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Contains letters between John G Broadbent and Antony Bevir and David Stephen with relation to the Civil List and the Royal Bounty Fund, as well as letters from Richard Church (on Dorothy Richardson) and Vera Jervis.
Contains letters relating to the nominations of various writers to positions as Poor Brothers of the Charterhouse. These nominations were in the gift of Queen Victoria, and members of the royal staff sought the advice of Octavian Blewitt, the Literary Fund’s Secretary, on suitable literary men t...
Charterhouse Nominations: Mr G E Anson’s first communication to Mr Blewitt
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Contains initial inquiries from George Edward Anson, private secretary or treasurer to Prince Albert, to Octavian Blewitt, seeking his assistance with nominations to the Charterhouse, including replies from Blewitt. Also contains an extract from the Charterhouse’s statutes, numerous newspaper c...
Contains a letter from George Edward Anson to Octavian Blewitt on the nomination of William Moncrieff to a place in the Charterhouse, with 1843 correspondence between Moncrieff and Blewitt relating to this and correspondence from 1850 and 1851 between Moncrieff and Blewitt on the former’s discon...
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nomination of John Dingwall Williams, including correspondence from Jones, George Edward Anson, Octavian Blewitt and G Arbuthnot. As a Dissenter, Jones was ineligible for the Charterhouse, but was awarded a grant from the Royal Bounty Fund which Ble...
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nominations of John Davis (1843), Cornelius Webbe (1846), William Henry Neale (1853), James Logan (1853), James Elmes (1855), John Donaldson (1855) and William Osborne (1858). Includes correspondence from some of these applicants as well as letters ...
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nomination of Colonel John Montmorency Tucker, including correspondence from George Edward Anson and William Hale Hale. Tucker was deemed unsuitable and, in Anson’s words ‘got rid of’.
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nomination of Joseph Snow, including correspondence from Snow and Octavian Blewitt. Also contains a number of lengthy letters from Snow to Blewitt detailing his discontent with the conditions in the Charterhouse, including an anonymous letter to the...
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nomination of John Poole, including correspondence from Poole, Octavian Blewitt, Charles Beaumont Phipps, William Hale Hale and Thoamas Noon Talfourd and a draft by Blewitt. Poole refused the nomination after inspecting the Charterhouse.
Contains letters relating to the Charterhouse nomination of John Dingwall Williams, including correspondence from Williams and from Charles Beaumont Phipps