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To J. D. Hooker   14 June [1872]

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Has signed the memorial by men of science with real pleasure. Fears it may be too severe. He told Lady Derby about JDH’s troubles. She said she would tell Lord Derby what he had said.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  14 June [1872]
Classmark:  DAR 94: 220–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8385

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To John Tyndall   11 June 1872

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If the Memorial concerning Joseph Dalton Hooker’s dispute with Acton Smee Ayrton was sent to Down, there will be a delay in its return. He has discussed the matter with Mary Catherine Stanley (Lady Derby).

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Tyndall
Date:  11 June 1872
Classmark:  Royal Institution of Great Britain (RI MS JT/1/TYP/8/2654)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8383F

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  • letter from John Tyndall, 8 June [1872] . Lady Derby: Mary Catherine Stanley , wife of the earl of Derby, Edward

From J. D. Hooker   15 June 1872

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Expects the memorial to make Gladstone frantic. Government regrets granting Lord Derby the correspondence and Lubbock has been advised to postpone calling for it in Lower House. This looks fishy. Is exhausted by the affair.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 June 1872
Classmark:  DAR 103: 114–15
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8386

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  • letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 14 June [1872] and n.  2. Hooker refers to John Tyndall and William Ewart Gladstone . Edward Henry Stanley , …

From J. D. Hooker   11 May 1872

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The die is cast on Ayrton affair. Lord Derby has called for all of the correspondence, as a result of pressure by men of science on JDH’s behalf.

Has just had a Greenland collection, which supports his views altogether; "I am ready to do fight for these with you."

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 May 1872
Classmark:  DAR 103: 109–10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8317

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  • Edward Henry Stanley , the earl of Derby, was leader of the House of Lords ( ODNB ). Hooker had written to William Ewart Gladstone , prime minister and first lord of the Treasury, about his disagreements with Acton Smee Ayrton , the commissioner of works. See letter

From M. C. Stanley   4 June 1872

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Sackville Cecil would like to be present with Francis Galton at one of William Crookes’s séances. Can CD arrange it?

Author:  Mary Catherine Sackville-West, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Gascoyne-Cecil, countess of Derby; Mary Catherine Stanley, countess of Derby
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 June 1872
Classmark:  DAR 162: 165
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8369

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  • letter from Francis Galton, 19 April 1872  and n.  5). For more on the investigation of the powers claimed by mediums at this period, including those undertaken by Crookes, see Noakes 2007 . Stanley and her husband, Edward

From J. D. Hooker   14 May 1872

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More on Ayrton affair. Conduct of Gladstone and the Ministry despicable. They have owned him to be in right but will not raise a finger until exposure in Parliament is imminent.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 May 1872
Classmark:  DAR 103: 112–13
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8327

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  • letter from J.  D.  Hooker, 11 May 1872  and n.  1). William Ewart Gladstone became prime minister at the end of 1868; this parliament was dissolved in January 1874, and Benjamin Disraeli became prime minister ( ODNB ). Robert Lowe , George Frederick Samuel Robinson (the marquess of Ripon), Edward Cardwell , Charles Wood (Viscount Halifax), Henry Austin Bruce , and George Douglas Campbell (the duke of Argyll) were members of Gladstone’s administration. Edward Henry Stanley , …