Philanthropist and editor. Associated with Halstead, Braintree. Almost certainly related to Samuel Courtauld of Institute fame but we cannot discover how.
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Samuel Augustine Courtauld
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Samuel Courtauld
This stone was laid by S.A. Courtauld, 20th July 1927. Alner W Hall - Archit...
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Ben Okri
Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
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Henry James
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Daphne du Maurier
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Royal Literary Fund
British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties. The Prince Regent supported it by providing premises at 36 Gerrard Street.
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Alfred Bestall
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