From Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society   7 July 1891

CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION

Name Henry Heylyn Hayter Esqr. C.M.G.
Description Officer of the French Order for public Instruction, Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy, Gov. Statist of the Colony of Victoria
Residence Melbourne

Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned, recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.

Dated this 7 day of July 1891

Ferd. von Mueller

F.R.G.S

{ From personal Knowledge

A. C. Macdonald F.R.G.S.
J. A. Panton F.R.G.S.
Proposed

10th Nov.

1891
Elected

23rd —

18911

Annotated: Never Qualified [i.e. did not pay the subscription]. Hayter became insolvent in the land crash in Melbourne of late 1891 (ADB)]

Please cite as “FVM-91-07-07a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-07-07a