Works published: Non-Fiction : Politics, Biography; also Journalism Career: Editor of The Northern Whig 1866-1898 Applications: 5 Jul 1859 (£30), 4 Jun 1863 (£50)
Works published: Poetry Career: Agricultural labourer at Fordham, Cambridgeshire Applications: 27 Jun 1859 (£10), 6 Mar 1862 (£10), 23 May 1863 (rejected), 1 Jan 1877 (rejected)
Mrs Charlotte Ryder Loftus, widow of Mr William Kennett Loftus
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Works published: Travel Writing : also Non-Fiction, Geology, History, Archaeology Career: Geologist; Archaeologist; Fellow of the Royal Geological Society Applications: 31 Oct 1859 (£100)
Works published: Various : Travel Writing, Poetry, Biography, accounts of the slave trade Career: Chaplain in the Royal Navy; Chaplain of Westminster Hospital; Rector of St Edmund the King with St Nicholas Acons, Lombard Street Applications: 1 Nov 1859 (£25), 3 Dec 1880 (£15)
Works published: Various : History, Non-Fiction, Topography, Poetry, Journalism Career: Schoolmaster of the Ragged School at Bury; Journalist; Freemason Applications: 27 Jul 1859 (£15), 26 Dec 1860 (£10), 2 Jun 1862 (£10), 5 May 1876 (£15), 27 Oct 1882 (£15), 25 Nov 1886 (£15), 31 Mar 1888 (£1...
Mrs Elizabeth Anne Henfrey, widow of Mr Arthur Henfrey
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Works published: Scientific : Botany; also Translations Career: Professor of Botany at King's College London; Editor of the Journal of the Photographic Society Applications: 4 Nov 1859 (£100), 6 Jul 1869 (ineligible)
Mrs Mary Anne à Beckett, widow of Mr Gilbert Abbot à Beckett, and Miss Florence à Beckett, their daughter
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Works published: Drama : also Non-Fiction, Humour Career: Barrister; Metropolitan Police Magistrate; Co-Founder of Punch Applications: 5 Dec 1859 (£60 - to Mary Anne à Beckett), 21 Jun 1893 (Florence Mary Anne à Beckett; ineligible) Note: Also the parents of Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (see Loan...