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Case file

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Mr Edward Platt (pseudonyms: Paul Trent and Wilmot Kaye)

Mr Edward Platt

Applications

9 (7 successful)

Date period

24 Oct 1914-19 Jan 1943

Awards

  • 27 Nov 1914 (£50)
  • 10 Nov 1915 (£30)
  • 26 Jan 1918 (£25)
  • 6 Mar 1924 (£50)
  • 3 Apr 1930 (£30)
  • 15 Jul 1936 (rejected)
  • 2 Oct 1939 (rejected)
  • 15 Mar 1941 (£30)
  • 14 Jul 1942 (£50)

Other author name(s)

(pseudonym) Wilmot Kaye
(pseudonym) Paul Trent

Author's career

  • Solicitor at the Gold Coast colony

Author's works published

Fiction : Novels

Also named in file

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Timeline

1914

Application Form, Edward Platt

27 Oct 1914
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, including a list of his serials

24 Oct 1914
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George R Cran to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

28 Oct 1914
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Alexander McConnell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Nov 1914
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

3 Nov 1914
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Reginald John Smith to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts, reporting on works by Edward Platt

5 Nov 1914
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William Paton Ker to the Committee of the Literary Fund, reporting on works by Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

Nov 1914
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Receipt, signed Edward Platt

12 Nov 1914
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

12 Nov 1914
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1915

Application Form, Edward Platt

10 Nov 1915
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

8 Nov 1915
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

10 Nov 1915
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Medical certificate for Edward Platt, signed A Campbell Brown

10 Nov 1915
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Alexander McConnell to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

11 Nov 1915
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

13 Nov 1915
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George R Cran to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

15 Nov 1915
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

6 Dec 1915
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Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Edward Platt

9 Dec 1915
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

16 Dec 1915
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1916

Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Edward Platt

5 Jan 1916
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

7 Jan 1916
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Edward Grimwood Mears to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Jan 1916
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Receipt, signed Edward Platt

14 Jan 1916
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Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

14 Jan 1916
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1918

Application Form, Edward Platt

26 Jan 1918
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Edward Platt to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Jan 1918
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Edward Grimwood Mears to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

28 Jan 1918
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Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to Edward Platt

28 Jan 1918
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Edward Grimwood Mears to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 Jan 1918
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George R Cran to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

5 Feb 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/30
 

Edward Platt to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

14 Feb 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/31
 

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

14 Feb 1918
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/32
 

George Herbert Thring to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

15 Feb 1918
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Arthur Llewelyn Roberts to George Herbert Thring

18 Feb 1918
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George Herbert Thring to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts

19 Feb 1918
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Notes by Arthur Llewelyn Roberts on the case of Edward Platt

Feb 1918
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1924

Application Form, Edward Platt – with notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on reverse

6 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/37
 

Edward Platt to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/38
 

Edward Platt to Hugh John Cole Marshall, detailing his debts

7 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/39
 

George R Cran to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/40
 

Henry Simpson to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Mar 1924
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/41
 

Edward Platt to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Mar 1924
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1929

Clipping from The Times on an application for an order of discharge on behalf of Edward Platt

6 Mar 1929
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1930

Clipping from the Daily Mail on the novels of Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

14 Mar 1930
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Notice of eviction for Paul Trent (Edward Platt), by T J Stone

29 Mar 1930
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Application Form, Paul Trent (Edward Platt) – with notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on reverse

3 Apr 1930
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

3 Apr 1930
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

3 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/48
 

George R Cran to Hugh John Cole Marshall

2 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/49
 

Francis Brook to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Apr 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/50
 

T J Stone to Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

7 Apr 1930
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Apr 1930
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Apr 1930
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1936

Application Form, Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

15 Jul 1936
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/55
 

W L Holyoak to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Jul 1936
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Denys Kilham Roberts, Secretary of the Society of Authors

10 Jul 1936
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/58
 

G Barnes, of the Inland Revenue (Assessments Division), to Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

23 Jun 1936
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Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with notes by Marshall on reverse

29 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/60
 

George R Cran to Hugh John Cole Marshall

30 Jul 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/61
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

4 Aug 1936
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/62
1939

C G L Syers, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, on the case of Paul Trent (Edward Platt), with notes by Marshall on reverse

12 May 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/63
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to C G L Syers

16 May 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/64
 

C G L Syers, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 May 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/65
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/66
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

30 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/67
 

Application Form, Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

2 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/68
 

Sir Spencer Davis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

1 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/69
 

W L Holyoak to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

2 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/70
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/71
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

12 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/72
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

12 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/73
1941

Application Form, Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

15 Mar 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/74
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Mar 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/75
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Mar 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/76
 

George R Cran to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

17 Mar 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/77
 

Sir Spencer Davis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

24 Mar 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/78
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

2 Apr 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/79
 

Report on The Million Heiress, by Paul Trent (Edward Platt), written by Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh

Apr 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/80
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Apr 1941
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/81
1942

Application Form, Paul Trent (Edward Platt)

14 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/82
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/83
 

Medical certificate for Paul Trent (Edward Platt), signed S G Askey

14 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/84
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/85
 

W L Holyoak to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/86
 

Sir Spencer Davis to Hugh John Cole Marshall

20 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/87
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with note by Marshall on reverse

21 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/88
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

25 Jul 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/89
 

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Aug 1942
Loan 96 RLF 1/2950/90
1943

Paul Trent (Edward Platt) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

19 Jan 1943
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