Civil List

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Wealth and Poverty Thomas Moore
He received a literary pension in 1835 and a civil-list pension in 1850.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wealth and Poverty E. Nesbit
The war years brought EN financial problems which her Civil List pension failed to alleviate.
Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson.
365-6
Reception E. Nesbit
In 1915 EN was granted a Civil List pension of sixty pounds a year. She was pleased but not overwhelmed at this honour, and thought it ought not to have been taxed.
Briggs, Julia. A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit, 1858-1924. Hutchinson.
365-6
She evidently...
Wealth and Poverty Margaret Oliphant
After having met MO in March, Queen Victoria granted her a Civil List pension of £100 per annum.
Williams, Merryn. Margaret Oliphant: A Critical Biography. St Martin’s Press.
92
Textual Production Ouida
Ouida was granted a Civil List pension of £150 per year, largely through the efforts of Alfred Austin , George Wyndham , and Lady Paget .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Reception Julia Pardoe
JP was granted a Civil List pension of £100.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
Wealth and Poverty Julia Pardoe
JP 's financial situation was improved on 16 January 1860 when she was granted a £100 Civil List pension in recognition of her literary labours and her provision of financial help to relations.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
Reception Jean Rhys
From 1974 she received a Civil List pension of £500 a year in recognition of her services to literature.
Angier, Carole. Jean Rhys: Life and Work. Little, Brown.
605-6
She was delighted to receive a Royal Garden Party invitation in 1975, for her contributions...
Reception Dorothy Richardson
DR was gratified to hear from Whitehall that she was granted a Civil List Pension of £100, which recognised her contributions as a novelist.
Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press.
327
Wealth and Poverty Dorothy Richardson
DR also accepted financial assistance from friends and other sources. Early in their friendship Bryher established a trust fund that yielded Richardson £250 annually. She also committed £120, tax free, to Richardson for each year...
Reception Emma Robinson
ER was awarded a Civil List pension of £75 per annum for her contributions to literature.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
Reception Mary Somerville
Sir Robert Peel , then prime minister, cited MS 's eminence in science and literature
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff.
156
and placed her on the Civil List , entitling her to an annual pension of £200.
Patterson, Elizabeth Chambers. Mary Somerville and the Cultivation of Science, 1815-1840. Martinus Nijhoff.
151, 156
Reception Agnes Strickland
AS was awarded a Civil List pension of £100 per annum for her contribution to historical works.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
Wealth and Poverty Agnes Strickland
AS was alert to her financial status, and in 1856-7 challenged the tax assessment that she received.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
The Civil List pension she received on 3 August 1870 improved her financial situation.
Wealth and Poverty Elizabeth Strutt
At the time that her Civil List pension was awarded in 1863, ES was said to be seriously in need of money.

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