Royal Literary Fund

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Textual Production Phebe Gibbes
PG told the Royal Literary Fund later that she had written a novel of this title for the credit and emolument of another hand dec[ease]d: the Mrs Phillips in question, who according to the title...
Textual Production Phebe Gibbes
PG told the Royal Literary Fund this year that she had written novels, dramatic pieces, and several little periodical works. She also offered them Two Little Dramas to publish for the Fund's own benefit.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Textual Production Phebe Gibbes
This year PG asked the Royal Literary Fund for financial help to transcribe illegible manuscripts which she might then be able to sell. She slightly underestimated the forty years she had been writing. She said...
Wealth and Poverty Phebe Gibbes
PG applied for financial help to the Royal Literary Fund , which responded by giving her five guineas.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Wealth and Poverty Phebe Gibbes
PG received £10 from the Royal Literary Fund .
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Wealth and Poverty Phebe Gibbes
PG again received £10 from the Royal Literary Fund .
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Wealth and Poverty Phebe Gibbes
PG was one of those whose applications this year to the Royal Literary Fund were rejected as questionable.
Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918.
Wealth and Poverty Ann Gomersall
After her husband's death left her without support, she managed for more than eight years with her work, and some help from friends. But at last affliction, infirmity, and age
Gomersall, Ann. Creation, A Poem. Printed for the author, and sold by Black, Young, and Young, London; J. Rowden, Newport.
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rendered her destitute, and...
Wealth and Poverty Matilda Hays
The year after Proctor's death, MH applied to the Royal Literary Fund for a pension. She cited her need, her labours on behalf of [her] own sex, and damage to her health inflicted by her...
Author summary Elizabeth Helme
EH began publishing in the 1780s to supplement her family's income. She issued ten novels with her name or some other means of (at least later) identification, three translations, and a number of didactic and...
Occupation John Oliver Hobbes
Hobbes volunteered for a number of causes, giving talks in honour of friends, at universities, and for charitable and political causes. After her return from the USA in 1906, she gave talks at the Imperial Industries Club
Wealth and Poverty Fanny Holcroft
In 1806 Charles Lamb reported that the Holcroft family were reduced to poverty.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
The next few years brought them close to starvation. FH waited until after her father's death before seeking aid from the Royal Literary Fund
Textual Production Elizabeth Inchbald
A contemporary note in the Harvard copy of The History of Miss Sommerville, published anonymously (as a Lady) in 1769, erroneously attributes it to Mrs Inchbauld. This, however, is too early a...
Wealth and Poverty Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
By the time JFLW moved to Oakley Street, her finances were greatly reduced. A day after arriving at the new house, she asked to borrow a sovereign from Constance . Proper household management became difficult...
Reception Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
By 16 November 1888, she had also received a grant of £100 from the Royal Literary Fund . Her son Oscar Wilde helped her to secure both pensions.
Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray.
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Leighton, Angela, and Margaret Reynolds, editors. Victorian Women Poets: An Anthology. Blackwell.
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