Civil List

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Connections Author name Excerpt
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.
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Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 19. Gale Research.
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Reception Frances Browne
In 1863 FB was awarded a Civil List pension on account of her works in prose and poetry, composed in spite of blindness existing from birth.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
(11 June 1863): 13
Reception Mary Russell Mitford
MRM was granted by Lord Melbourne a Civil List pension of £100 per annum, with the hope of an increase later.
Mitford, Mary Russell. The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Told by Herself in Letters To Her Friends. Editor L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham, Harper and Brothers.
2: 195, 197
Reception Emily Hickey
In old age EH was awarded a Civil List pension.
Thesing, William B., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 199. Gale Research.
199: 171
Despite this, Dinnis notes that to the literary world she looked in vain for what had been hers in days gone by. Nor...
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.
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/.
In 1930 she was awarded an annual...
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:...
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.
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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.
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It...
Wealth and Poverty Louisa Stuart Costello
LSC eventually acquired a small competence
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
from the French government for her work in preserving their national heritage.
Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press.
This was augmented by a pension granted to her by the Burdett family, and in 1852 by...
Wealth and Poverty Anna Brownell Jameson
Over the course of her life ABJ was often financially pressed, in large part owing to the demands of her dependent mother, father, two unmarried sisters, and her niece. Her husband provided her with an...
Wealth and Poverty Dinah Mulock Craik
DMC also donated her Civil List Pension to aspiring writers.
Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne.
18
Wealth and Poverty Geraldine Jewsbury
GJ unsuccessfully applied for a Civil List pension.
Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin.
187
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.
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.
Burney, Edward Lester. Mrs. G. Linnaeus Banks. E. J. Morten.
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