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Loan 96 RLF 1/2569
Mr Morton Luce

Mr Morton Luce

Applications

13 (9 successful)

Date period

18 Jan 1897-19 Jul 1942

Awards

  • 29 Dec 1899 (rejected)
  • 17 Mar 1909 (£100)
  • 9 Jan 1911 (£75)
  • 3 Jun 1912 (£100)
  • 3 Oct 1916 (£20)
  • 22 Sep 1917 (£20)
  • 21 Dec 1918 (£20)
  • 5 Apr 1920 (rejected)
  • 17 Feb 1921 (£20)
  • 20 May 1924 (rejected)
  • 18 Jul 1925 (rejected)
  • 28 Apr 1930 (£20)
  • 30 Nov 1935 (£25)

Other author name(s)

 - 

Author's career

  • Second Master of Truro School
  • Private tutor

Author's works published

Non-Fiction : Criticism; also Drama, Poetry, Journalism

Also named in file

 - 

Timeline

1899

Application Form, Morton Luce

29 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/1
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/2
1897

Julia Pauline to Morton Luce

18 Jan 1897
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/3
1899

Richard Garnett to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/4
 

T Heywood Masters to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

10 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/5
 

Edward Dowden to the Committee of the Literary Fund

12 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/6
 

Stopford Augustus Brooke to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/7
 

T Heywood Masters to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

29 Dec 1899
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/8
1900

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Jan 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/9
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Jan 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/10
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

8 Jun 1900
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/11
1909

Application Form, Morton Luce

17 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/12
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/13
 

Frederic Harrison to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

18 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/14
 

Edward Dowden to the Committee of the Literary Fund

21 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/15
 

Edward Dowden to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

21 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/16
 

Stopford Augustus Brooke to the Committee of the Literary Fund

24 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/17
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

28 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/18
 

Edward Bell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 Mar 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/19
 

J S Neale to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

12 Apr 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/20
 

Arthur Benson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Apr 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/21
 

Arthur Benson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

13 Apr 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/22
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

15 Apr 1909
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/23
1911

Application Form, Morton Luce

9 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/24
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/25
 

Frederic Harrison to Austin Dobson

Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/26
 

Medical certificate for Morton Luce, signed M B Porteous

5 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/27
 

John William Mackail to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

9 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/28
 

Andrew Cecil Bradley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

16 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/29
 

Frederic Harrison to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

16 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/30
 

Thomas Herbert Warren to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

19 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/31
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Jan 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/32
 

Maurice Hewlett to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

7 Feb 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/33
 

Austin Dobson to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

8 Feb 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/34
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

9 Feb 1911
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/35
1912

Frederick William Leith-Ross, at 10 Downing Street, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, on the case of Morton Luce

8 Jan 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/36
 

Application Form, Morton Luce

3 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/37
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/38
 

Edward Dowden to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 May 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/39
 

Adolphus William Ward to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 May 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/40
 

Frederic Harrison to Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

2 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/41
 

John William Mackail to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

2 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/42
 

Frederic Harrison to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/43
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

4 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/44
 

M Bonham Carter, at 10 Downing Street, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/45
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

19 Jun 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/46
 

Frederick William Leith-Ross, at 10 Downing Street, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, on a contribution to an annuity for Morton Luce

1 Jul 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/47
 

Frederick William Leith-Ross, at 10 Downing Street, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Jul 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/48
 

Receipt for the purchase of an annuity, signed Morton Luce

5 Jul 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/49
1916

Application Form, Morton Luce

3 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/50
1912

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

28 Sep 1912
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/51
1916

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

3 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/52
 

John Edwin Sandys to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

4 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/53
 

John William Mackail to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

4 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/54
 

Medical certificate for Morton Luce, signed W Hudson Marsden

4 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/55
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/56
 

William Macneile Dixon to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/57
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/58
 

Andrew Cecil Bradley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/59
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/60
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

7 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/61
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

13 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/62
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

13 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/63
1917

Application Form, Morton Luce

22 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/64
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

19 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/65
 

Henry Charles Beeching to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

12 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/66
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

12 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/67
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/68
 

W Hudson Marsden to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

22 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/69
 

Andrew Cecil Bradley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

28 Sep 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/70
1916

Henry Charles Beeching to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts [part of earlier application?]

9 Oct 1916
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/71
1917

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

9 Nov 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/72
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

16 Nov 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/73
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Nov 1917
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/74
1918

Application Form, Morton Luce

27 Dec 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/75
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Dec 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/76
 

Henry Charles Beeching to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

31 Oct 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/77
 

W Hudson Marsden to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

25 Nov 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/78
 

Andrew Cecil Bradley to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

26 Nov 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/79
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Nov 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/80
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

2 Dec 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/81
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

28 Dec 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/82
 

Morton Luce to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

30 Dec 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/83
1919

Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to George Herbert Thring

1 Jan 1919
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/84
 

George Herbert Thring, of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

2 Jan 1919
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/85
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

10 Jan 1919
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/86
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

10 Jan 1919
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/87
1920

Application Form, Morton Luce

5 Apr 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/88
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Apr 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/89
 

W Hudson Marsden to the Committee of the Literary Fund – medical certificate

23 Mar 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/90
 

William Leonard Courtney to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

24 Mar 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/91
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to the Secretary of the Literary Fund [first part]

26 Mar 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/92
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to the Secretary of the Literary Fund [second part]

26 Mar 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/93
 

Andrew Cecil Bradley to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Mar 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/94
 

John Edwin Sandys to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Apr 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/95
 

Thomas Herbert Warren to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 Apr 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/96
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Morton Luce

15 Apr 1920
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/97
1912

Printed advertisement for Shakespeare: the Man and his Work: Seven Essays, by Morton Luce, with press opinions

1913?
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/98
1922

George Geoffrey Dawson to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/99
 

Blank from to be filled with donations for the Morton Luce Testimonial Fund

Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/100
 

Handwritten list of subscribers to the Morton Luce Testimonial Fund

Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/101
 

Printed letter seeking subscribers for the Morton Luce Testimonial Fund, signed by a committee and listing Luce’s publications

Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/102
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to George Geoffrey Dawson

31 Mar 1922
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/103
1921

Application Form, Morton Luce

17 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/104
 

Morton Luce to Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

11 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/105
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

18 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/106
 

Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson, to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/107
 

Morton Luce to Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

15 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/108
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 Feb 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/109
 

Sir Adolphus William Ward to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/110
 

Composite of pamphlets and handwritten notes detailing works by Morton Luce

1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/111
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Hallam Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

7 Mar 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/112
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

15 Apr 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/113
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Apr 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/114
 

Sir Henry Peto to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, enquiring about Morton Luce

1 Nov 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/115
 

Printed letter seeking subscribers for the Morton Luce Testimonial Fund, signed by a committee and listing Luce’s publications, with handwritten addition

1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/116
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Henry Peto

3 Nov 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/117
 

Sir Henry Peto to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Nov 1921
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/118
1924

Application Form, Morton Luce

20 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/119
 

Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Jun 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/120
 

Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, asking Marshall’s opinion on the pension of Morton Luce

19 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/121
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower

20 Feb 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/122
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

20 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/123
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/124
 

John William Mackail to Edward Verrall Lucas

15 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/125
 

Edward Verrall Lucas to Hugh John Cole Marshall

16 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/126
 

J Corbett, secretary to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/127
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/128
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

16 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/129
 

J Corbett, secretary to Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with a copy of a letter from Morton Luce

18 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/130
 

[J Harmer?] to the [com](Committee of the Literary Fund)

26 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/131
 

J S Maus to Hugh John Cole Marshall

30 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/132
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 May 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/133
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Morton Luce

12 Jun 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/134
 

Note by Hugh John Cole Marshall on papers returned to Morton Luce

10 Jul 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/135
1923

Printed advertisement for New Idyllia: Sketches of a Stream, by Morton Luce, with press opinions

1923
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/136
1925

Application Form, Morton Luce

18 Jul 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/137
 

Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund

5 Aug 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/138
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

18 Jul 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/139
 

R N Green-Armitage to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Jul 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/140
1825

Ernest Proctor to Hugh John Cole Marshall

21 Jul 1825
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/141
1925

Sidney Lee to Hugh John Cole Marshall

23 Jul 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/142
 

George Peabody Gooch to Hugh John Cole Marshall

2 Aug 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/143
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Morton Luce

5 Aug 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/144
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Aug 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/145
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with copy of Marshall’s reply on reverse

7 Aug 1925-12 Aug 1925
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/146
1924

Press clipping – ‘A Distinguished Westonian: Tribute to Mr Morton Luce’

1925?
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/147
1930

Application Form, Morton Luce

28 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/148
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

25 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/149
 

G R G Norris to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/150
 

Grantley C Martin to the Committee of the Literary Fund

1 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/151
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

28 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/152
 

John Collings Squire to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 May 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/153
 

Receipt, signed Morton Luce

16 May 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/154
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

16 May 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/155
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

4 Nov 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/156
 

Handwritten copy of a quotation praising Morton Luce

[Apr 1930]
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/157
 

Printed list of articles published by Morton Luce between 1925 and 1928

[Apr 1930]
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/158
1931

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

12 Apr 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/159
1935

Application Form, Morton Luce

30 Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/160
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Oct 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/161
 

Morton Luce to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/162
 

Anna Ruth Fry to Morton Luce

26 Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/163
 

Alice Byrnes to the Committee of the Literary Fund

27 Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/164
 

G R G Norris to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/165
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Nov 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/166
 

Medical certificate for Morton Luce, signed [Hardley Stowies?]

1 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/167
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

3 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/168
 

Notes by Morton Luce on his works

3 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/169
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/170
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

2 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/171
 

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Dec 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/172
 

Press clippings reviewing Man And Nature and from the Weston Mercury reviewing Collected Essays and Verse, by Morton Luce, with clippings of letters by Luce on his reviews, with handwritten notes

1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/173
1936

Morton Luce to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Feb 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/174
1942

Anthony Bevir, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, on the case of Morton Luce

19 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2569/175
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