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Lewis Saul Benjamin (pseudonym: Lewis Melville), and Helen Mina Benjamin, his widow

Lewis Saul Benjamin

Applications

5 (4 successful)

Date period

13 Oct 1925-15 Apr 1932

Awards

  • 29 Sep 1928 (£150)
  • 8 Dec 1929 (£150)
  • 26 Nob 1930 (£75)
  • 5 Feb 1932 (not of extreme gravity)
  • 12 Mar 1932 (£100 - to Helen Mina Benjamin)

Other author name(s)

(pseudonym) Lewis Melville

Author's career

 - 

Author's works published

Non-Fiction : Biography, Topography, Criticism, Editions; also History

Also named in file

Helen Mina Benjamin (dependent)

More information

Timeline

1928

Application Form, Lewis Saul Benjamin

29 Sep 1928
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1925

Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Lewis Saul Benjamin

13 Oct 1925
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Robert Patrick Malcolm Gower

14 Oct 1925
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1928

Reginald Hargreaves to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

18 Aug 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

9 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Sep 1928
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George Cohen to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

24 Sep 1928
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Sir Owen Seaman

25 Sep 1928
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to George Macaulay Trevelyan

25 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 Sep 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

6 Oct 1928
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Oct 1928
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Sir Owen Seaman to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Oct 1928
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Lewis Saul Benjamin

Oct 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Oct 1928
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George Macaulay Trevelyan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Oct 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with note by Marshall on books returned

19 Oct 1928
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

20 Oct 1928
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1929

Application Form, Lewis Saul Benjamin

8 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

4 Dec 1929
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Copy of a letter from Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund (original: Loan 96 RLF 1/3323/23)

4 Dec 1929
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Lewis Saul Benjamin

5 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Marion Harry Spielmann

6 Dec 1929
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Extracts from a letter from Lewis Saul Benjamin to Marion Harry Spielmann (original: Loan 96 RLF 1/3323/26)

6 Dec 1929
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Dec 1929
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Copy of a letter from Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall (original: Loan 96 RLF 1/3323/29)

8 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Dec 1929
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Dec 1929
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William Babington Maxwell to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Dec 1929
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Lewis Saul Benjamin

Dec 1929
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Receipt, signed Lewis Saul Benjamin

12 Dec 1929
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Dec 1929
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1930

Application Form, Lewis Saul Benjamin

26 Nov 1930
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

Nov 1930
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

28 Nov 1930
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Press clipping on the divorce of Lewis Saul Benjamin and Helen Mina Benjamin

8 Dec 1930
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1931

Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 Jan 1931
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Jan 1931
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Marion Harry Spielmann

Jan 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Lewis Saul Benjamin

7 Jan 1931
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Jan 1931
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Jan 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Lewis Saul Benjamin

12 Jan 1931
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Jan 1931
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Jan 1931
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Stephen Gazelee to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

13 Jan 1931
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Telegram from Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Jan 1931
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Lewis Saul Benjamin

Jan 1931
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 Jan 1931
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Telegram from Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

30 Mar 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Marion Harry Spielmann

30 Mar 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Lewis Saul Benjamin

30 Mar 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Marion Harry Spielmann

31 Mar 1931
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H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Lewis Saul Benjamin

1 Apr 1931
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

2 Apr 1931
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Apr 1931
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1932

Application Form, Lewis Saul Benjamin

5 Feb 1932
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

1 Feb 1932
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H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Lewis Saul Benjamin

2 Feb 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

3 Feb 1932
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

5 Feb 1932
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Charles Duff to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Feb 1932
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J E W Flood to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

8 Feb 1932
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Lewis Saul Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

9 Feb 1932
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A Wyatt Selby to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Feb 1932
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Lewis Saul Benjamin

Feb 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Lewis Saul Benjamin

11 Feb 1932
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Card from H G A Holmes, who called concerning Lewis Saul Benjamin

22 Feb 1932
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

23 Feb 1932
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Application Form, Helen Mina Benjamin

12 Mar 1932
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Mar 1932
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Marion Harry Spielmann

10 Mar 1932
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Helen Mina Benjamin to Marion Harry Spielmann

12 Mar 1932
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Helen Mina Benjamin to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

17 Mar 1932
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Violet G Lewis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 Mar 1932
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Digby C H d[‘Anjou?] to the [sec](Secretary of the Literary Fund)

17 Mar 1932
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Helen Mina Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

11 Apr 1932
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Helen Mina Benjamin to the Committee of the Literary Fund

11 Apr 1932
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Marion Harry Spielmann to Hugh John Cole Marshall

12 Apr 1932
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Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Helen Mina Benjamin

Apr 1932
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Helen Mina Benjamin to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Apr 1932
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