To Gordon Gairdner   10 July 1869

Covenant for the restoration of the Insignia of a Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.1

 

I hereby Covenant and promise, that in case I should hereafter be promoted, or cease to hold my rank and place in this Most distinguished Order, I will forthwith restore to the Secretary and Registrar all the Insignia thereof which I have now received from the Sovereign, or from the said Secretary and Registrar; and I further promise that I will, without delay, make provision for the due Restoration of the said Insignia by my Personal Representatives, in case I shall continue a Member of this Order until the Period of my decease.2

Given under my hand at Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, this tenth day of July 1869

Ferd. von Mueller,

Ph.D., M.D., F.R.S.

Witness

James T. Rudall

Fellow of the Royal College

of Surgeons of England.

1
The text of the covenant, in an unknown hand, was sent to M as an enclosure to G. Gairdner to M, 26 April 1869. M inserted: 'Melbourne, Colony of Victoria', and 'tenth' and 'July', signed the form and added his qualifications. Rudall signed his name and added his qualifications. The form was returned, through the Governor of Victoria, as an enclosure to M to G. Gairdner, 13 July 1869 (in this edition as 69-07-13c).
2
The badge was returned upon M's promotion to Knight Commander in the Order; see M to R. Herbert, 29 September 1879 (in this edition as 79-09-29b).

Please cite as “FVM-69-07-10,” 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/69-07-10