>From 1849 there was a payment of one guinea for each child of a multiple birth above two. The grants were begun by Queen Victoria in 1849, after a visit to Ireland, "to enable the parents to meet sudden expenses thrown upon them". To qualify, the births had to be live and in wedlock, and the parents British subjects. A further condition, until 1938, was that the parents had to be "in necessitous circumstances". The payment of the bounty lasted until 1957, by which time the amount had greatly declined in value. Apparently between 1936 and 1957, payments were made to 19 sets of quads and 1,451 sets of triplets. The parents had to apply to the Privy Council for the "King's Bounty" when the children were born. There were instances of parents claiming this bounty by inventing births which had not in fact occurred. Stan On 21 February 2011 08:19, Stan Mapstone <stanmapstone@gmail.com> wrote: > There was a bounty, which was a payment of one guinea for each child > of a multiple birth above two. There were instances of parents > claiming > this bounty by inventing births which had not in fact occurred. > > Stan > > > On 21 February 2011 06:46, gen listlass <genlistlass@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Interesting snippet from the Newcastle Courant - Friday, October 28, 1887; Issue 11102“JarrowTriplets – Late on Tuesday evening, Mrs Wm. Riches, wife of a chemical labourer, living at 34 Sheldon Street, Jarrow, was safely delivered of three sons, all of whom, with their mother are doing well. Dr Johnstone Weir, on Mrs Riches’ behalf, purposes making application for the Queens bounty.”Gen in Northumberland UK >>  ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >> To Post a message to this list send it to, >> DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com >> >> ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ==== >> List Web Page >> http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >