Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705
Mr George Linnaeus Banks, Mrs Isabella Varley Banks, his wife (previously Isabella Varley; also often wrote as Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks), and Miss Esther Isabella Banks, their daughter
Mr George Linnaeus Banks & Mrs Isabella Varley Banks
Applications
22 (17 successful)
Date period
9 Sep 1862-10 Jul 1906
Awards
- (By Isabella Varley Banks unless otherwise noted): 29 Oct 1866 (£50 - joint application)
- 5 Feb 1867 (joint application; rejected)
- 4 Nov 1867 (rejected)
- 1 Jul 1868 (£10)
- 1 Dec 1869 (£10)
- 30 Jan 1871 (rejected)
- 2 Mar 1874 (£25)
- 1 Jul 1875 (£30)
- 5 Jul 1877 (£40)
- 26 Oct 1878 (£40)
- 28 Feb 1880 (£50)
- 26 May 1881 (£60)
- 30 Oct 1882 (£40)
- 1 Jul 1884 (£40)
- 31 Mar 1886 (£25)
- 30 Nov 1887 (£50)
- 4 May 1891 (£40)
- 30 May 1894 (£50)
- 29 Jun 1895 (£40)
- 31 Oct 1896 (rejected)
- 8 Jun 1897 (£25 - to Esther Isabella Banks)
- 31 Mar 1905 (Esther Isabella Banks; rejected)
Other author name(s)
(pseudonym) Mrs G. Linnaeus Banks
Author's career
- George Linnaeus Banks: Promoter of adult education
- Editor of the Harrogate Advertiser, the Birmingham Mercury, the Dublin Daily Express, the Durham Chronicle, the Sussex Mercury and the Windsor Royal Standard
- Isabella Varley Banks: Public lecturer
Author's works published
George Linnaeus Banks: Poetry : also Songs, Non-Fiction, Criticism, Biography, Journalism; Isabella Varley Banks: Fiction : Novels, Tales; also Non-Fiction, Women's Rights, Poetry
Also named in file
Miss Esther Isabella Banks (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1866
Application Form, George Linnaeus Banks and Isabella Varley Banks
29 Oct 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/1
George Linnaeus Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/2
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
8 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/3
Ingram Lockhart to the Committee of the Literary Fund
7 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/4
James T Blunton to the Committee of the Literary Fund
Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/5
George Linnaeus Banks to Octavian Blewitt
14 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/6
Receipt, signed George Linnaeus Banks
15 Nov 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/7
George Linnaeus Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
3 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/8
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Dec 1866
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/9
1867
George Linnaeus Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/10
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/11
W Butterfield to Octavian Blewitt
6 Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/12
John Abraham Heraud to Octavian Blewitt
Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/13
Octavian Blewitt to George Linnaeus Banks
6 Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/14
W Butterfield to Octavian Blewitt
7 Feb 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/15
W Butterfield to Octavian Blewitt
30 Jul 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/16
1862
Press cuttings from The Times and the Standard involving George Linnaeus Banks – accusations of plagiarism (Sep 1862), information on the Working Men’s Shakespeare Memorial and information on Charles Dickens’ involvement with the Midland Institute
9 Sep 1862-Oct 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/17
1867
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
4 Nov 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/18
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Nov 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/19
Alfred B Apsley to the Committee of the Literary Fund
5 Nov 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/20
Robert Edgar to the Committee of the Literary Fund
Nov 1867
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/21
1868
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
1 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/22
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/23
John Abraham Heraud to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/24
H Coleman to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/25
George Cruikshank to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/26
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
9 Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/27
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
Jul 1868
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/28
1869
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
1 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/29
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/30
George Linnaeus Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/31
J B Kennedy to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate
1 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/32
David Read to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/33
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
9 Dec 1869
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/34
1871
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
30 Jan 1871
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/35
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Jan 1871
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/36
P Courtenay to Octavian Blewitt
24 Jan 1871
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/37
Robert Bruce to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate
27 Jan 1871
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/38
1873
Biographical notice on George Linnaeus Banks from the Illustrated Review, with engraved portrait
25 Sep 1873
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/39
1874
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
2 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/40
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/41
James Hurnard to Octavian Blewitt
28 Feb 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/42
George Cruikshank to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/43
Daniel Pasmore to the Committee of the Literary Fund
3 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/44
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
12 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/45
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/46
Isabella Varley Banks to Octavian Blewitt
24 Mar 1874
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/47
1875
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
1 Jul 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/48
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jul 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/49
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
15 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/50
George Cruikshank to the Committee of the Literary Fund
29 Jun 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/51
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
17 Jul 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/52
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
16 Jul 1875-9 Dec 1875
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/53
1877
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
5 Jun 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/54
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Jun 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/55
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/56
George Cruikshank to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/57
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
18 Jun 1877
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/58
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
18 Jun 1877-10 Jan 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/59
1878
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
26 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/60
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
26 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/61
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
23 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/62
Daniel Pasmore to Octavian Blewitt
25 Oct 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/63
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
16 Nov 1878
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/64
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
16 Nov 1878-12 Jun 1879
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/65
1880
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
28 Feb 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/66
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
28 Feb 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/67
James Hurnard to Octavian Blewitt
26 Feb 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/68
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
28 Feb 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/69
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
11 Mar 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/70
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
11 Mar 1880-9 Dec 1880
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/71
1881
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
26 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/72
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
26 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/73
Robert Harris to Octavian Blewitt
24 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/74
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
27 May 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/75
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
10 Jun 1881
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/76
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
9 Jun 1881-11 May 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/77
1882
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
30 Oct 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/78
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Oct 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/79
Robert Harris to Octavian Blewitt
28 Oct 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/80
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
31 Oct 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/81
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
10 Nov 1882
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/82
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
9 Nov 1882-14 Jun 1883
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/83
1884
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
1 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/84
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/85
Daniel Pasmore to Octavian Blewitt
5 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/86
Charles W Wood to Octavian Blewitt
5 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/87
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/88
Schedule of payments to Isabella Varley Banks
10 Jul 1884-11 Dec 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/89
Isabella Varley Banks to Octavian Blewitt
28 Jul 1884
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/90
1886
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
31 May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/91
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
26 May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/92
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Jun 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/93
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/94
Daniel Pasmore to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
31 May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/95
Charles W Wood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
31 May 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/96
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
2 Jun 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/97
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
9 Jun 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/98
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
10 Jun 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/99
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
10 Jun 1886
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/100
1887
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
30 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/101
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/102
Daniel Pasmore to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
29 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/103
James Hole to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/104
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
30 Nov 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/105
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
1 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/106
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
1 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/107
Charles W Wood to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
1 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/108
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
15 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/109
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/110
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
15 Dec 1887
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/111
1891
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
4 May 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/112
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
28 Apr 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/113
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 May 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/114
Newton Crosland to the Committee of the Literary Fund
29 Apr 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/115
Charles W Wood to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
30 Apr 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/116
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Apr 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/117
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
14 May 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/118
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
14 May 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/119
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
14 May 1891
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/120
1894
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
30 May 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/121
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 May 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/122
Newton Crosland to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 May 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/123
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/124
Frederick Sherlock to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
5 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/125
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
14 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/126
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
14 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/127
1895
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
29 Jun 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/128
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
29 Jun 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/129
Frederick Sherlock to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
27 Jun 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/130
Newton Crosland to the Committee of the Literary Fund
29 Jun 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/131
Receipt, signed Isabella Varley Banks
11 Jul 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/132
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
11 Jul 1895
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/133
1896
Application Form, Isabella Varley Banks
31 Oct 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/134
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
28 Oct 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/135
Isabella Varley Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 Oct 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/136
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
31 Oct 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/137
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Nov 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/138
Charles W Wood to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
2 Nov 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/139
Frederick Sherlock to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
2 Nov 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/140
Isabella Varley Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
13 Nov 1896
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/141
1897
Application Form, Esther Isabella Banks
8 Jun 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/142
Esther Isabella Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
8 Jun 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/143
Esther Isabella Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
8 Jun 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/144
Frederick Sherlock to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
9 Jun 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/145
Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard (John Strange Winter) to the Committee of the Literary Fund
26 Jun 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/146
Charles W Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
[Jun 1897]
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/147
Receipt, signed Esther Isabella Banks
15 Jul 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/148
Esther Isabella Banks to the Committee of the Literary Fund
16 Jul 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/149
1905
Esther Isabella Banks to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
31 Mar 1905
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/150
1906
W R Credland to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
10 Jul 1906
Loan 96 RLF 1/1705/151