RECORD: Cavendish, Sir William, 7th Duke of Devonshire. 1882.04.25. Letter to William Erasmus Darwin. CUL-DAR215.6b. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
"Cavendish, Sir William, 7th Duke of Devonshire , 1808-91. Landowner and politician. 1845 Sept. or Oct. CD visited Chatsworth, the ducal seat, then of William C, 6th Duke. 1858 7th Duke. 1882 Pallbearer at CD's funeral, as Chancellor, University of Cambridge." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
T. & W. Banting were the undertakers.
[6b]
[To WED]
Devonshire House, Piccadilly, W.
April 25/1882
Sir
I have just arrived and have found your letter here. I have arranged to postpone my engagement for tomorrow & shall accordingly be prepared to act as Pall Bearer at your father's funeral. I have also received Mr Banting's instructions.
Yrs faithfully
Devonshire
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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