Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/2004
Mr William Davenport Adams, and Mrs Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams, his widow
Mr William Davenport Adams
Applications
7 (3 successful)
Date period
8 May 1876-26 May 1919
Awards
- 5 Jun 1876 (rejected)
- 6 Nov 1877 (£25)
- 2 Dec 1878 (rejected)
- 13 Mar 1885 (rejected)
- 4 Feb 1902 (£100)
- 26 Sep 1904 (£75 - to Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams)
- 5 May 1919 (Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams; ineligible)
Other author name(s)
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Author's career
- Editor of the Glasgow Daily News, the Greenock Advertiser, the Nottingham Guardian and the Derby Mercury
- Literary editor and drama critic of the Globe
Author's works published
Journalism : also Non-Fiction, Compilations, Editions, Criticism
Also named in file
Mrs Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1876
Application Form, William Davenport Adams
5 Jun 1876
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William Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Jun 1876
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George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Committee of the Literary Fund
8 May 1876
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James Hain Friswell to the Committee of the Literary Fund
29 May 1876
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William Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt
8 Jun 1876
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1877
Application Form, William Davenport Adams
6 Nov 1877
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William Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
6 Nov 1877
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George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to the Committee of the Literary Fund
25 Oct 1877
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Alfred Austin to Octavian Blewitt
28 Oct 1877
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Alfred Austin to Edward James Stephen Dicey
4 Nov 1877
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Alfred Austin to Frederick Locker
4 Nov 1877
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C Macpherson to Octavian Blewitt
10 Nov 1877
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1887
William Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt
18 Nov 1887
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1877
Receipt, signed William Davenport Adams
21 Nov 1877
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1878
Application Form, William Davenport Adams
2 Dec 1878
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William Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Dec 1878
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George Frederick Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, to William Davenport Adams
30 Dec 1878
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1879
L Walker to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Jan 1879
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William Davenport Adams to Octavian Blewitt
30 Jan 1879
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Advertisement for English Epigrams, Latter-Day Lyrics, a Dictionary of English Literature, Famous Books, Lyrics of Love and Comic Poets of the Nineteenth Century, all compiled, written or edited by William Davenport Adams, with press quotations
1879
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1885
William Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
13 Mar 1885
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1902
Edmund Gosse to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
[Jan 1902]
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Application Form, William Davenport Adams
4 Feb 1902
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William Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Feb 1902
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(Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Feb 1902
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William Davenport Adams to the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 Feb 1902
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Receipt, signed William Davenport Adams
13 Feb 1902
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Austin Dobson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
4 Mar 1902
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1904
John Ramsay, at 10 Downing Street, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
1 Jul 1904
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Application Form, Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams
26 Sep 1904
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Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
Sep 1904
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William Stuart Thomson to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
Sep 1904
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Thomas Carlisle to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
25 Sep 1904
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Florence Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
28 Sep 1904
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Ellinor Davenport Adams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
12 Oct 1904
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Receipt, signed Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams
15 Oct 1904
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Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Oct 1904
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Petition to Arthur James Balfour for a Civil List pension for the family of William Davenport Adams
1904
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Memorandum with addresses of David Binney and Andrew Binney
1904
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Andrew Binney to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
11 Nov 1904
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1919
John M Wilson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
29 Apr 1919
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John M Wilson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
1 May 1919
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John Roxburgh to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
2 May 1919
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Charles H Körner to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
2 May 1919
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Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
5 May 1919
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John M Wilson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
26 May 1919
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