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Loan 96 RLF 1/1707
Reverend Dr John William Lester, and Mrs Jane Campbell Lester, his widow

Reverend Dr John William Lester

Applications

3 (2 successful)

Date period

Feb 1864-15 Dec 1870

Awards

  • 4 Dec 1866 (£35)
  • 1 Dec 1868 (rejected)
  • 3 May 1870 (£30 - to Jane Campbell Lester)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • B.A. from Christ's College Cambridge
  • D.D.
  • Ph.D.
  • Vicar of Lower Norwood

Author's works published

Religious : Theology; also Non-Fiction, Compilations

Also named in file

Mrs Jane Campbell Lester (dependent)

Timeline

1866

Application Form, John William Lester

4 Dec 1866
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John William Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/2
 

Henry Marston to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/3
 

John Abraham Heraud to Octavian Blewitt

4 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/4
 

Charles R S Hooper to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/5
 

John William Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Dec 1866
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John William Lester to Octavian Blewitt

14 Dec 1866
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Schedule of payments to John William Lester, signed for by Jane Campbell Lester

14 Dec 1866-13 Jun 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/8
1867

G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt, enquiring about John William Lester

20 Mar 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/9
 

G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt

23 Mar 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/10
 

George Rice-Trevor, Baron Dynevor, to Octavian Blewitt

1 Apr 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/11
 

George Rice-Trevor, Baron Dynevor, to Octavian Blewitt

5 Apr 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/12
 

Jane Campbell Lester to Octavian Blewitt

9 Apr 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/13
 

G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt

22 Apr 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/14
 

G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt

28 Dec 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/15
 

G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt

31 Dec 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/16
 

Press clippings from The Times on John William Lester’s court quarrel with his churchwardens and on his bankruptcy

25 May 1867-1 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/17
1864

Reprint of an article from to Church Standard on John William Lester, with a list of signatories to his testimonial

Feb 1864
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1868

Application Form, John William Lester

1 Dec 1868
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John William Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Dec 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/20
 

J B Kearney to Octavian Blewitt

28 Nov 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/21
 

T Walter Eyre Evans to Octavian Blewitt

30 Nov 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/22
 

John William Lester to Octavian Blewitt

11 Dec 1868
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1869

John William Lester to Octavian Blewitt

26 May 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/24
1868

Printed ‘Extracts from the Testimonials of the Rev John William Lester’

Mar 1868
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1870

Application Form, Jane Campbell Lester

3 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/26
 

Jane Campbell Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/27
 

James Sommerville to the Committee of the Literary Fund, witnessing the marriage of John William Lester and Jane Campbell Lester (née Johnston), which took place on 3 Apr 1849

18 Mar 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/28
 

John Westwood to Octavian Blewitt

30 Apr 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/29
 

R Clapp to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/30
 

Jane Campbell Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund

31 May 1870
Loan 96 RLF 1/1707/31
 

Schedule of payments to Jane Campbell Lester

19 May 1870-15 Dec 1870
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