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To W. E. Darwin   [2 April 1875]

Let Strickland know that Cartmell has proposed him in place of Buckle, so that I have seconded him in place of Th. Mayo, who is now dead or not a member of the Club.1

C. D

6. Queen Anne. St. (Friday)

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Postmark: Ap 2 75

1
Sefton West Strickland had been a contemporary of William Erasmus Darwin at Christ’s College, Cambridge (Alum. Cantab.). The club mentioned was the Athenaeum Club; CD and James Cartmell were members ([Waugh] 1888). Henry Thomas Buckle and Thomas Mayo had been members but had died in 1862 and 1871 respectively (ODNB). Membership of the Athenaeum was limited and waiting lists were long; if the original proposer or seconder died or left the club before a candidate could be balloted, the rules provided for a new proposer or seconder to be inserted into the Book of candidates at least one month before the ballot was held (Athenæum: rules and regulations, and list of members). Strickland was elected in 1876 ([Waugh] 1888).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9910,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9910