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Loan 96 RLF 1/1645
Mr Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, Mrs Mary Laing Meason, his widow, and their daughters

Mr Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

Applications

14 (12 successful)

Date period

20 Apr 1864-6 Jun 1899

Awards

  • 20 Apr 1864 (£20)
  • 5 Jun 1865 (£20)
  • 5 Nov 1866 (£15)
  • 5 Jan 1874 (£40)
  • 1 Mar 1875 (£30)
  • 6 Mar 1877 (£30)
  • 30 Oct 1878 (£30)
  • 29 Nov 1882 (£20)
  • 27 Mar 1885 (£20)
  • 2 May 1887 (rejected)
  • 4 Jun 1887 (£10)
  • 5 Dec 1888 (£20)
  • 5 Nov 1889 (£40 - to Mary Laing Meason) 6 Jun 1899 (his daughters; ineligible)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • Lieutenant in the 40th regiment and the 10th Hussars
  • in the Turkish Service in Lebanon
  • Editor of the Bombay Telegraph
  • Special correspondent

Author's works published

Journalism : Periodical contributions; also Non-Fiction, Economics, Fiction

Also named in file

Mrs Mary Laing Meason (dependent)
The daughters of Mr Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason (dependent)

Timeline

1864

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

20 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/1
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

28 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/2
 

Thomas Aubrey Griffith to Octavian Blewitt

22 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/3
 

William Wilson to Octavian Blewitt

23 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/4
 

Paul Brae to Octavian Blewitt

27 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/5
 

William Henry Wills to the Committee of the Literary Fund, listing contributions to All The YearRound by Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

29 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/6
 

John Maxwell to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

30 Apr 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/7
 

Gregor Grant to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 May 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/8
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

12 May 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/9
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 May 1864
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/10
1865

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

5 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/11
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

5 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/12
 

Gregor Grant to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

5 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/13
 

J Michael to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

6 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/14
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

15 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/15
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Jun 1865
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/16
1866

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason – with extra page of contributions to periodicals

5 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/17
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

6 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/18
 

[B?] Nixon to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

1 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/19
 

Philip H Harper to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

1 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/20
 

Gregor Grant to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

1 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/21
 

Thomas Aubrey Griffith to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/22
 

John Elphinstone to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

6 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/23
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

9 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/24
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

15 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/25
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/26
1874

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

5 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/27
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

5 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/28
 

John Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt

5 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/29
 

H J Prendergast to Octavian Blewitt

6 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/30
 

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co to Octavian Blewitt [misdated 1873]

5 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/31
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

15 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/32
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Jan 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/33
1875

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

1 Mar 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/34
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

1 Mar 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/35
 

George P Pond to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

30 Jan 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/36
 

John Maxwell to Octavian Blewitt

12 Feb 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/37
 

W H Lewis to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

17 Feb 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/38
 

John Elphinstone to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

18 Feb 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/39
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

11 Mar 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/40
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Mar 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/41
1877

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

6 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/42
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

7 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/43
 

W Laidlaw Purves to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

24 Feb 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/44
 

Horace Voules to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

1 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/45
 

W W Anderson to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

1 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/46
 

W S de Mattos to Octavian Blewitt

2 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/47
 

H J Prendergast to Octavian Blewitt

3 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/48
 

John Elphinstone to Octavian Blewitt

3 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/49
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

15 Mar 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/50
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Apr 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/51
1878

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

30 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/52
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

30 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/53
 

T Smith Rowe to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

29 Sep 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/54
 

E R Butler to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

7 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/55
 

Samuel Laing to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

28 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/56
 

List of articles contributed to All The Year Round by Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

25 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/56a
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Nov 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/57
 

Schedule of payments to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, signed for by Mary Laing Meason

14 Nov 1878-10 Apr 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/58
1882

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

29 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/59
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

29 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/60
 

George Grove to the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/61
 

Edwin E Sass to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

26 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/62
 

W W Anderson to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

31 Oct 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/63
 

Charles Culliford Boz Dickens to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/64
 

List of articles contributed to All The Year Round by Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason between 1865 and 1878

Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/65
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Dec 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/66
1883

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Octavian Blewitt

10 Jan 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/67
1882

Schedule of payments to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, some signed for by Mary Laing Meason

14 Dec 1882-15 Mar 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/68
1885

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

27 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/69
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund

16 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/70
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund

27 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/71
 

W W Anderson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/72
 

George Grove to the Committee of the Literary Fund

24 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/73
 

Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

25 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/74
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

25 Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/75
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

[Mar 1885]
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/76
 

Memorandum by Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, giving details of the career of Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

Mar 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/77
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

9 Apr 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/78
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 Apr 1885
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/79
1887

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/80
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/81
 

Charles Culliford Boz Dickens to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/82
 

Macmillan & Co to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/83
 

Chatto & Windus to the Secretary of the Royal Literary Fund

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/84
 

E R Butler to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/85
 

G A Henry to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/86
 

Sampson, Low, Marston & Co to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/87
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

23 May 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/88
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Jun 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/89
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

7 Jun 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/90
 

Edwin E Sass to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

7 Jun 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/91
 

Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

10 Jun 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/92
 

Receipt, signed Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason

11 Jun 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/93
1888

Application Form, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason – signed Mary Laing Meason

5 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/94
 

Mary Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

29 Nov 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/95
 

Mary Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/96
 

W A Fyers to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/97
 

Edwin E Sass to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

5 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/98
 

Mary Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/99
 

Mary Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Dec 1888
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/100
 

Schedule of payments to Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, signed for by Mary Laing Meason

13 Dec 1888-14 Mar 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/101
1889

Application Form, Mary Laing Meason

5 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/102
 

Mary Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Sep 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/103
 

Mary Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/104
 

Eliza Collett to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/105
 

Francis Kirk to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/106
 

Francis Kirk to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/107
 

D G Anderson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/108
 

[Henry Lyon?] to the [com](Committee of the Literary Fund), certifying the marriage of Mary Laing Meason

Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/109
 

Receipt, signed Mary Laing Meason

14 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/110
 

Mary Laing Meason to the Committee of the Literary Fund

14 Nov 1889
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/111
1899

E Laing Meason to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/1645/112
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