From Henry Barkly1    23 March 1863

23rd March 1863

Dear Dr Mueller

You will see from the enclosed Regulations2 that the Queen's subjects are strictly enjoined not to accept or wear any Foreign Order except with Her Majesty's sanction under the Sign Manual. It is impossible for me therefore to give you any authorisation on the subject, but I shall be most happy to send to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, a copy of M. Drouyn de Lhuys's letter on the subject,3 and to solicit that a warrant should issue in your favor as a Man of Science well deserving of the contemplated distinction.4 Should you not wish me for any reason to make this application you will perhaps be good enough to let me know.

Yours faithfully

Henry Barkly.

1
See also M to H. Barkly, 23 March 1863 (in this edition as 63-03-23a).
2
Copy of regulations not found, but see notes to C. Darling to Duke of Newcastle, 22 February 1864 (in this edition as M64-02-22), and n. 4 below.
3
See E. Drouyn de Lhuys to M, 6 January 1863.
4
British subjects seeking to accept Foreign Orders were required to have obtained 'Her Majesty's permission to that effect, signified by a Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual' (Regulations respecting Foreign Orders, London gazette, 11 May 1855, p. 1824).

Please cite as “FVM-63-03-23,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/63-03-23