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Cases about members of Royal Society of Literature. Memberships appear only where Wikidata records one for the person the case is about: societies, clubs, fraternities, academies, parties and councils.
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- 2006Muriel Spark left her entire estate to her companion Penelope Jardine and took steps to leave her only son nothingmanuscripts.nls.uk and 3 more
- 1985Philip Larkin's secretary shredded his 30 volumes of diaries after he died, on an instruction his will did not spell outprod.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk and 3 more
- 1976Agatha Christie gave her grandson the rights to The Mousetrap as a child, and the company holding her estate was sold three timesagathachristie.com and 3 more
- 1973The Tolkien estate sued New Line for $150 million, saying it had received nothing from three films that earned billionsawn.com and 3 more
- 1950George Bernard Shaw's will ordered a new 40-letter alphabet; the High Court found the trust not charitable in 1957, and the National Gallery of Ireland received a third of his royalties until 2020oxbridgenotes.co.uk and 3 more
- 1928Thomas Hardy's heart was buried in his first wife's grave and his ashes in Westminster Abbey after his executor overruled his wish; a legend says a cat ate the heartarchive.spectator.co.uk and 3 more
- 1824Byron's friends tore up and burned his memoirs in his publisher's fireplace four weeks after he diedamdigital.co.uk and 3 more