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closely-written <a href="/wiki/Folio" title="Folio">folio</a> pages.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Described by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Quennell" title="Peter Quennell">Peter Quennell</a> as "One of the most remarkable books of its kind ever published in the English Language", Hickey's <i>Memoirs</i> give an extraordinarily vivid picture of life in late 18th-century <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a> which stands comparison with the best of his near-contemporary <a href="/wiki/James_Boswell" title="James Boswell">James Boswell</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_1749–1769"><span 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He began his education at <a href="/wiki/Westminster_School" title="Westminster School">Westminster School</a>, but was removed "in high disgrace" in December 1763 after neglecting his studies, frequenting <a href="/wiki/Public_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Public house">public houses</a> and leading, in his own words, a life of "idleness and dissipation". He was sent to a private school at <a href="/wiki/Streatham" title="Streatham">Streatham</a> in <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>, where he was able to study Arithmetic, Writing, French, Drawing and Dancing in addition to the Classical Studies which had failed to engage him at Westminster. </p><p>In January 1766, he left school and began his legal training at his father's law firm, but he continued to lead an extremely debauched existence, visiting the prostitutes of Covent Garden and drinking heavily. On more than one occasion, he was caught embezzling funds from the firm;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finally, his father decided to send his son to India to see if he could make good. Accordingly, Hickey embarked on the ship <i>Plassey</i>, a fast <a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Dungeness_(headland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungeness (headland)">Dungeness</a> on 4 January 1769. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="India_and_Jamaica">India and Jamaica</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hickey_(memoirist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: India and Jamaica"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_(Indian_bibi_Jemdanee)%27.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg/220px-Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg/330px-Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg/440px-Thomas_Hickey_-_%27An_Indian_Lady_%28Indian_bibi_Jemdanee%29%27.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="519" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hickey_(painter)" title="Thomas Hickey (painter)">Thomas Hickey</a>'s painting <i>An Indian Lady (Indian bibi Jemdanee)</i>, believed to depict William's Bengali partner, Jemdanee, 1787, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin<sup id="cite_ref-her_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-her-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Upon arriving in India, Hickey was expected to join the <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> army as an <a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet" title="Officer cadet">officer cadet</a>, but he was put off when he learned that the pay was "too contemptible to afford the common necessaries of life". He got back on the <i>Plassey</i> to return to England. The ship travelled first to China, of which he gives an account in his memoirs. His father was less than pleased at his return and, after Hickey reverted to his old ways, sent him to Jamaica to work as a lawyer, with a warning that if he failed he could expect no further help — indeed, his father would no longer even receive him. Upon his arrival in Jamaica, Hickey discovered that there were limits imposed on the numbers of attorneys allowed to practice, and he would not be able to make a living as a lawyer there. He returned to England, "with considerable regret", leaving about five months after his arrival, on 17 April 1776, arriving back on 14 June.<sup id="cite_ref-que_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-que-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through his various connections, including <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Burke" title="Edmund Burke">Edmund Burke</a>, he arranged to be accepted as a lawyer in Bengal, a feat which restored his father's goodwill towards him. He departed for Bengal from Portsmouth on 1 May 1777 and called in, en route, at Cape Town. On 12 November 1777 Hickey, aged 28, was "entered on the Roll" as "Solicitor, Attorney, and Proctor of the Supreme Court" in Bengal. He prospered in those roles. In April 1779 he set out to return to England, charged by the English inhabitants of Calcutta to deliver, at their expense, a petition to Parliament in England that they should be entitled to trial by jury. </p><p>In October he first met and later took up with a <i><a href="/wiki/Demi-mondaine" class="mw-redirect" title="Demi-mondaine">demi-mondaine</a></i>, Charlotte Barry, who was then aged 18 and with whom he fell in love. He offered to marry her; she refused marriage, but agreed to live with him as his partner. The couple then travelled together to India when Hickey was 32 in 1783. Charlotte did not survive long, dying on Christmas Day 1783, aged 21. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey,_%2B_Dec.15th,_1783.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg/220px-Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg/330px-Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg/440px-Tombstone_Charlotte_Hickey%2C_%2B_Dec.15th%2C_1783.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Tombstone of Charlotte Barry, here called "Mrs. Hickey", Tombstone 1495, Old English Cemetery, Park Street, Kolkata, India.</figcaption></figure> <p>Hickey established himself in the legal profession, managing to obtain a series of lucrative posts, including Under-Sheriff and Clerk to the Chief Justice. Some while after Charlotte's death he took an Indian mistress, Jemdanee, who was locally considered to be his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-her_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-her-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had a son in 1796, but Jemdanee died in childbirth. The couple's son died a few months after her.<sup id="cite_ref-que_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-que-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Retirement">Retirement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hickey_(memoirist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hickey retired to the Buckinghamshire town of <a href="/wiki/Beaconsfield" title="Beaconsfield">Beaconsfield</a> in late 1808, having left India after becoming ill. He brought with him "a pair of elderly unmarried sisters, his favourite Indian servant Munnoo and a large parti-coloured English dog."<sup id="cite_ref-que_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-que-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dullness of what he called a "trifling" place "with a very limited society", encouraged him to occupy his mind by writing his memoirs, which eventually extended to over 700 pages of handwritten text taking his life up to 1810, at which point he stopped. </p><p>The details of his life after 1810 are sketchy, but he seems to have moved to London with his sisters, Sarah and Ann, who died in 1824 and 1826 respectively. He died in 1830.<sup id="cite_ref-que_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-que-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hickey_(memoirist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFarr" class="citation web cs1">Farr, James R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZSwDwAAQBAJ&dq=MEMOIRS+OF+A+GEORGIAN+RAKE&pg=PT36">"Who Was William Hickey?"</a>. <i>books.google.ca</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=books.google.ca&rft.atitle=Who+Was+William+Hickey%3F&rft.aulast=Farr&rft.aufirst=James+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8ZSwDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3DMEMOIRS%2BOF%2BA%2BGEORGIAN%2BRAKE%26pg%3DPT36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Hickey+%28memoirist%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFarr" class="citation web cs1">Farr, James R. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZSwDwAAQBAJ&dq=MEMOIRS+OF+A+GEORGIAN+RAKE&pg=PT36">"Who Was William Hickey?"</a>. <i>books.google.ca</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 July</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=books.google.ca&rft.atitle=Who+Was+William+Hickey%3F&rft.aulast=Farr&rft.aufirst=James+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8ZSwDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3DMEMOIRS%2BOF%2BA%2BGEORGIAN%2BRAKE%26pg%3DPT36&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Hickey+%28memoirist%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-her-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-her_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-her_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Hermione De Almeida, George H. Gilpin, <i>Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art and the Prospect of India</i>, Ashgate Publishing, 2005, p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-que-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-que_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-que_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-que_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-que_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Peter Quennell (ed), <i>The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey</i>, Dutton, New York, 1962, pp. 9–18</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions">Editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hickey_(memoirist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Alfred Spencer (Ed.) <i>The Memoirs of William Hickey</i> 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