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Loan 96 RLF 1/1311
Dr Henry Owgan

Dr Henry Owgan

Applications

12 (11 successful)

Date period

15 Dec 1851-11 Jul 1884

Awards

  • 29 Dec 1852 (£30)
  • 31 Mar 1854 (£30)
  • 4 Jun 1855 (£15)
  • 1 Feb 1857 (£30)
  • 6 Apr 1858 (£15)
  • 3 May 1859 (£15)
  • 4 Jun 1860 (rejected)
  • 3 May 1870 (£15)
  • 4 Mar 1879 (£30)
  • 6 Apr 1880 (£30)
  • 4 May 1881 (£30)
  • 2 Jul 1884 (£15)

Other author name(s)

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Author's career

  • LL.D. from Trinity College Dublin
  • Public Lecturer
  • Editor of the Bristol Magazine

Author's works published

Various : Translations of Classics, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reference

Also named in file

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Timeline

1852

Application Form, Henry Owgan – endorsed by John Joseph Fletcher and Alexander Leeper

29 Dec 1852
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/1
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Dec 1852
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/2
1853

Alexander Leeper to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Jan 1853
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/3
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

18 Jan 1853
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/4
1854

Application Form, Henry Owgan – endorsed by Dawson William Turner, Charles Strong and William Thynne

31 Mar 1854
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/5
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Mar 1854
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/6
 

William Thynne to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Mar 1854
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/7
 

Dawson William Turner to Octavian Blewitt

Mar 1854
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/8
1851

William Shoberl to Henry Owgan

15 Dec 1851
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/9
1854

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Apr 1854
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/10
1855

Application Form, Henry Owgan – endorsed by Dawson William Turner and E R Humphreys, with additional endorsement on reverse by James Lonsdale

4 Jun 1855
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/11
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jun 1855
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/12
 

E R Humphreys to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jun 1855
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/13
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Jun 1855
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/14
1857

Application Form, Henry Owgan – endorsed by E R Humphreys and Thomas Webster, with numerous cuttings on reverse advertising and praising his books

1 Feb 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/15
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Feb 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/16
 

E R Humphreys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Feb 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/17
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Feb 1857
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/18
1858

Application Form, Henry Owgan

6 Apr 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/19
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund [written on form]

6 Apr 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/20
 

E R Humphreys to Octavian Blewitt

4 Apr 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/21
 

Thomas Webster to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 Mar 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/22
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Apr 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/23
 

Application Form, Henry Owgan

3 May 1858
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/24
1859

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund [written on form]

3 May 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/25
 

Thomas Webster to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Apr 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/26
 

E R Humphreys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 May 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/27
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 May 1859
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/28
1860

Application Form, Henry Owgan

4 Jun 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/29
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Jun 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/30
 

John Coen to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Jun 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/31
 

Thomas Webster to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jun 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/32
 

John Coen to the Committee of the Literary Fund, endorsed by Thomas Webster, with a reply from Octavian Blewitt

1 Jul 1860-12 Jul 1860
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/33
 

Press cuttings – letters to the editors of The Times and the Morning Post appealing for aid for Henry Owgan, signed B M D and J C Suffolk

1860s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/34
1870

Application Form, Henry Owgan

30 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/35
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/36
 

Henry Owgan to Octavian Blewitt

4 Jun 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/37
 

B W Gibsone to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/38
 

F P Beamish to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

30 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/39
 

Edward Wells to the Committee of the Literary Fund

30 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/40
 

Receipt, signed Henry Owgan

10 Jun 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/41
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Jun 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/42
1877

Doyne C Bell, secretary at Buckingham Palace, to Octavian Blewitt, seeking information on Henry Owgan

9 Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/43
1879

Application Form, Henry Owgan

4 Mar 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/44
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Mar 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/45
 

J George Beamish to Octavian Blewitt

4 Mar 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/46
1870

Dr Owgan’s Works – Opinions of the Press &c’ – printed advertisement for the works of Henry Owgan

1870s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/47
 

Printed advertisement for the works of Henry Owgan

1870s
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/48
1879

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Mar 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/49
 

Schedule of payments to Henry Owgan

13 Mar 1879-10 Jul 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/50
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Earl Cairns

5 May 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/51
1880

Application Form, Henry Owgan

6 Apr 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/52
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Apr 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/53
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Octavian Blewitt

26 Apr 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/54
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Octavian Blewitt

30 Apr 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/55
 

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Earl Cairns, to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Apr 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/56
 

Receipt, signed Henry Owgan

4 May 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/57
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 May 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/58
1881

Application Form, Henry Owgan

4 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/59
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/60
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Octavian Blewitt

12 Apr 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/61
 

Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope to Octavian Blewitt

5 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/62
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope

3 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/63
 

J George Beamish to Octavian Blewitt

6 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/64
 

William O’Neill, Baron O’Neill, to Octavian Blewitt

9 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/65
 

Receipt, signed Henry Owgan

13 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/66
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/67
1884

Application Form, Henry Owgan

2 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/68
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/69
 

William Mears to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/70
 

J George Beamish to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/71
 

Henry Owgan to Octavian Blewitt

9 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/72
 

Henry Owgan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/73
 

Receipt, signed Henry Owgan

11 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1311/74
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