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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. 

 Bradley, Dean of Westminster : — 



House op Commons, April 21, 1882. 

 Vert 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, Richard B. Martin, 



Nevtl Storey Maskelynh, Francis W. Buxton, 



A. J. Mundella, E. L. Stanley, 



G. 0. Trevelyan, Henry Broadhurst, 



Lyon Playfair, John Barran, 



Charles W. Dilke, J. F. Cheetham, 



David Wedderburn, H. S. Holland, 



Arthur Russell, H. Campbell-Bannerman, 



Horace Davey, Charles Bruce, 



Benjamin Armitage, 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 national 

 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 accompany my 

 dear master to the grave. 



Believe me, yours most sincerely, 



John Lubbock. 

 W. E. Darwin, Esq. 



