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Royal Geographical Society, London, Archives, Certificates of Candidates for Election. 91.06.08Preferred Citation:
Ferdinand von Mueller to the Royal Geographical Society, 1891-06-08. 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/1890-6/1891/91-06-08-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026
CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION
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Name
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Count Axel Wachtmeister,
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Description
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only son of a former Ambassador of Sweden at the Court of St James, lately a traveller
in almost unknown regions of New Zealand, now on a tour round the world:
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Residence
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Printed Residence deleted.
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Adresse: 19 Avenue Road, Regent's Park, London N.W
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The address at which his mother was living at the 1891 England Census (National Archives,
London, RG 12/104/69, p. 20).
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Being desirous of admission into the ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, We, the undersigned,
recommend him as likely to become a useful and valuable Fellow.
Dated this
8th
day of
[June] 1891
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Baron von Mueller, M.D
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Candidate’s details, nomination date and M’s signature in M’s hand.
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F.R.G.S
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{ From personal knowledge
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A.C. Macdonald
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F.R.G.S.
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Henry G Turner
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F.R.G.S.
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Proposed
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10th Nov.
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1891
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Elected
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23rd "
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891
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The file includes a letter from Wachtmeister to the Royal Geographical Society, 17
March 1892, from Srinagar, India, stating that he had just received the notice that
he owed fees, and had been unaware that he had been elected. His Swedish bank paid
a life composition fee of £28 on his behalf in April 1892.
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Died April 1948
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April 1948 in unknown hand. Actual date of death: 12 December 1947 (T. Baker (1958), p. 1728).