From Charles Hawker   9 July 18551

Office of Ordnance | 9 July 1855

Sir,

I am directed by Lord Panmure to offer you the examinership2 (Professor Moseley consulted you about) of candidates for admission to the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers3 which is to be held on Wednesday the 1st of Aug. in the hall of King’s College London.

I have the honor to be | Sir | your obedient Servant | Charles Hawker.

John Tyndall Esq | 14 Rue du Cirque, Paris.

RI MS JT/2/7/149

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Charles Hawker: Charles Frederick Hawker (1821–1902) was a senior clerk in the Board of Ordnance at the War Office.

examinership: Tyndall ‘Replied and accepted the offer, Friday 13th July’ (Journal: RI MS JT/2/13c/777).

candidates … Royal Engineers: see letter 1098, n. 2.

Please cite as “Tyndall1104,” in Ɛpsilon: The John Tyndall Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/tyndall/letters/Tyndall1104