Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Civil List
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Reception | Eliza Cook | |
| 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, 1953, p. vii - xx. xv Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 19. Gale Research, 1983. 311 |
| Reception | Louisa Stuart Costello | LSC
was awarded a Civil List
pension of £75 per annum in recognition of her services to literature. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Reception | Cicely Hamilton | CH
was awarded a Civil List
pension for her contributions to literature. Todd, Janet, editor. Dictionary of British Women Writers. Routledge, 1989. 309 |
| Textual Production | Beatrice Harraden | BH
is said to have devoted only an hour and a half each day to her writing, allowing it to encroach no further than this on her life. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Matilda Hays | In 1847, while still in her twenties, MH
was led by her desire to improve the lot of women to found a periodical. In the words of her later application for a Civil List
pension:... |
| 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, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements. |
| 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 | Dinah Mulock Craik | DMC
also donated her Civil List
Pension to aspiring writers. Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne, 1983. 18 |
| 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. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Isabella Banks | Having struggled with poverty for years, IB
was nominated for a pension from the Civil List
; she was refused this, but was granted £200 by the Royal Bounty Fund
. Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2025, 22 vols. plus supplements. Burney, Edward Lester. Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. E. J. Morten, 1969. 117 |
| 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, 1987. 365-6 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Amelia B. Edwards | Late in her life ABE
was granted a pension on the Civil List
, of seventy-five pounds annually. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Margiad Evans | Money was always tight throughout ME
's life. She began her writing career relying on her father's tiny pension to supplement her earnings from intermittent paid work, and it was a problem for her when... |
| 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/. |
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