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Unit 2, p. 62, VPRS 1092 Governor's letter books, VA 466 Governor, Public Record Office, Victoria. 64.08.03

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Henry Warde to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1864-08-03. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1864/64-08-03-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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The Secretary of State for the Colonies, E. Cardwell, wrote to the Governor of Victoria, C. Darling, on 14 May 1864 informing him that M’s letter to Darling, 12 October 1863, had been referred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Earl Russell. Russell replied that 'the application of a foreigner, whether naturalized as a British subject, or employed in the British Service, for permission to accept or wear a Foreign Decoration, must be governed by the same rules which would govern the case of a British subject — Dr Müller's case does not fall within those rules, either as to the nature of his services, or as to the channel through which the application on his behalf has been received.' Russell also wished to convey to Cardwell 'that Dr Müller is entirely mistaken in supposing that the Rules in question have been relaxed in favor of Sir William Hooker or any other person'.
3rd Augt [1864]
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editorial addition.
Sir,
I am directed by the Governor to forward for your information a copy of a Despatch, with its Enclosures, which His Excellency has received from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, in reply to your application to be allowed to accept and wear certain Foreign Decorations which have been conferred upon you.
I have &c.
(sd) H. L. Warde
Dr Mueller F.R.S.
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See also M to H. Warde, 15 August 1864.