THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Buckingham Palace

17th. May, 1935.

Private and Confidential.

Dear Dr. Vaughan Williams,

By command of the King I write to say that it would give His Majesty much pleasure to confer upon you the Order of Merit in the Birthday Honours Gazette, in recognition of the distinguished contribution which you made to music of our time.
I shall be much obliged if you will kindly let me know at your earliest conveni[e]nce¹ whether this proposal is agreeable to you.
Yours sincerely,

Clive Wigram²

Dr. Vaughan Williams,
Mus. Doc., D. Mus.,
The White Gates,
Dorking.

1.  sic.
2.  Private Secretary to King George V. The letter is printed in RVW pp.206-207.