George the Fifth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas. Greeting whereas We have thought fit to nominate and appoint you to be a Knight Commander of Our said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, We do by these presents grant unto you the Dignity. Grant of the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to Horace Darwin Esq, F.R.S.

DARWIN, Sir Horace.

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A folio sheet of Whatman hand-made paper, folded to four pages, the announcement on the first two pages, signed at the top margin of the first side by GEORGE V and on the verso by EDWARD P, both signatures lithographed, dated June 3, 1918, the sheet now folded horizontally, with a printed leaf from the Central Chancery at St. James's Palace, and the posting envelope to Sir Horace Darwin K.B.E., The Orchard, Cambridge PLUS a typed letter signed by DAVID LLOYD GEORGE from 10 Downing Street : Sir, I have the honour to inform you that the King has been pleased to approve that you should receive the honour of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of the valuable services you have rendered to the nation in connection with the war.', dated May 27, 1918, with postal envelope. *SIR HORACE DARWIN, (1851-1928), born in Down House in 1851, the fifth son and ninth child of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma, and the youngest of their seven children who survived to adulthood. He was educated at a private school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1874. He founded the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company in 1885 and was Mayor of Cambridge between 1896 and 1897. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1903 and was knighted in 1918.

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• Title: George the Fifth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas. Greeting whereas We have thought fit to nominate and appoint you to be a Knight Commander of Our said Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, We do by these presents grant unto you the Dignity. Grant of the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire to Horace Darwin Esq, F.R.S.
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