Because some members of the family known as MAN, and others who have married into it, produced letters, diaries, journals, books, poems, etc. the purpose of this page is to create links to the full texts of these. It also includes recollections of and obituaries on various members of the family. A page containing family WILLS can be found HERE.

Much of the material here is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software which can be downloaded for free HERE.

James Balchen’s journal describing his visit to the Man family in the village of Hurst, Berkshire, in 1747, can be found HERE. A page that includes a transcription of the journal can be found HERE. Also, James’ Letter to the British Resident at Bremen

A recent piece of research on a family connected to the Man family has just been completed: The Palmer Family of Roydon and Chelsea. All living (and many not) members of the Man family are descended from a Susannah Cradock/Craddock whose brother Richard married Hester Palmer. For ease of download this work has been divided into two parts: Part One can be downloaded HERE and Part Two can be downloaded HERE. Both are PDFs.

A ‘publication’ on two of the daughters of Richard Craddock/Cradock, Susannah and Sarah, was released in November 2013. This report is divided into three: 1. The ENTIRE report of a little over 500 pages. And then, for ease of download, if you have a slow internet connection, the report has been divided into two smaller sections consisting of first Susannah and her three husbands and second her sister Sarah. The format of all three is in PDF.

1. The ENTIRE Report. (<— 512 pages which takes a LONG time to download)

2. Susannah Cradock and her three husbands. (part one)

3. Sarah Cradock, the Roffey, and the Tyers Families. (part two)

RECENTLY PUBLISHED: ‘Sheldon Cradock and his Successors‘ (<— over 70 pages PDF). In which Sheldon died unmarried and was succeeded by his eldest son….

‘The American Connection’ (<— 71 pages PDF) which describes the connections among the American families of Weaver, Gooch, Marriot, and Cheever and how these four families relate to the Cumberland-Balchen family.

The trip to Pegu has been transcribed and can be read HERE.

The entire edition of The Cumberland Letters edited by Clementina Black and published in 1910 can be read here.

The Man family has, among its living members, a recently published poet – Harry Man – who continues a 250 year family tradition of penning verses. Family and friends are encouraged to purchase a copy of Harry’s collection of poems ‘Lift’ by clicking on the cover below and following the link. And, don’t forget our most prolific author yet: John Garnet Man.

HENRY MAN (1747/48 – 1799)

• Henry Man’s articles ‘Cursory Thoughts on Education’  published in the Morning Chronicle as well as some articles using the anonym HOMO.
• 1771. The muse in miniature, a series of moral miscellanies, humbly attempted by the Trifler. Published in London and printed for the author by E. Moore, No 16, Old Broad Street, Consisting of viii, 146 pages. Verse.
• 1775. Cloacina; a comi-tragedy. Published in London and printed for George Kearsly, (A dramatic satire on various literary and political figures, including Johnson and Chesterfield). (Note the handwriting on this copy is that of Horace Walpole).
• 1775. Mr. Bentley, the rural philosopher: a tale. In two volumes. Published in London and printed for W. Goldsmith. (226 pages) CLICK HERE to read volume one in PDF (234 pages) and click HERE to read volume two). This book was also reviewed soon after it was published and the review can be read HERE.
• 1775. Bentley, der Philosoph auf dem Lande: eine Erzahlung. Published in Leipzig, Germany Bey [By] Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 284 p. (To read ‘der Philosoph’ click HERE (<— PDF)). Another edition was published in 1777 in Dublin and printed for W. Whitestone, (successor to the late Mr. Ewing), 274 Pages.
• 1780. The elders: A farce in two acts [41] leaves. (Also in our possession is a photocopy copy of the original handwritten version which was made by the Huntington Library).
• 1783. The Trifler No I – VI in The Gentleman’s Magazine. [However I have some doubts about this being by HM]
• 1797. Henry Man is supposed to have had some articles published in Volume One (1797) of the following journal: The Spirit of the public journals: Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d’esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. Published in London, and printed for James Ridgway, Vol. 1 (1797).  (Notes: We do not know which of the various pieces that make up this volume belong to Henry, so the entire volume can be accessed from the above link and we leave it to the reader to decide which pieces are Henry’s.)
• 1802. The miscellaneous works, in verse and prose, of the late Henry Man. Published in London by J. Nichols, 1802; Volume One Can be read HERE and Volume Two can be read HERE.
• 2003 David Man’s ‘article’ on Henry Man as ‘The Trifler’ :When wrongful attribution leads to bibliographic confusion
• Thomas Frognall Dibdin’s Reminiscences of a Literary Life mentions both Henry and his brother John (below).
• Henry Man’s Pocket Book.

JOHN MAN (1749 – 1824)

• 1810. The Stranger in Reading
• Having published his ‘Stranger’ book, John was roundly attacked and vilified by Henry Gauntlett (1762-1833) who angrily rebutted John’s views on religion in a series of relentless attacks in a book called ‘Letters to the Stranger in Reading’. Gauntlett, a Methodist, took great offence at John’s views of Methodism. This book can be read HERE. In a memoir by Gauntlett’s daughter, Catharine, a brief reference is made to the conflict between John Man and her father which can be read HERE.
• See also on this web site, a page consisting of John’s poems and jottings.
• In Reading Library there are two volumes each titled: ‘Anecdotes’ which John had written out by hand and which were given to the library by a Mr. Stevens. These volumes can be read here: Volume One and Volume Two. Fortunately, John’s writing is quite neat and can be easily read.
• John’s Map of Reading (1 page PDF)

JAMES MAN (1755 – 1823)

• Some Advertisement Placed in the Newspapers by James Man

HARRY STOE MAN (1783 – 1848)

• Harry’s ‘Letter’ to Lord Tenterden and others concerning his court martial can be read HERE.
• Summary of the case brought by Harry against Sir William Edward Campbell and others can be read HERE.
• Mentions of Harry (28 October 1783 – 2 January 1848) in The London Gazette can be read HERE
• Extracts from Millennial Halstead A Kentish Villager History. By Geoffrey Kitchener, that describes some of Harry’s actions in the village can be read HERE
• Harry’s Court Martial

ELEANOR ANN RANKIN MAN

• Eleanor’s Letter to her Sister-in-Law

CATHERINE (WALCH) MAN (1791 – 1873)

• Catherine’s Letters to her son and her brother.

 HENRY GARNET MAN (1804 – 1873)

• 1861 Testimonials on behalf of Henry Garnet Man’s application as Governor of Whitecross Prison.(PDF)
• 1861 Military Drawing in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Vol. 5. (PDF)

ANN DESBOROUGH MAN (1820 – 1909)

• Ann’s ‘Book’: Being a record of Desborough, Man, and other families births, marriages and deaths, etc.

FREDERICK MAN (1825 – 1897)

• A summary of the MAN-DUMAS connection based on the book ‘The House of Man’.

WILLIAM LIONEL MAN (1832 – 1904)

• 1887 Lecture on Shakespeare
• 1894 Gleanings in Rome
• 1902 Notes by The Lounger

EDWARD GARNET MAN (1837 – 1920)

• 1867. Sonthalia and the Sonthals. Published in Calcutta by G. Wyman & Co. (195 pages) (Republished in 1989 in Delhi by Mittal Publications).
• Edward Garnet Man’s Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny  (< — PDF)
• 1880. The commerce and prospects of England, and a review of the agricultural, iron, and cotton trades. Published in London by W. Ridgway
• 1885. The present trade crisis, critically examined. Published in London by E. Wilson, 1885 (47 pages)
• 1902. Papal and Papal Claims
• 1903. The Present State of the Church of England in King and Country Nov 1903 (17 pages)
• 1912. Lecture on immortality (pamphlet).
• Some letters and court cases that appeared in The Times
• 1920. Obituary of Edward Garnet Man from Folkestone Daily Newspaper(<— PDF)
• Cui Bono? Masonry: What’s the Use of It? (Edited by Edward Garnet Man)
• Edward Garnet Man Times Letters etc

JANE SMART (WALCH) MAN (1836 – 1929)

• Jottings on the Walch Family

MARY LOUISA (MAN) AWDRY  (1852 – 1908)

• 1909. Mary Louisa Awdry’s Letter to Dorothy Man.

JAMES HENRY MAN (1851 – 1888)

• 1884. Cane Mills and Megass as Fuel
• 1885. The Engineering and Mining Journal: Description of automatic valve cut off patent

JAMES GRAHAM ADAM (1862 – 1951)

• The Family Trip to Pegu in Burma (1892 -1893)
• James Adam’s Recollections.

EDWARD JAMES FOWLE GARNET MAN (1869 – 1933)

• Edward’s Letters to the Editor of The Spectator (6 pages (pdf))
• Edward James Fowle Garnet Man’s Letters to his Wife During World War One

HARRY MORGAN STOE MAN  (1873 – 1936)

• Harry Man’s recollections of the Spanish-American War in the Philippines
• Harry Man’s reminiscences of his four month voyage on the ‘Sierra Colonna’ from Rangoon, Burma to Falmouth, England.

HUBERT WILLIAM MAN (1876 -1953)

• Hubert’s Notes on the Man Family

MORRICE LIONEL MAN (1877 – 1948)

• Morrice Man’s Diaries and Recollections

GRAHAM EDWARD ADAM (1896 – 1917)

• Graham’s letters home to his parents.

HUGH CASSON (1910 – 1999)

• Hugh Casson’s early childhood adapted from the biography by Manser

ANDREW MAN (1907 – 2000)

• Recollections of Dover College

FRANK MAN (1914 – 1986)

• Description of the fall of Singapore and subsequent escape through Sumatra to Australia and from there to England

MORGAN MAN (1916 – 1986)

• Some newspaper articles that mention Morgan Man

MORRICE JAMES (1916 – 1989)

• Extracts from ‘Pakistan Chronicle’ and articles about Morrice that appeared in the Times of London.
• Morrice’s wartime memoirs
• Morrice’s recollections of Evelyn Waugh
• Articles from The Times that mention Morrice James as Lord Saint Brides

GORDON HUNTLEY MAN (1925 – 2008)

Gordon’s Recollections of 1947 – 1949

Lionel Garnet Man’s father in law ‘Purple Johnson’, art master at Charterhouse School, is remembered by Osbert Lancaster HERE.

THE HOUSE of MAN

In 1983 on the 200th anniversary of the company ED and F Man a book entitled ‘The House of Man’ was published.  Passages from that book and of direct concern to the Man family will be added here in parts here. An initial attempt at this oncerns mostly the relationship between the Man and Dumas families. (<— PDF)

A summary of the history of the MAN group founded by Edward Desborough and Frederick Man that appeared in the journal West Africa (2000) can be accessed HERE (<— two pages PDF). A listing of the name ‘Man’ appearing in London Directories can be found here (<– PDF).

The following items are written by or about persons who are related to the Man family via other families e.g. George Cumberland’s mother Elizabeth Balchen’s sister, Mary Balchen, married John Man.

GEORGE CUMBERLAND

• George Cumberland’s water colours
• Poem on the Landscapes of Great Britain
• Some Anecdotes of the Life of Julio Bonasoni
• Lewina the Maid of Snowdon
• Thoughts on Outline
• An Attempt to Describe Hafod
• The Captive Castile of Sennaar
• An Essay on the Utility of Collecting the Best Works of the Ancient Engravers …
• Reliquiae Conservatae: From the primitive materials of our present globe (1826).
• Letter to William Griffiths and Griffith’s reply to Cumberland can be read here
• George Cumberland’s birthday ode to Horne Tooke
• Bromley-Hill: The seat of the Right Hon. Charles Long, M.P. A sketch by George Cumberland (1811) See also the DNB entry for Charles Long here.
• Extracts from a paper read to the Geological Society 
• From 1800-1825 George regularly sent the editor of the Monthly Magazine letters. These have been collected and can be read as follows: from 1800 to 1809; from 1811 to 1815; and from 1816 to 1825.
• An article by McClellan and Bentley entitled ‘ George Cumberland and the tale of the twice-killed amorous friar’ can be read here
• The Cumberland Letters Edited by Clementina Black (1910)
• An article about Cumberland’s description and drawing of the Woodcock’s bill.
• Views in Spain and Portugal Views taken during the campaigns of his grace the Duke of Wellington, London, 1823 (PDF) by George Cumberland (III).
• Cumberland’s Original Tales, Volume One
• Cumberland’s Original Tales, Volume Two
• George Cumberland’s Description of a Very Simple and Useful Scale for Dividing the Vanishing Line
• At some point in the 1760’s John Man had been appointed as one of trustee to moneys held on behalf of George and Richard Cumberland, his wife’s nephews; the other trustee was Henry Balchen. Some ten years later John left England for Wales and his whereabouts became unknown. As a result it was necessary to arrange the release of the trust money to Cumberland without John. But this was not easy and a legal tussle between the Cumberland family and the remaining trustee – Henry Balchen – to have the trust funds released took place. The legal arguments used to bring this about can be read HERE.

JAMES BALCHEN

• A Transcription of James Balchen’s 1747 journal (James was the brother of Mary (Balchen) Man who married John Man). The handwritten original of the journal can be found HERE (< in PDF).

MAN – CUMBERLAND – BALCHEN CORRESPONDENCE

• The Man – Cumberland – Balchen letters
• The case in which Gilbert Jodrell takes the Cropp and Balchen families to court.

WILLIAM BAKER (1742 -1785) (brother of Sarah Baker who married John Man (1749 – 1824))

• ‘Theses Graecae et Latinae Selectae‘ (A selection from Greek and Latin authors) (209 pages)
• ‘Peregrinations of the Mind Through the Most General and Interesting Subjects Which are Usually Agitated in Life‘ (<— (285 pages)
• Title pages of books printed by William Baker and William Galiban
• Original Anecdotes of Mr William Baker, printer

CASSON FAMILY
Mary (May) Man married Randal Casson and were the parents of Hugh Casson. The Casson family was quite creative. We list here some of the publications by or about one or other member of this family.

1. Paul Hale’s appreciation of Thomas Casson’s artistry as an organ builder
2. Thomas Casson’s Reform in Organ Building: A lecture delivered to the Birmingham and Midlands music guild (1888);
3. Thomas Casson’s Lecture on the pedal organ: Its history, design and control (1905)

MATTHEWS FAMILY

The following material concerns the Matthews family.  In 1867 Katherine Jane Matthews (K. J. M.) married Edward Garnet Man.

• James Matthews’ Memorandum / Ledger Book (James was K. J. M’s father)
• The Shirley Brooks Letters to Victoria (Torie) Matthews (K. J. M ‘s sister).
• How Elizabeth Webber-Harris (K. J. M. ‘s sister) won the ‘Victoria Cross’, click here.
• James Matthews recalled by two of his grandchildren.
• Grindlays Bank. (K. J. M.’s father, James Matthews, was a partner in the bank).
• The Keith Family circa 1886 (1 page PDF file)
• Trevor Matthews Memorial Service (1 page PDF)
• James Matthews recalled by two of his grandchildren
• Steve Man’s illustration of the relationships among the Matthews, Desborough, Harris, Man. etc. families.

ERNEST LA TOUCHE HANCOCK
Sarah Matthews, the eldest daughter of James Matthews, married Herbert Hancock and had five children among them Ernest La Touche Hancock (ELH). In 1877 ETH married a young lady (Charlotte Youlin) which earned him the approbation of his grandfather James Matthews (ELH’s parents died when he was quite young).  ELH left England for the USA in 1891 where he became a newspaper editor and writer of light verse and magazine articles some of which have been gathered below.  For more details on ELH and his family go to the Matthews family page.

• Some light verses by La Touche Hancock that appeared in The New York Times
• Same light verses that appeared in a variety of periodicals
• Poets of Printing House Square
• Some Humour of Homourists
• American Caricature and Comic Art Parts One and Two
• On Jokes in the Editor
• The Budding Bard
• Desultory Verse
• Them as is, because: Verses  [New York] : Press Artists Association
• Perchance : (the dream is o’er)  King, Robert A.; Hancock, La Touche, Publication: New York, NY : Century Music, 1906 Musical Score
• Angel voices ever near by Kathleen Roberts and La Touche Hancock.  New York : Century Music Pub. Co., 1905. Musical Score
• Sunbeams and shadows (Sonnen-strahlen und schatten)  Keiser, Robert A.; Hancock, La Touche: New York, NY Vandersloot Music Co. Musical Score
• A plea for plagiarism … Hancock, La Touche, 1860-Publication:  1911 Article in  Caxton magazine. Pittsfield, Mass., 1911.
• Other publications in alphabetical order include: An Anxious Amor in Blue Pencil Magazine Sep 1900;  A Man, a Matron, and a Monkey in Breezy Stories Jun 1922; At Christmas Time in Metropolitan Magazine Dec 1900; The Ch?????ing of the Years in The Cavalier Jul 19 1913; The Difference in Argosy All-Story Weekly Jun 24 1922; Dives and the Serpent in The Bellman Mar 4 1911; Exodus in The Cavalier Aug 2 1913; The Haunting Song in The Reflector Aug 1907; Hide and Seek in The Gray Goose Sep 1908; Inspiration in Blue Pencil Magazine Jul 1900; King of the Rail in The Railroad Man’s Magazine Oct 1906; Lover’s Lore in Brief Stories Sep 1922; Mental Conception in 10 Story Book Nov 1922; The Muse Upon the Mouth in The Cavalier Oct 4 1913; Nothing in The Gray Goose May 1909; One Touch of Nature (A Pastel), (vi) in Blue Pencil Magazine Sep 1900; Reciprocity in Snappy Stories Jan 18 1916; The Scar in 10 Story Book Nov 1922;  A Seashore Cocktail in The Cavalier Aug 16 1913; Sweet Sunset in The Reflector Aut 1907; There Were Others in Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 28 1922; Those Two in Blue Pencil Magazine Sep 1900; Try It on the Dog in Blue Pencil Magazine Nov 1900; Why, Indeed in Argosy All-Story Weekly Jan 28 1922.

ROBERT MELVILLE GRINDLAY

Although not a member of the Matthews family, he was James Matthews’ business partner for over twenty years. The following section is devoted to Grindlay.

• Robert Melville Grindlay’s ‘Steam Communication with India’ (9 pages)
• Grindlay and Co.’s ‘Hints to Travellers to India: Detailing the several routes’ published in 1847 (70 pages)
• Robert Melville Grindlay in Notes and Queries, August 11, 1906.
• An extract from R. M. Grindlay’s MS journal description of a part of the Indus river.