WCP6317

Letter (WCP6317.7311)

[1]1

10. Downing Street,

Whitehall. S.W.

Dictated.

Mr. Asquith2, with his humble duty to Your Majesty, has the honour to submit that the following(4) Civil List Pensions be granted for the year 1914-1915 :—

Mrs. Hannah Josephine Tucker................................................... £75.

In consideration of the services

rendered to the Empire by her husband, the

late Bishop Tucker of Uganda.
Mr. William Grenfell Wallace........................................................ £50.
Miss Violet Wallace...................................................................... £50.

In consideration of the scientific

work of their father, the late Alfred

Russel Wallace, O.M., and of their inadequate means of support. In trust

to two trustees.

(Professor Meldora3& Dr Marchant4) 5
Carried forward.......... £175.
[2]6
Brought forward......... £175.
Mrs. Charlotte Carmichael Stopes................................................ £30.

In addition to her existing

pension of 80, in consideration of

her literary work, especially in

connexion with the Elizabethan period,

and of her straitened circumstances.
Total £205.

H. H. Asquith [signature]

13th February, 1915.

1
At the top centre of page is written the words "Appd G.R.J."
2
Asquith, Herbert Henry (1852-1928). British Liberal politician. Prime Minister 1908-1916.
3
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
4

Marchant, James (1857-1956). British eugenicist, social reformer and author.

Biographer of ARW.

5
The names of the trustees were handwritten.
6
These words "TREASURY 4332 15 FEB 1915" were stamped at the top right of the page.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lo, Yen-Nyuk [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP6317,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6317