Civil List

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Connections Author name Excerpt
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.
Occupation Algernon Charles Swinburne
He turned down an honorary degree from Oxford and a Civil List pension.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Wealth and Poverty Alfred Tennyson
On the strength of his 1842 Poems, AT received a Civil List pension of £200 per year.
Ricks, Christopher. Tennyson. Macmillan.
183
Wealth and Poverty Catharine Parr Traill
CPT had never made much from writing, and though she had inherited some money after the deaths of family members, she unwisely invested in a firm that went bankrupt. At the age of ninety-five she...
Reception Frances Eleanor Trollope
FET was awarded a Civil List Pension in 1893, the year after Thomas had died.
Stebbins, Lucy Poate, and Richard Poate Stebbins. The Trollopes. The Chronicle of a Writing Family. Columbia University Press.
340
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press.
Reception Sarah Tytler
ST was granted a Civil List pension, an award whose existence she felt was surely justifiable in connection with a profession whose members give profit and pleasure to many, while the big prizes of the...
Wealth and Poverty Sarah Tytler
Having heard that ST suffered from lack of money, Williams willed her £2,000 before her death in 1868. Unfortunately, the legacy was disputed in court by distant relatives and Tytler never received it.
Tytler, Sarah. Three Generations. J. Murray.
329-30
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Occupation Queen Victoria
That month, Parliament awarded QV an annual Civil List Pension of £385,000 for the rest of her life; in addition, she received revenues from the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
Longford, Elizabeth. Queen Victoria: Born to Succeed. Harper and Row.
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