Civil List

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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
Reception Isabella Banks
When in this same year IB was turned down for a pension from the Civil List (though she did receive a grant from the Royal Bounty Fund), she was angered by the rejection, and wrote...
Reception Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
Following the death of her husband , JFLW wrote to Sir Thomas Larcom , hoping he could help secure her a government pension.
Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray.
143
In his reply, Larcom explained that only the Prime Minister could...
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 Emily Faithfull
A testimonial dinner was given for EF in 1871, where she was presented with a silver tea and coffee service.
Vicinus, Martha. “Lesbian Perversity and Victorian Marriage: The 1864 Codrington Divorce Trial”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
36
, pp. 70-98.
84
She received from the Queen in 1888 an engraved portrait, personally inscribed, in recognition...
Reception Harriet Martineau
HM was offered a Civil List pension by the Whig government, which she refused on principle.
Chapman, Maria Weston, and Harriet Martineau. “Memorials of Harriet Martineau”. Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, James R. Osgood, pp. 2: 131 - 596.
355, 364
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Martineau, Harriet, and Gaby Weiner. Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography. Virago.
2: 504-5
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 Anna Maria Hall
AMH received a Civil List pension of £100 a year as a recognition of her literary achievements and of her unexceptionable opinions.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Reception Eliza Meteyard
Eliza Meteyard received her first Civil List pension of £60 per annum for her services to literature.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
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.
Reception Eliza Meteyard
Eliza Meteyard received a second Civil List pension of £40 per annum in addition to the £60 she had been granted five years before.
Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher.
Reception Clementina Black
Through her writings, CB sought to improve the rights of women and the rights of the working classes by encouraging legislative and economic reform. Her award of a Civil List pension of £75 annually was...
Reception Cicely Hamilton
CH was awarded a Civil List pension for her contributions to literature.
Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge.
309
Reception Charlotte Mew
CM was awarded a Civil List pension of £75 a year on the recommendation of John Masefield , Thomas Hardy , and Walter de la Mare .
Monro, Alida, and Charlotte Mew. “Charlotte Mew—A Memoir”. Collected Poems of Charlotte Mew, Gerald Duckworth, p. vii - xx.
xv
Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 19. Gale Research.
311

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