling out, Woodhouse characterized her patronage as ‘bondage’ while EM found his Methodist-inspired sense of entitlement hard to stomach. His brother, Joseph Woodhouse, was Montagu's steward (along with Edward Brown) in the north.Also known as:
- James Woodhouse
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