WCP6128

Letter (WCP6128.7085)

[1]1

TREASURY, S.W.

22 Dec[ember]. 1913

Private

Dear Sir2,

I am very glad that you wrote to me with regard to the letter from the Pay Office, stating that the Civil List pension3 awarded to your mother4 was only £50. It was a gross [2] blunder on their part, for which I would offer my apologies.

I have instructed them to write making the necessary correction, & I trust that your mother has not been caused worry through the mistake.

The King5 has now signed the warrant & all the necessary steps have been taken for payment at the beginning of next month.

Yours faithfully | F W Leith-Ross7 [signature]

W. G Wallace Esq[uire]

1
The page is numbered WP1/9/52 in pencil in the top LH corner. "F. W. Leith Ross" is written in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
ARW had received a pension from the Civil List. Such pensions are traditionally granted by the Sovereign upon the recommendation of the First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister) to "such persons only as have just claims on the royal beneficence or who by their personal services to the Crown, or by the performance of duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries in science and attainments in literature and the arts, have merited the gracious consideration of their sovereign and the gratitude of their country."
4
Wallace, Annie (née Mitten) (1846-1914) was due to receive a pension from the Civil List as ARW’s widow.
5
King George V (1865-1936) reigned 1910-1936.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6128,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6128