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Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Sir Robert Peel
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Contains letters from J R Major and W H Stephenson to Octavian Blewitt, relating to writers applying for aid from the Civil List, as well as drafts of Blewitt’s replies. Fourteen of the documents in this file pertain to one case, that of David Booth (see Loan 96 RLF 1/1013).
Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Lord John Russell
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Contains two letters from C Grey to Octavian Blewitt, asking for his assistance in ascertaining the merit of a literary applicant to the Royal Bounty Fund.
Cases Referred by Prime Ministers: Lord Palmerston
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Contains letters from William Law, Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston, Charles Clifford and Augustus [?] to Octavian Blewitt relating to applications to Palmerston for aid from the Civil List and the Royal Bounty Fund.
Contains letters from W B Gordon and Horace Seymour to Octavian Blewitt, asking for his advice on applicants to the Civil List and the Royal Bounty Fund, with copies of some of Blewitt’s replies. Also contains later letters from Seymour, H.W. Primrose and George Murray to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts...
Principally contains letters from [S E?] Anson, Charles Beaumont Phipps, Doyne C Bell and H J Harrison, at Buckingham Palace or Windsor Castle, writing to Octavian Blewitt to request information on applicants for royal aid or to refer applicants. Also contains a few related letters from other c...
Contains letters from Sir William Thomas Knollys and Herbert Fisher to Octavian Blewitt, requesting information on two writers who applied for aid to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales, with one copy of a reply from Blewitt.
Contains a list of writers with surnames beginning with ‘A’ about whom Arthur Llewelyn Roberts received enquiries, as well as two 1907 letters from Wilfrid Maurice Short.
Contains a list of writers with surnames beginning with ‘B’ about whom Arthur Llewelyn Roberts received enquiries, as well as letters from Frederick Sydney Parry, Arthur Guise, Malcolm G Ramsay, Henry Higgs, Roderick S Meiklejohn, Wilfrid Maurice Short, Maurice Hewlett and Sidney Lee.