Chancery of the Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George,
Colonial Office, Downing Street,
26th April1 1869.
Sir,
The Queen having been Graciously pleased to appoint you to be a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, I have the honor to transmit to you a Warrant2 under the Royal Sign Manual and Seal of the Order, conveying to you the Grant of that Dignity, together with the Insignia thereof,3 a copy of the Statutes of the Order; also a Blank Form of Covenant for the Restoration of the Insignia;4 which Document you will be so good as to Sign, and return to me, when duly executed, in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes of the Order.
I have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
Gordon Gairdner
Secretary and Registrar.
Ferdinand Mueller, Esqre, M.D. C.M.G.
&c &c &c
Victoria.
List of Enclosures.
1. Warrant for Granting the Dignity of a Companion of the Order.
2. Insignia of a Companion of the Order.
3. Copy of the Statutes of the Order.5
4. Blank Form of Covenant for the Restoration of the Insignia.6
26th April written in a different hand.
MS annotation: 'Enclosure 1.' See Queen Victoria to M, 24 April 1869.
MS annotation: 'Enclosure 2 | In a separate Box'.
MS annotation: 'Enclosures 3 and 4.'
A copy of the statutes of the Order, dated 4 December 1868, is in the same file. According to these statutes, M was not eligible to be appointed to the Order; he only became eligible with the passing of a supplementary statute on 3 April 1869. See notes to M to Earl Granville, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13b).
M returned the signed covenant with his letter to Gairdner, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13c).
Copy at the National Archives, London, CO 447/12, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, 1869, vol. III, Warrants, Letters &c.
Please cite as “FVM-69-04-26,” 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