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To Ernst Krause   19 January 1880

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Jan 19. 80

My dear Sir,

Pray do not apologise for it is no trouble to me to answer your questions as far as I can.1 The Hooker alluded to is Richard Hooker.

With respect to Yeomen of the Armoury, it is doubtful whether any man in England could tell you what the duties were   Probably there were no duties and it was a sinecure in the gift of the king. I would advise you to use the English term. There are at the present day what are called Yeomen of the Guard who are gentlemen who attend the Queen on state occasions, & I believe they serve merely for parade.2

My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

2
See letter from Ernst Krause, 16 January 1880 and n. 3. During the Tudor period, yeoman of the armoury was a special office of the Yeomen of the Guard, serving within the royal household (Hewerdine 2012, p. 53).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12434,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12434