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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)

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
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Thomas Hay Sweet Escott to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

15 Jun 1894
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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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/125
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/137
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/141
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/143
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/145
 

Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Oct 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/146
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Edith Sweet Escott

14 Oct 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/147
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/153
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/156
 

Details of assets held by Edith Sweet Escott

Dec 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/157
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/159
 

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
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/161
 

Receipt, signed Edith Sweet Escott

15 Jan 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/162
 

Edith Sweet Escott to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 Jan 1926
Loan 96 RLF 1/2433/163
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