Mr Joseph Verey, and Miss Clara Alice Verey, his daughter
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Works published: Fiction : Novels; also Poetry Career: Commercial traveller Applications: 2 Jul 1866 (£25), 30 Oct 1868 (rejected), 2 Feb 1870 (£25), 17 May 1920 (£30 - to Clara Alice Verey)
Mr Henry James Loaring, and Mrs Mary Ann Loaring, his widow
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Compilations; also Journalism Applications: 2 Nov 1866 (£25), 18 May 1869 (rejected), 6 Jul 1870 (rejected), 4 Feb 1873 (Mary Ann Loaring; rejected)
Works published: Non-Fiction : Hebrew Studies; Translations - in and from German Career: Lithuanian; 'Lauriéat de L'Institute de France, et de la Faculté de Médicine de Paris' Applications: 12 Oct 1866 (rejected)
Mr George Linnaeus Banks, Mrs Isabella Varley Banks, his wife (previously Isabella Varley; also often wrote as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks), and Miss Esther Isabella Banks, their daughter
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Works published (George Linnaeus Banks): Poetry : also Songs, Non-Fiction, Criticism, Biography, Journalism Works published (Isabella Varley Banks): Fiction : Novels, Tales; also Non-Fiction, Women's Rights, Poetry Career (George Linnaeus Banks): Promoter of adult education; Editor of the Harr...
Works published: Poetry : also Journalism Career: B.A. from St John's College Cambridge; Barrister of Lincoln's Inn; Vice-Consul at Boulogne-Sur-Mer Applications: 3 Dec 1866 (£50), 30 Dec 1867 (£50), 3 Mar 1869 (£50), 1 Mar 1870 (£40)
Reverend Dr John William Lester, and Mrs Jane Campbell Lester, his widow
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Works published: Religious : Theology; also Non-Fiction, Compilations Career: B.A. from Christ's College Cambridge; D.D.; Ph.D.; Vicar of Lower Norwood Applications: 4 Dec 1866 (£35), 1 Dec 1868 (rejected), 3 May 1870 (£30 - to Jane Campbell Lester)
Dr Spencer Timothy Hall (pseudonym: 'The Sherwood Forester'), and Mrs Mary Julia Hall, his widow
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Works published: Various : Poetry, Non-Fiction, Topography, Medical, Journalism Career: Printer; Homoeopathic doctor; Mesmerist; Lecturer; honorary M.A. and Ph.D. from Tübingen Applications: 4 Dec 1866 (£25), 23 Mar 1869 (£25), 24 Jul 1879 (£50), 4 May 1883 (£30), 5 Apr 1887 (£50 - to Maria Ju...
Miss Henrietta Sophia Henry, daughter of Mr Jabez Henry
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Works published: Legal Career: Barrister; Counsel for Queen Caroline; First President of Demerara; Chief Justice of the Ionian Isles Applications: 26 Nov 1866 (£35)
Miss Emma Boultwood (later Mrs Emma Dixon; pseudonym: Emma Leslie)
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Works published: Fiction : Novels, Moral Tales Applications: 5 Dec 1866 (£15), 31 Mar 1868 (£15), 1 May 1869 (£15), 5 Jul 1870 (£15), 2 Mar 1872 (£10), 19 Nov 1891 (£25), 27 Jan 1893 (£15), 2 Apr 1894 (£10) Note: Sister of Harriett Boultwood (see Loan 96 RLF 1/2372).