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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
June 1880
Source of text:
Roundell 1880 , pp. 10–11
Summary:

Supporting the abolition of clerical headships and fellowships at Oxford and Cambridge.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
[4 Jan 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 58
Summary:

Covering letter to enclose a memorial [petitioning for a civil list pension for Wallace].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Ewart Gladstone
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 165: 52
Summary:

He will recommend a pension of £200 a year for Wallace.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
7 Jan 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44468: 11)
Summary:

CD expresses his great pleasure at WEG’s letter informing him that Wallace has been granted a pension.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Ewart Gladstone
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Apr 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44544: 165)
Summary:

CD is invited to allow his name to be suggested for the vacancy in the Trust of the British Museum caused by the death of Lord Beaconsfield. [See 13142.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Ewart Gladstone
Date:
2 May 1881
Source of text:
The British Library (Add MS 44469: 218)
Summary:

CD declines an invitation to be a trustee [of British Museum] because his strength is insufficient to permit regular attendance at meetings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project