Giancoma

Family/Spouse: Domenico Piozzi. Domenico and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: He was a prolific translator, and he published several translations from Italian into English:
  • 1782: The First Three Cantos of the Inferno of Dante. His first published translation was well-received by critics.
  • 1785: Dante’s Divine Comedy, his most famous translation which is still considered to be one of the best English translations of the Divine Comedy.
  • 1791: The Lyric Poems of Chiabrera was his most ambitious translation project was praised for its accuracy and fluency.
  • 1798: His translation of 19 of Alfieri’s plays, it was considered to be one of the best English translations of Alfieri’s work.
• Occupation: Singer and composer
• Will: Piozzi left Hester £6,000, and other legacies to all his brothers.
• Baptism: 8 Jun 1740; Baptismal sponsor was Signor Giacomo Guadagni
• Physical Description: 1793
• Note: 17 Sep 1803; Hester Lynch Thrale wrote in Thraliana …

  A new vault has been constructed under the Altar at Dymerchion for his and my last cold Residence, & narrow Apartment—Poor dear old Lucy Salusbury my admirable Progenetrix & Mother to my Father Was found crumbling in Dust; her Skull only whole, & the Black Ribbon pinned round it, that I suppose bound her head in its last Agony —There was no Act then extant for burying in Woollen. My Father being wrapt in Lead was easily discerned from his Brothers, & dear Mama—as he called her to the Last—They had never found Money to make themselves a Vault, so their poor Bones have been gathered up now by Mr Piozzi, and placed decently in our new Repository, where ours will shortly accompany them no doubt: to the great Joy of all my Daughters who really have now waited my Death so long—They are justified in their Impatience. New Pulpit Cloths—new Reading Desk Bible & Surplices—& a new Brass Chandelier—in Lieu of a Wooden one—are among my present Master’s Donations—beside Slating & Glazing & painting & Whitewashing: & what our Curate Mr Roberts prefers to all—Enlarging his little Church in the Gallery-Part—& we will put up the old curious Cross wch some fools pulled away 40 Years ago— & make all smart and handsome.

Notes:

Buried:
Buried on the north side of the family vault.

Gabriel married Hester Lynch Salusbury on 23 Jul 1784 (Catholic ceremony). Hester (daughter of John Salusbury and Hester Maria Cotton) was born on 16 Jan 1741 in Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales; died on 2 May 1821 in Clifton, Gloucestershire, England; was buried on 16 May 1821 in Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion, Flintshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1798, Streatham, Surrey, England; Mr Davies' "University"
• Adopted: Jan 1798
• Physical Description: 11 Mar 1799; Hester Thrale wrote in Thraliana ...

  Mr Piozzi's baby,—The little Italian Boy is come over; & we have place him with Mr Davies who keeps a University as he calls it for Young Students under 12 years old—This infant was just past 3 —when he touch'd English Ground I Understand;—Seems healthful, Arch & Intelligent: but short of his Age, & rather sturdy than elegant in his Form. He too is named John Salusbury in good Time!

• Education: 1804, Eton College, Berkshire, England
• Education: 1811, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Christ Church, Oxford University
• Note: 1813; A letter from step-sisters Hester Maria Thrale to Cecilia Margarita Thrale ...

  The adopted youth is an odd mixture of folly and shrewdness, and treats his Aunt as he always calls her with a degree of saucy familiarity I was astonished to hear of, and which may pass for childishness, but I should think would soon be quite unsuppotable to her.

• Note: 7 Nov 1814; Hester began negotiations for the purchase of a baronetcy from Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, a British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804. He was a friend and confidant of Hesterfrom the 1770s through a shared interest in literature. he was a frequent visitor to Streatham Park. She gave him £6,000 on 16 June 1817. However, he did not complete the purchase as he had spent the money elsewhere. On 29 November 1813, Hester legally applied for him to bear the surname Salusbury. On 7 November 1814, Hester Thrale purchased a baronetcy for her adopted son, Sir John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury. This was significant as baronetcies were hereditary titles bestowed by the British monarch. It was a rare occurrence for a woman to purchase a baronetcy, and even more so for her to do so for an adopted son. She eventually succeeded in purchasing a baronetcy through the help of a friend, the politician and philanthropist Sir Joseph Mawbey who had contacts in the government and was able to arrange for her to meet with the Prince Regent, who was the acting monarch at the time. He was impressed with Thrale and her story, and he agreed to grant her son a baronetcy. Thrale paid £10,000 for the title, which is equivalent to around £10 million in 2022. He was also made a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, a British order of chivalry. The purchase and sale of hereditary titles, including baronetcies, was outlawed in the United Kingdom in 1925 by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925.
• Property: 7 Nov 1814; On John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury's wedding day, his stepmother Hester retired to Bath and he inherited Bachymbyd Hall and Estate. He was not a good estate manager as he was more interested in drinking, gambling and horse racing. As a result, the estates fell into disrepair, which led to the sale of some land.
• Property: 7 Nov 1814, Brynbella, Tremeirchion, Flintshire, Wales; On John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury's wedding day, his stepmother Hester retired to Bath and he inherited Brynbella. He was not a good estate manager as he was more interested in drinking, gambling and horse racing. As a result, the estates fell into disrepair, which led to the sale of some land.
• Property: 7 Nov 1814, Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales; On John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury's wedding day, his stepmother Hester retired to Bath and he inherited the Bodvel estate. He was not a good estate manager as he was more interested in drinking, gambling and horse racing. As a result, the estates fell into disrepair, which led to the sale of some land.
• Military Service: 1815; Commissioned as a cornet in the 16th Light Dragoons. He served with the regiment during the Battle of Waterloo, where he was wounded in the leg.
• Election: 1816; Appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire & served in this role for one year. This is a ceremonial office appointed by the monarch and is responsible for maintaining law and order in their county & undertaking ceremonial duties, such as attending royal visits and opening new courts.
• Employment: Aft 1815; After the war, Salusbury returned to his civil service career, including:
  • Commissioner of Stamps and Taxes;
  • Secretary to the Board of Inland Revenue.
  • Occupation: 1816, Flint, Flintshire, Wales; High Sheriff
  • Note: 1817

  Notes:
  

  Physical Description:
  Hester's note that he was aged 3 on arrival to England, is incorrect, he was five-years old on arrival.
  
  Note:
  The "Aunt" was his step-mother Hester Lynch Thrale nee Salusbury.

  John married Harriet Maria Pemberton on 7 Nov 1814 in St. Mary-in-the-Marsh, Wrexham, Flintshire, Wales. Harriet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

  Children: 15. John Arthur Salusbury   was born in 1821; died in 1877. 16. Reverend George Augustus Salusbury   was born on 16 Jun 1822 in Flintshire, Wales; died on 24 Dec 1893 in Westbury, Gloucestershire, England. 17. Hester Maria Salusbury   was born in 1823; died in 1874. 18. Harriet Frances Salusbury   was born in 1827; died in 1879. 19. Henry Pemberton Salusbury   was born in 1830; died in 1898.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: 7 Jan 1788; Aged 46, Hester miscarried a daughter - her only child with her second husband, Gabriel Piozzi.
  
  On 7 January 1788, she wrote …

  Now I have miscarried of a Daughter at Mrs Lewis’s House at Reading in my Road hither—She is Witenss, but not thinking even that sufficient, would have every possible examination made in order to satisfy me that bringing children is still possible.

  She was deeply affected by the loss of her child. She wrote in her diary that she felt…

  Like a blasted oak and was afraid to go to bed, for fear of dying in the night.

  The miscarriage also put a strain on her marriage. He was less upset by the loss than she was, and he was eager to move on and have more children.
• Note: 4 Apr 1788; She wrote in a letter Dr. Samuel Johnson, that she had …

  Just lost a daughter.

Notes:

Hester Piozzi wrote of a miscarried Daughter "Now I have miscarried of a Daughter at Mrs Lewis’s House at Reading in my Road hither. She is Witenss, "but not thinking even that sufficient, would have every possible examination made in order to satisfy me that bringing children is still possible.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; : Christ Church College
• Ordained: 1846; Ordained as a priest in the Church of England
• Employment: 1852-1893, Westbury, Gloucestershire, England; Vicar

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]