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Confiden tial^\ 



HOUSE OF COMMONS, 



June 1884. 



MY DEAR ROSCOE, 



It is possible that before you receive this note Mr. Gladstone 

 may have written to you to inform you that H.M. the Queen 

 proposes to confer upon you the honour of knighthood in 

 recognition of your distinguished services to science and 

 education more especially in connection with your great 

 and valuable services on the Technical Commission. 



Now, my dear Roscoe, I beg you will accept my warm and 

 hearty congratulations. Let nothing deter you from accept- 

 ing at once the offer which is, or is about to be, made to you. 

 It will place you in your right position in Manchester and 

 throughout the country. It will crown your services and 

 show the value that is set upon your work. It will encourage 

 and delight men of science, Huxley especially, who has 

 written an excellent letter on your work and on the way that 

 such work has hitherto failed to be recognised. It will be 

 especially gratifying to the writer, who has all along been 

 determined upon such a recognition. And if it does not 

 please Lady Roscoe, then tell her to pocket the affront and 

 revenge herself on me next Sunday. 



Always faithfully yours, 



A. J. MUNDELLA. 



10, DOWNING STREET, 

 WHITEHALL, 



30^ June 1884. 

 DEAR SIR, 



I am permitted by Her Majesty to propose that you should 

 receive the honour of knighthood in acknowledgment of 

 your distinguished service on the Technical Education 

 Commission. 



It gives me much pleasure to make this proposal, which I 

 hope will be agreeable to you. 



I have the honour to be, dear Sir, 



Your very faithful and obedient 



W. E. GLADSTONE. 

 Professor Roscoe, F.R.S. 



