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| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Wealth and Poverty | Caroline Bowles | Southey
left her only £2,000. His children received much larger inheritances. In 1854 her financial situation was eased when she was awarded an annual Civil List
pension of £200. It appears that the pension was... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Clementina Black | |
| 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... |
| Wealth and Poverty | Matilda Betham-Edwards | MBE
was short of money in her later years, and applied unsuccessfully to Gladstone
for help out of the Civil List
. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Wealth and Poverty | Frances Bellerby | FB
's poverty (which had made Charles Causley
and others urge her to apply for help to the Royal Literary Fund
) was alleviated by a small pension from the Civil List
for services to literature. Gittings, Robert, and Frances Bellerby. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by Anne Stevenson and Anne Stevenson, Enitharmon Press. 39 |
| 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. 117 |
| 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 | Sarah Austin | SA
received a Civil List
pension of £100 in consideration of the services which she has rendered to literature, especially by her translation of German works. Colles, William Morris. Literature and the Pension List. Henry Glaisher. |
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