WCP7156

Letter (WCP7156.8287)

[1]

10. Downing Street. Whitehall.

Jan 6. 81.

Dear Mr Darwin

I had in some degree considered the subject of your note and the memorial before it arrived and I lose no time in apprising you that although the Fund is moderate, and is as present poor, I shall recommend Mr Wallace for a pension of £200 a year.1

I remain | Faithfully yours | W E Gladstone

1
CD had enclosed a memorial for a Civil List pension for Alfred Russel Wallace (see letter to W. E. Gladstone, [4 January 1881] and n. 1). Gladstone had recieved a separate letter of support from George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to G. D. Campbell, [before 27 December 1880] and n. 4). As Prime Minister and Lord of the Exchequer, Gladstone could recommend persons to the Crown for Civil List pensions (see MacLeod 1970).

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Transcribed by Darwin Correspondence Project [2020-06-15]

Please cite as “WCP7156,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7156