Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/3278
Thomas Murray Ford (pseudonym: Thomas le Breton), and Mary Ann Ford, his widow
Thomas Murray Ford
Applications
3 (3 successful)
Date period
15 Aug 1924-10 Oct 1934
Awards
- 19 Nov 1926 (£200)
- 19 Feb 1929 (not of extreme gravity)
- 6 Nov 1929 (£100)
- 2 Feb 1932 (£50 - to Mary Ann Ford)
Other author name(s)
(pseudonym) Thomas le Breton
Author's career
- Journalist
- Captain
- Editor for Messrs Pearson, the Amalgamated Press and Sir George Newnes
- Managing Editor and General Manager for Messrs Brett
Author's works published
Fiction : Novels, Stories; also Fiction, Autobiography, Drama, Journalism
Also named in file
Mary Ann Ford (dependent)
Timeline
1926
Application Form, Thomas Murray Ford
19 Nov 1926
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1924
Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Thomas Murray Ford
15 Aug 1924
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower
19 Aug 1924
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1926
Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with details of his works
12 Nov 1926
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Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
20 Nov 1926
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William Swan Stallybrass to the Committee of the Literary Fund
22 Nov 1926
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A Eyre Macklin to Thomas Murray Ford
23 Nov 1926
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Algernon Cecil
30 Nov 1926
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Charles Henry St John Hornby
30 Nov 1926
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Algernon Cecil to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on a book by Thomas le Breton (Thomas Murray Ford)
Dec 1926
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Charles Henry St John Hornby to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on a book by Thomas Murray Ford
6 Dec 1926
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Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with details of his finances
7 Dec 1926
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1925
Printed advertisement for Jo Crupper, Bus Conductor, by Thomas le Breton (Thomas Murray Ford)
1925
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1926
Printed advertisement for Memoirs of a Poor Devil, by Thomas Murray Ford
1926
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Thomas Murray Ford
1 Dec 1926
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Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund
8 Dec 1926
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Receipt, signed Thomas Murray Ford
8 Dec 1926
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Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
8 Dec 1926
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1927
Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Thomas Murray Ford
12 Oct 1927
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1926
Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, with additional notes on reverse
14 Oct 1926
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1929
Application Form, Thomas Murray Ford
19 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
15 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
19 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
22 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
25 Feb 1929
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Ernest Bevir & Son to Thomas Murray Ford
23 Feb 1929
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W H Baker to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
25 Feb 1929
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Arnold Golsworthy to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
25 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
26 Feb 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
1 Mar 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
4 Mar 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
9 Mar 1929
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Thomas Murray Ford
Mar 1929
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Printed Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund
13 Mar 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Murray Ford
14 Mar 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
15 Mar 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Murray Ford
16 Mar 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
13 Jun 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Murray Ford
17 Jun 1929
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C Patrick Duff, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Thomas Murray Ford
21 Jun 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to C Patrick Duff
24 Jun 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
30 Aug 1929
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Application Form, Thomas Murray Ford
6 Nov 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with note by Marshall on reverse
4 Nov 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Murray Ford
4 Dec 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
6 Dec 1929
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Walter Brown to Hugh John Cole Marshall
6 Dec 1929
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John Dunbar to Hugh John Cole Marshall
6 Dec 1929
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Thomas Murray Ford
Dec 1929
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Receipt, signed Thomas Murray Ford
12 Dec 1929
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Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
12 Dec 1929
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1931
Thomas Murray Ford to Hugh John Cole Marshall
14 Feb 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Thomas Murray Ford
18 Feb 1931
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H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Thomas Murray Ford
20 Jul 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent
22 Jul 1931
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1932
Application Form, Mary Ann Ford
2 Feb 1932
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F Woodgate to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
17 Jan 1932
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1931
Thomas Murray Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, written to be delivered posthumously
1931
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1932
H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Mary Ann Ford
21 Jan 1932
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Ethel L Lane to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
26 Jan 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
28 Jan 1932
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Harold Bevir to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
1 Feb 1932
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F Woodgate to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
3 Feb 1932
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F Woodgate to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
4 Feb 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Mary Ann Ford
4 Feb 1932
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Mary Ann Ford
Feb 1932
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Receipt, signed Mary Ann Ford
11 Feb 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
11 Feb 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent
11 Feb 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Mary Ann Ford
27 Apr 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
28 Apr 1932
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on an interview with Mary Ann Ford
3 May 1932
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H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Mary Ann Ford
4 May 1932
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Draft of a letter from Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent
5 May 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent
4 May 1932
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H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall
9 May 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
7 Jun 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Mary Ann Ford
8 Jun 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
11 Jun 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Mary Ann Ford
11 Jun 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
13 Jun 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with note by Hugh John Cole Marshall on his reply
29 Nov 1932
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
7 Dec 1932
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1933
Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with note by Hugh John Cole Marshall on his reply
22 Jun 1933
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Mary Ann Ford to the Secretary of the Literary Fund
10 Jul 1933
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Mary Ann Ford
12 Jul 1933
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1934
G S Dunnett, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Mary Ann Ford
10 Oct 1934
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Copy of a letter from Mary Ann Ford to the Prime Minister
8 Oct 1934
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Copy of a letter from G S Dunnett, at 10 Downing Street, to Mary Ann Ford
10 Oct 1934
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