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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

1
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).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12981,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12981