Case file
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
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Henry Marston to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Dec 1866
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John Abraham Heraud to Octavian Blewitt
4 Dec 1866
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Charles R S Hooper to the Committee of the Literary Fund
8 Dec 1866
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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
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1867
G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt, enquiring about John William Lester
20 Mar 1867
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G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt
23 Mar 1867
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George Rice-Trevor, Baron Dynevor, to Octavian Blewitt
1 Apr 1867
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George Rice-Trevor, Baron Dynevor, to Octavian Blewitt
5 Apr 1867
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Jane Campbell Lester to Octavian Blewitt
9 Apr 1867
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G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt
22 Apr 1867
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G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt
28 Dec 1867
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G D W Digby to Octavian Blewitt
31 Dec 1867
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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
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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
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J B Kearney to Octavian Blewitt
28 Nov 1868
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T Walter Eyre Evans to Octavian Blewitt
30 Nov 1868
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John William Lester to Octavian Blewitt
11 Dec 1868
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1869
John William Lester to Octavian Blewitt
26 May 1869
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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
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Jane Campbell Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund
9 May 1870
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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
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John Westwood to Octavian Blewitt
30 Apr 1870
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R Clapp to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
3 May 1870
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Jane Campbell Lester to the Committee of the Literary Fund
31 May 1870
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Schedule of payments to Jane Campbell Lester
19 May 1870-15 Dec 1870
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