APPENDIX I. 



THE FUNERAL IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. 



On the Friday succeeding my father's death, the following let- 

 ter, signed by twenty Members of Parliament, was addressed to 

 Dr. Bradley, Dean of Westminster : 



House of Commoxs, April 21, 1882. 



Very Rev. Sir, "We hope you will not think we are taking a 

 liberty if we venture to suggest that it would be acceptable to a 

 very large number of our fellow-countryman of all classes and 

 opinions that our illustrious countryman, Mr. Darwin, should be 

 buried in Westminster Abbey. 



We remain, your obedient servants, 



John Lubbock, 

 Nevtl Storey Maskelyne, 

 a. j. mundella, 

 G. O. Trevelyan, 

 Lyon Playfair, 

 Charles W. Dilee, 

 David Wedderburn, 

 Arthur Russell, 

 Horace Davey, 

 Benjamin Armitage, 



Richard B. Marten, 

 Francis W. Buxton, 

 E. L. Stanley, 

 Henry Broadhurst, 

 John Barran, 

 J. F. Cheetham, 

 H. S. Holland, 

 H. Campbell-Bannerman, 

 Charles Bruce, 

 Richard Fort. 



The Dean was abroad at the time, and telegraphed his cordial 

 acquiescence : 



The family had desired that my father should be buried at 

 Down : with regard to their wishes, Sir John Lubbock wrote : 



House of Commons, April 25, 1882. 

 My dear Darwin, I quite sympathise with your feeling, and 

 personally I should greatly have preferred that your father should 

 have rested in Down amongst us all. It is, I am sure, quite under- 

 stood that the initiative was not taken by you. Still, from a na- 

 tional point of view, it is clearly right that he should be buried in 

 the Abbey. I esteem it a great privilege to be allowed to accom- 

 pany my dear master to the grave. 



Believe me, yours most sincerely, 



John Lubbock. 



W. E. Darwin, Esq. 



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