Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433
Mr Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (pseudonym: Kosmo Wilkinson), and Mrs Edith Sweet Escott, his widow
Mr Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
Applications
13 (11 successful)
Date period
27 Feb 1892-17 Jan 1926
Awards
- 15 Jun 1894 (£100)
- 9 Jun 1899 (£100)
- 31 Dec 1903 (£75)
- 5 Apr 1907 (£50)
- 16 Mar 1910 (£100)
- 13 Sep 1916 (£100)
- 16 Apr 1918 (£75)
- 29 Jan 1920 (£100)
- 13 Feb 1921 (£50)
- 22 Mar 1922 (-)
- 25 Feb 1924 (£100)
- 23 Jul 1924 (Edith Sweet Escott; deferred)
- 21 Dec 1925 (£50 - to Edith Sweet Escott)
Other author name(s)
(pseudonym) Kosmo Wilkinson
Author's career
- M.A. from Queen's College Oxford
- Philosophy Lecturer at King's College London, 1866-1873
- Leader writer for The Standard
- Editor of the Fortnightly Review, 1882-1886
- Holder of a Civil List pension
Author's works published
Non-Fiction : Politics, Philosophy, Biography, Essays; also History, Journalism
Also named in file
Mrs Edith Sweet Escott (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1892
Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
27 Feb 1892
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/1
1893
Kate Escott to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
10 Feb 1893
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/2
1894
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
15 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/3
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/4
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
19 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/5
Sir Charles Dilke to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
26 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/6
Thomas Bayley Potter to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
28 Jun 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/7
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
12 Jul 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/8
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
13 Jul 1894
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/9
1899
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
9 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/10
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
9 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/11
William Samuel Lilly to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
9 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/12
William Leonard Courtney to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
10 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/13
William Leonard Courtney to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
10 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/14
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
11 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/15
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
15 Jun 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/16
1903
J H Archer, on behalf of the Rothschilds, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, asking for information on Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
18 Nov 1903
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/17
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
31 Dec 1903
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/18
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
18 Dec 1903
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/19
George Joachim Goschen, Viscount Goschen, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Dec 1903
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/20
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
31 Dec 1903
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/21
1904
Sir Robert George Wyndam Herbert to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
4 Jan 1904
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/22
George Joachim Goschen, Viscount Goschen, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
5 Jan 1904
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/23
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
15 Jan 1904
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/24
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Jan 1904
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/25
1907
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
5 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/26
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Rowland Edmund Prothero
31 Mar 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/27
Rowland Edmund Prothero to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
3 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/28
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
5 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/29
Henry Thurstan Holland, Viscount Knutsford, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
7 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/30
Sir Spencer Walpole to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
9 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/31
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
9 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/32
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
11 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/33
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
11 Apr 1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/34
1899
Printed advertisement for A Trip to Paradoxia, and other Humours of the Hour, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, with press opinions
1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/35
1907
Printed advertisement for Society in the Country House, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/36
1905
Printed advertisement for The Personal Story of the Upper House, by Kosmo Wilkinson (Thomas Hay Sweet Escott), with press opinions
1905
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/37
1902
Printed advertisement for Gentlemen of the House of Commons, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, with extracts from reviews
1902
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/38
1910
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
16 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/39
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
16 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/40
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to George William Erskine Russell
21 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/41
George William Erskine Russell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
24 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/42
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
24 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/43
James Tynte Agg-Gardner to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
28 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/44
Rowland Edmund Prothero to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
29 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/45
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
30 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/46
Sir John Eldon Gorst to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
30 Mar 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/47
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
1 Apr 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/48
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
14 Apr 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/49
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Apr 1910
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/50
1908
Printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, with press opinions
1908
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/51
1907
Printed advertisement for Society in the Country House, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, with press opinions
1907
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/52
1902
Printed advertisement for Gentlemen of the House of Commons, by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
1902
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/53
1916
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
13 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/54
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
13 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/55
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/56
Typewritten copy of a letter from Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts (original is Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/56)
15 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/57
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/58
Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
19 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/59
1926
James Tynte Agg-Gardner to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
19 Sep 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/60
1916
Rowland Edmund Prothero to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
19 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/61
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
20 Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/62
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
13 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/63
1908
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-13 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/64
1916
List of publications by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
Sep 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/65
1918
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
16 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/66
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
10 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/67
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
13 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/68
Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
15 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/69
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
16 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/70
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
19 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/71
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
21 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/72
Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
22 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/73
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
23 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/74
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
24 Apr 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/75
Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
1 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/76
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/77
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/78
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to George William Erskine Russell
May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/79
George William Erskine Russell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
3 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/80
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Sir Thomas Sutherland
May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/81
Sir Thomas Sutherland to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
3 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/82
John Richard Magrath to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
4 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/83
James Tynte Agg-Gardner to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
6 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/84
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
10 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/85
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
10 May 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/86
1920
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
29 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/87
Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle, to Hugh John Cole Marshall
25 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/88
Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
26 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/89
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
29 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/90
Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice, to Hugh John Cole Marshall
31 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/91
1908
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-31 Jan 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/92
1920
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
5 Feb 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/93
1916
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for Great Victorians, by Escott, with press opinions
1916-10 Feb 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/94
1913
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for Anthony Trollope, his Works, Associates and Literary Originals, by Escott, with press opinions
1913-12 Feb 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/95
1920
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
13 Feb 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/96
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
13 Aug 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/97
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
19 Aug 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/98
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
8 Nov 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/99
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
10 Nov 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/100
1921
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
13 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/101
Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund
9 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/102
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
2 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/103
1908
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-3 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/104
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-4 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/105
1921
Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle, to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
5 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/106
Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
5 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/107
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
12 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/108
1908
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-14 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/109
1921
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
15 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/110
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
17 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/111
Sir Sidney James Mark Low to Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
16 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/112
Sir Sidney James Mark Low to Hugh John Cole Marshall
16 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/113
John Telford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
17 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/114
Walter Herries Pollock to Hugh John Cole Marshall
Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/115
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
21 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/116
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
7 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/117
Receipt, signed Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
11 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/118
1908
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall, written on the back of a printed advertisement for The Story of British Democracy: its Makers and Movements, by Escott, with press opinions
1908-11 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/119
1921
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
22 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/120
1922
John Murray to Hugh John Cole Marshall
29 Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/121
Hugh John Cole Marshall to John Murray
30 Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/122
Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice, to Hugh John Cole Marshall
2 Apr 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/123
Hugh John Cole Marshall to Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, Baron Fitzmaurice
5 Apr 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/124
1924
Application Form, Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
25 Feb 1924
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Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/126
George Earle Buckle to Hugh John Cole Marshall
20 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/127
Hugh John Cole Marshall to George Earle Buckle
21 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/128
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
25 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/129
George Earle Buckle to Hugh John Cole Marshall
28 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/130
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to John Telford
5 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/131
John Telford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
7 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/132
Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
14 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/133
Application Form, Edith Sweet Escott
23 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/134
Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund
6 Aug 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/135
Sir Bickham Escott to Edmund Gosse
8 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/136
Sir Bickham Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
11 Jul 1924
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
17 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/138
Thomas J Bullick to the Committee of the Literary Fund
17 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/139
Edward J Baxter to Hugh John Cole Marshall
17 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/140
Hugh John Cole Marshall to Edith Sweet Escott
21 Jul 1924
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
23 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/142
Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
24 Jul 1924
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
5 Aug 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/144
Hugh John Cole Marshall to Edith Sweet Escott
6 Aug 1924
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
13 Oct 1924
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Edith Sweet Escott
14 Oct 1924
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Press clipping from the Daily Mail on the value of the estate of Thomas Hay Sweet Escott
13 Nov 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/148
1925
Application Form, Edith Sweet Escott
21 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/149
M E Balkwill to Hugh John Cole Marshall
16 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/150
Hugh John Cole Marshall to M E Balkwill
17 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/151
Edith Sweet Escott to the Committee of the Literary Fund
20 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/152
Edward J Baxter, Thomas J Bullick, Thomas Power O’Connor and Archdall Hill to the Committee of the Literary Fund, with typed extracts from The Times obituary for Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (17 Jun 1924)
Dec 1925
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Charlotte [Brampford?] Speke to the [com](Committee of the Literary Fund)
21 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/154
M E Balkwill to the Committee of the Literary Fund
21 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/155
M E Balkwill to Hugh John Cole Marshall
21 Dec 1925
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Details of assets held by Edith Sweet Escott
Dec 1925
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
27 Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/158
1926
M E Balkwill to Hugh John Cole Marshall
6 Jan 1926
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M E Balkwill to Hugh John Cole Marshall
10 Jan 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/160
Edward J Baxter to M E Balkwill
9 Jan 1926
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Receipt, signed Edith Sweet Escott
15 Jan 1926
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Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall
17 Jan 1926
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