APPENDIX L 



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 

 acquiescence. 



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

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



