Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock
Reference number: HS/21/251
Date: 19 June 1838
Description
Copy of a letter. John Frederick William Herschel's reasons for wishing to decline the baronetcy remain, but has decided to accept it because of Augustus Frederick's (Duke of Sussex) 'really noble conduct as respects me.'
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- HS/21/251
- Earliest possible date
- 19 June 1838
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Peacock, 19 June 1838, HS/21/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_251/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-peacock, accessed on 25 January 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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George Peacock
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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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