Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/1197
Mr Charles Rowcroft, and Mrs Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft, his widow
Mr Charles Rowcroft
Applications
5 (5 successful)
Date period
27 May 1848-14 Nov 1856
Awards
- 27 May 1848 (£50)
- 24 Dec 1849 (£25)
- 1 May 1851 (£50)
- 25 May 1852 (£40)
- 5 Nov 1856 (£50 - to Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft)
Other author name(s)
-
Author's career
- Her Majesty's Consul in Cincinnati 1852-1856 (afterwards poisoned)
Author's works published
Fiction : Novels
Also named in file
Mrs Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1848
Application Form, Charles Rowcroft – endorsed by Samuel Richards and Andrew Spottiswoode
27 May 1848
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
3 Jun 1848
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Samuel Richards to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Jun 1848
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Andrew Spottiswoode to the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Jun 1848
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Receipt, signed Charles Rowcroft
15 Jun 1848
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
17 Jun 1848
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1849
Application Form, Charles Rowcroft – endorsed by John A D Cox, Andrew Spottiswoode, Thomas Loftus and Samuel Richards
24 Dec 1849
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 Dec 1849
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1850
Samuel Richards to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jan 1850
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Receipt, signed Charles Rowcroft
10 Jan 1850
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
11 Jan 1850
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1851
Application Form, Charles Rowcroft – endorsed by Samuel Richards John T Briggs, Henry Burgess, Thomas Loftus and Andrew Spottiswoode
1 May 1851
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
15 May 1851
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Henry Burgess to the Committee of the Literary Fund
10 May 1851
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Samuel Richards to the Committee of the Literary Fund
19 May 1851
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Andrew Spottiswoode to the Committee of the Literary Fund
20 May 1851
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Receipt, signed Charles Rowcroft
22 May 1851
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
24 May 1851
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1852
Application Form, Charles Rowcroft – endorsed by Samuel Richards, John T Briggs, Thomas Loftus, Andrew Spottiswoode and Sylvain Van de Weyer
25 May 1852
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Jun 1852
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Andrew Spottiswoode to Octavian Blewitt
4 Jun 1852
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John T Briggs to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Jun 1852
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Receipt, signed Charles Rowcroft
10 Jun 1852
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Charles Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Jun 1852
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1853
Press cutting from the Cincinnati Daily Times of a report on a complimentary dinner to Charles Rowcroft
11 Apr 1853
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1848
Press cuttings on bankruptcy proceedings against Charles Rowcroft in Apr 1848 and from The Times and Mitchell’s Maritime Register on his suspicious death on 23 Aug 1856
Apr 1848-11 Oct 1856
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1856
Application Form, Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft – endorsed by Sylvain Van de Weyer, Samuel Richards and Stephen Watson Fullom, with note by Octavian Blewitt on reverse confirming valid marriage certificate was produced
5 Nov 1856
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Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Nov 1856
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Stephen Watson Fullom to Octavian Blewitt
31 Oct 1856
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Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft to the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 Nov 1856
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Receipt, signed Samuel Richards for Rebecca Charlotte Rowcroft
14 Nov 1856
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