From W. E. Gladstone 6 January 1881
10. Downing Street. | Whitehall.
Jan 6. 81.
Dear Mr Darwin
I had in some degree considered the subject of your note and the memorial before it arrived and I lose no time in apprising you that although the Fund is moderate, and is as present poor, I shall recommend Mr Wallace for a pension of £200 a year.1
I remain | Faithfully yours | W E Gladstone
Footnotes
CD had sent Gladstone a memorial for a civil list pension for Alfred Russel Wallace (see letter to W. E. Gladstone, [4 January 1881] and n. 1). Gladstone had received a separate letter of support from George Douglas Campbell, eighth duke of Argyll (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to G. D. Campbell, [before 27 December 1880] and n. 4). As prime minister and first lord of the Treasury, Gladstone could recommend persons to the Crown for civil list pensions (see MacLeod 1970).
Bibliography
MacLeod, Roy M. 1970. Science and the civil list, 1824–1914. Technology + Society 6: 47–55.
Summary
He will recommend a pension of £200 a year for Wallace.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12981
- From
- William Ewart Gladstone
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Downing St, 10
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 52
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12981,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12981.xml
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