WCP7159

Letter (WCP7159.8290)

[1]1

Dear D. of Argyll

You must allow me to have the pleasure of informing your Grace that I have just received a note from Mr Gladstone, in which he says "I shall recommend Mr W. for a pension of 200£ a year".2 He says that he "had always in some degree conceived the subject, of your note & the memorial before they arrived"; & it is thus evident that Mr Wallace is deeply indebted to your Grace for having written to Mr Gladstone.3 It has been an extraordinary act of kindness in Mr Gladstone to write to me so soon & about such a trifle

I beg leave to remain | Your Grace | Very faithfully | Ch Darwin

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881.
2
William Ewart Gladstone had recommended Alfred Russel Wallace for a Civil List pension (see letter from W. E. Gladstone, 6 January 1881).
3
CD has asked Campbell to write a separate letter to Gladstone; as a member of the government (lord privy seal), Campbell could not sign the memorial (see Correspondence vol. 28, letter to G. D. Campbell, [before 27 December 1880] and n. 4). Campbell’s letter to Gladstone has not been found.

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

Please cite as “WCP7159,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7159