Mrs Frances James, widow of Mr George Payne Rainsford James
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Works published: Fiction : Novels Career: British Consul in the U.S.A. and Venice; Member of the Committee and Council of the Royal Literary Fund Applications: 27 Nov 1860 (£100)
Mr Stevens Henry Brooks, and Mrs Jemima Brooks, his widow
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Architecture Career: Architect; Surveyor Applications: 1 Jan 1862 (£25), 23 Jan 1863 (£20), 2 Nov 1864 (£25), 24 Oct 1865 (£25 - to Jemima Brooks)
Reverend Charles Bernard Gibson, and Mrs Margaret Gibson, his widow
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Works published: History : also Non-Fiction, Politics, Journalism, Fiction Career: Presbyterian Minister; Member of the Royal Society of Arts; Chaplain of the Government Prison of Spike Island, Cork Applications: 20 May 1867 (£40), 27 Nov 1885 (£40 - to Margaret Gibson)
Mrs Agnes Cooper Cumming, widow of Mr Joseph George Cumming
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Works published: History : Antiquarian, also Scientific, Geology, Non-Fiction, Biography, Journalism Career: Schoolmaster; Professor of Classical Literature and Geology at Queen's College Birmingham; Vicar of St John's Bethnal Green; Fellow of the Geological Society Applications: 28 Nov 1868 (...
Miss Barbara Wallace Fyfe, daughter of Mr William Wallace Fyfe
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Topography, Agriculture, Compilations; also Journalism Career: Editor of the Nottingham Daily Guardian and other provincial newspapers Applications: 31 Dec 1869 (£50)
Reverend Anthony Francis Thomson, and Mrs Betsey Thomson, his widow
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Works published: Various : Non-Fiction, Biography, Fiction, Journalism Career: British Chaplain at Avrances, France Applications: 26 Nov 1870 (£40), 20 May 1878 (£20), 1 Nov 1887 (£30 - to Betsey Thomson) Note: Brother of Henry William Byerley Thomson (see Loan 96 RLF 1/1865).