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From Newman Marks   15 November 1879

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings | 9 Buckingham St: | Strand W.C.

15th. Novr 1879.

Prof: Darwin F.R.S | Beckenham. | Kent.

Sir,

We are obliged by your favor of yesterday enclosing Memorial signed1

You were quite right in attaching your degrees to your signature—2

I am, Sir, | Yrs. faithfully | T Newman Marks | Secy.

LS

1
See letter to Newman Marks, 14 November [1879]. The memorial criticised the proposed restoration of the facade of St Mark’s Basilica in Venice.
2
In the published memorial (The Times, 19 November 1879, p. 8), CD’s name appears on the list of signatories as ‘Professor Darwin, F.R.S.’. CD had BA and MA degrees from Cambridge, and had received an honorary LLD (doctor of laws) from Cambridge in 1877 (Freeman 1878, p. 49).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12321,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12321