APPENDIX I. 



The Funeral in Westminster Abbey. 



On the Friday succeeding my father's death, the following letter, 

 signed by twenty members of Parliament, was addressed to Dr. Brad- 

 ley, Dean of Westminster : — 



House of Commons, 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-countrymen of all classes and opinions 



that our illustrious countryman, Mr. Darwin, should be buried in 



Westminster Abbey. 



We remain, your obedient servants. 



John Lubbock. 

 Nevil Storey Maskelyne, 

 A. J. Mundella, 

 G. O. Trevelyan, 

 Lyon Playfair, 

 Charles W. Dilke, 

 David Wedderburn, 

 Arthur Russel, 

 Horace Davey, 

 Benjamin Armitage, 



Richard B. Martin, 



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 

 icquiescence. 



The family had desired that my father should be buried at Down : 

 -vith regard to their wishes, Sir John Lubbock wrote : — 



