Works published: Non-Fiction : works on Irish Politics; also Translations Career: LL.D. from Dublin; M.P. for Limerick; Queen's Counsel Applications: 27 Apr 1880 (£80)
William Canton, and Annie Elizabeth Canton, his widow
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Works published: Religious : also Children's Writing, History, Poetry Career: Worked for the British and Foreign Bible Society Applications: 8 Jul 1925 (£300), 2 Feb 1927 (£100 - to Annie Elizabeth Canton)
Works published: Non-Fiction : works on Asia, Autobiography; also Journalism, History Career: Educated at Emmanuel College Cambridge; War Correspondent Applications: 28 Feb 1926 (£300)
Daisy Kennedy Drinkwater, the widow of John Drinkwater
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Works published: Poetry : also Drama, Non-Fiction, Biography, Autobiography Career: Professor of Poetry for the Royal Society of Literature; honorary MA Applications: May 1937 (£500) Note: Loan 96 RLF 1/3586/22-28 relate to a considerably later attempt to secure aid for Daisy Kennedy Drinkwat...
No records relating to the Royal Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners between 1909 and 1914 or to the dinner of 1920 were to be found in 2013 (no dinners were held between 1915 and 1919 due to the First World War). This record exists to register this gap in the hope that these documents might subs...
The Literary Fund’s Annual Dinners ceased during the First World War, before being revived in 1920. This box contains records of the Literary Fund Anniversary Dinners held between 1921 and 1924. These files are generally less clean and systematic than the pre-war records. The records are organis...
Royal Literary Fund: Treasurers’ Reports and Registrars’ Reports
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This box contains the Royal Literary Fund’s Registrars’ Reports from 1839-1895 and the Treasurers’ Reports from 1840 to 1887. The Registrars’ Reports give details of the General Committee members, Registrars and Treasurers who attended each Committee meeting and list vacancies on the Committee ...