I've had a look in "19th Century British Library newspapers" for you. The "Queen's Bounty" was £3 and application seems to usually have been made by a clergyman on behalf of the parents. I found no mentions of Riches receiving it.   Regards, Adi --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Elizabeth Pugh <elp@northwestel.net> wrote: >From checking Free BMD it seems the triplets died soon after birth (all registered in the Dec quarter of 1887) so I don't suppose poor Mr and Mrs Riches got their 'Queen's bounty' Elizabeth Pugh Yukon, Canada

In The North-Eastern Daily Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), Tuesday, February 07, 1888. Sir Henry Ponsonby, Controller of the Queen's Household, writing to an applicant for the "Queen's Bounty" said that the Queen sometimes gives a donation to the mother of three children, but there is no such thing as the "Queen's Bounty". It is merely a charitable donation granted to assist the poor and indigent in the unforseen demands caused by additions to their families. In a newspaper in 1858, a woman in Canterbury received £6 which is £2 for each child. In 1899 a woman in Leicestershire received £3, that is £1 for each child. Although one publication, in 1893, says that Her Majesty invariably makes a present of three guineas to the parents of triplets. The bounty was abolished by Queen Elizabeth II in 1957, Stan On 22 February 2011 23:08, Mme_N_Carmichael <mme_n_carmichael@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I've had a look in "19th Century British Library newspapers" for you. The "Queen's Bounty" was £3 and application seems to usually have been made by a clergyman on behalf of the parents. I found no mentions of Riches receiving it. > > Regards, > Adi > > --- On Tue, 2/22/11, Elizabeth Pugh <elp@northwestel.net> wrote: > > > > >From checking Free BMD it seems the triplets died soon after birth (all registered in the Dec quarter of 1887) so I don't suppose poor Mr and Mrs Riches got their 'Queen's bounty' > > Elizabeth Pugh > Yukon, Canada > >  ==== 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 >