From Gordon Gairdner   26 April 1869

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

1
26th April written in a different hand.
2
MS annotation: 'Enclosure 1.' See Queen Victoria to M, 24 April 1869.
3
MS annotation: 'Enclosure 2 | In a separate Box'.
4
MS annotation: 'Enclosures 3 and 4.'
5
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).
6
M returned the signed covenant with his letter to Gairdner, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13c).

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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/69-04-26