From W. E. Gladstone 30 April 1881
30 April 1881
I take the liberty of informing you that there is a vacancy created in the Trust of the British Museum by the death of Lord Beaconsfield: and to say that I shall be very happy, if it be agreeable to your views, to suggest your name for the purpose of filling that vacancy.1
The electing Trustees will meet next week: and if you permit me to place your name before them I do not doubt that they will consider it an an advantageous opportunity for doing honour not more to you than to the Museum.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Thornbury, Walter and Walford, Edward. [1878.] Old and new London. 6 vols. London, Paris, and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin.
Summary
CD is invited to allow his name to be suggested for the vacancy in the Trust of the British Museum caused by the death of Lord Beaconsfield. [See 13142.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13141A
- From
- William Ewart Gladstone
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 44544: 165)
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13141A,” accessed on 16 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13141A.xml