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Sarah D, outlived him. Of his 10 children, 3 died in infancy or childhood, the rest outliving him. He had 4 grandsons 5 grand-daughters; 2, Bernard Richard Meirion D and Erasmus D [III] were born in his lifetime. m 1839 Jan.29 Emma Wedgwood, by Rev. John Allen Wedgwood at St Peter's Church, Maer, Staffs. 6s 4d. 1. William Erasmus, 2. Anne Elizabeth, 3. Mary Eleanor, 4. Henrietta Emma, 5. George Howard, 6. Elizabeth, 7. Francis, 8. Leonard, 9. Horace, 10. Charles Waring. FRS 1839 JP 1857. 1859
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, Jul.13 31 Shrewsbury Maer, Aug.1 to London, Oct.25 Windsor for 2 days rest, Nov.9 Maer, Nov.11 proposed to Emma Wedgwood and was accepted, Nov.12 Shrewsbury, Nov.17 Maer, Nov.20 to London, Dec.6 Emma W came to London, Dec.21 to Maer, Dec.31 slept at 12 Upper Gower St. 1839 Jan.11 to Shrewsbury, Jan. 15 to Maer, Jan. 18 to London, Jan.25 to Shrewsbury, Jan.28 to Maer, Jan.29 CD married, Jan.30 to London 12 Upper Gower St, Apr.26 May 12 Maer, May 13 19 Shrewsbury, May 20 to London, [page] 10
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Frederick Romilly Allen. CD's 1st cousin once removed. Wedgwood, Effie see Katherine Euphemia W. Wedgwood, Eliza see Sarah Elizabeth W [III]. Wedgwood, Elizabeth [I] see Allen. Wedgwood, Elizabeth [II] see Sarah Elizabeth W [II]. Wedgwood, Emily see Rendel. Wedgwood, Emma [I] 1808 May 2 at Maer Hall 1896 Oct.2 at The Grove, Cambridge. 9th and last c of Josiah W [II], named after her aunt Emma Allen. m 1839 Jan.29, by Rev. John Allen W, Charles Robert Darwin, at St Peter's Church, Maer. CD's 1st cousin
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brother, died 1880. 30 Frances Crofts D, CD's grand-daughter, born 1886. 31 Elizabeth W, ED's mother died 1846. Henrietta Emma D, CD's daughter, married 1871. April 7 Marianne D, CD's sister, born 1798. 19 CD died 1882. 22 Anne Elizabeth D, CD's daughter, died 1851. May 2 ED born 1808. 6 Robert Waring D, CD's father, born 1766. 10 Emily Catherine D, CD's sister, born 1810. 13 Horace D, CD's son, born 1851. June 1 Hensleigh W, ED's brother, died 1891. 28 Charles Waring D, CD's son, died 1858. July
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letters, 2 vols; 1915 H. E. Litchfield, editor, Emma Darwin, 2 vols, 1st published edition. 1882 M was on 'Personal Friends invited' list for CD's funeral. Murray, Sir John [II] 1841 1914. Marine biologist. KCB 1898 FRS 1896. Chief Naturalist on Challenger expedition 1872 1876, and editor of Reports 1882 1896. 1881 CD to A. Agassiz, on M's views on origin of coral reefs, in which CD was right and M wrong LLiii 183, MLii 197. EB DNB. Musters, Charles? 1832. Volunteer 1st Class Royal Navy, on 2nd
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Darwin. CD's great-grandmother. Hill, John Of Sleaford, Lincolnshire. m Elizabeth Alvey. f of Elizabeth H. 4th generation ancestor of CD in male line. Hill, Major Richard Noel 1800 1861. 5th Baron Berwick 1848. A cousin of Capt. Owen of Woodhouse. A shooting companion of CD in the 1820s; took part in a shooting joke at CD's expense Barlow, Autobiography 54. Hills, Mrs 1887 ED to Henrietta Emma Litchfield, 'Old Mrs' H, a villager at Downe; ?wife of the next. Hills Gardener at Down House after
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Josiah W [III]. unm. Known as Sophy. CD's 1st cousin once removed. Wedgwood, Katherine Euphemia 1839 ? 4c of Hensleigh W. m 1873 Sir Thomas Farrer, Baron Farrer, as 2nd wife. Known as Effie or E. CD's 1st cousin once removed. 1870 Spring, W stayed at Down House. Wedgwood, Kitty see Catherine W. Wedgwood, Lawrence 1844 1913. 5c of Francis W. m 1871 Emma Houseman and had offspring. CD's 1st cousin once removed. Wedgwood, Lotty see Charlotte W. Wedgwood, Louisa Frances 1834 1903. 1c of Henry
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, whilst that for Galileo has about 150 and that for Newton less than 130. This excess is exacerbated because his name also occurs in every work on evolution and in every student textbook of biology as well as in many works about the religious and social implications of evolutionary theory. It is however ameliorated because the number of works which contain facts about him is small. Basically, there are seven volumes, three of Life and letters, and two each of More letters and Emma Darwin. To these may
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their maiden surnames, when these are known to me; even Emma Darwin will be found under Wedgwood: titles, whether of honour or plain Mr, Mrs or Miss, are always given in italic. A full entry for a person starts with forenames followed by dates of birth and death, occupation in general, titles of honour and membership of important learned societies, marriage, children, blood relationship to Darwin if any. This is followed by a brief note of the post or posts which they held, and relevant dated
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Chester, Mr A friend of Fitz-Roy who was invited to go on Beagle before CD, but could not. Chester, Colonel Joseph Lemuel 1821 1882. American genealogist. Worked on early history of the Darwin family. 1858 C settled in London. 1879 Henrietta Emma D 'My brothers had been having the pedigree of the Darwins made out by a certain Colonel Chester' EDii 237. George Howard D's mss notes for C are in the Galton papers at University College London. DNB. Chester Place No. 4, Regent's Park, London. 1868
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died in 1912 and his eldest son Sir Charles Galton D became head on William Erasmus D's death in 1914. On Sir Charles's death in 1962, it passed to his eldest son George P.D. Less detailed pedigrees are printed in Emma Darwin, i, 1915, and in Life letters and labours of Francis Galton, i, 1914. There is also a brief one in Period piece, 1952, which carries the pedigree one generation further into this century. A pedigree in manuscript, compiled in 1978 by Sir Iain Moncrieffe of that Ilk, Bart
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bearded photograph 'Do I not look venerable' Darwin-Gray letters 54. 1866 Apr. 28 ED to Henrietta Emma D 'He was obliged to name himself to almost all of them [people at a Royal Society soir e], as his beard alters him so' EDii 185. His complexion was ruddy. 1849 CD to Hooker, 'Everyone tells me that I look quite blooming and beautiful; and most think that I am shamming, but you have never been one of those' LLi 111. His gait was springing and he always walked [page] 7
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the others draw strongly for facts, is Francis D's Life and letters, 3 vols, 1887. This is supplemented by Francis D A. C. Seward, More letters, 1903, and, largely for family matters, by H. E. Litchfield, Emma Darwin, 1904. Much information has come to light since these early books which was not available to their editors, but no full scale biography containing it has appeared. The most important will be found under the entries for Barlow, de Beer, Gruber Stecher. 1882 Charles Darwin, memorial
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at school then to Barlaston, Batley Shrewsbury to his sister Susan, Sep.11 16 Leith Hill Place, home by Godstone Reigate. 1853 Jul.14 Aug.4 Eastbourne with family, to Brighton Hastings on day visits, Aug.13 16 The Hermitage nr Woking to visit Henry Allen W with ED, George Howard D Henrietta Emma D, visited military camp for Crimean war at Chobham. 1854 Jan. visited London, Mar. 13 17 The Ridge, Hartfield, Sussex, Jul.13 15 The Ridge, Hartfield, Sussex, Oct.9 14 Leith Hill Place, Dec.1 in
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Sir Thomas Farrer, Aug.10 21 Bassett, Southampton, Nov.8 18 London, 4 Bryanston St visiting R. B. Litchfield who had recently married Henrietta Emma D. 1874 Jan. 10 17 London, Queen Anne St, Apr.21 29 London, 4 Bryanston St, Jul.25 30 Abinger Hall, Jul.31 Aug.24 Bassett, Southampton, Dec.3 12 London, 4 Bryanston St. 1875 Mar.31 Apr.12 London, Queen Anne St Bryanston St. Jun.3 Jul.5 Abinger Hall, Aug.28 Sep.11 Bassett, [page] 10
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, Jun.26 London, Queen Anne St, Jun.28 30 West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, home of Miss L. M. Forster, Aug.1 London, Queen Anne St, Aug.2 27 Coniston, Lake District, family holiday, 1 day expedition to Grasmere, Dec.2 12 London, 5 days Bryanston St, 5 days Queen Anne St. 1880 Mar.4 8 London, Queen Anne St, Apr.8 13 Abinger Hall with Horace D and his wife Emma Cecilia (Ida) Farrer, May 25 Jun.8 Bassett, Southampton, Aug. 14 18 Cambridge, Botolph Lane to visit his sons, Aug.19 20 London, Queen Anne
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, Erasmus [II] 1759 1799. 2c of Erasmus [I] Mary. unm. CD's uncle. Solicitor genealogist. Committed suicide by drowning. Darwin, Erasmus [III] 1881 Dec.7 1915 Apr.24. 1c of Sir Horace D. unm. CD's grandson, the second of the two born in CD's lifetime. Director Cambridge Instrument Co. Killed at Ypres. Obituary in Emma Darwin ii vi, 1915. Darwin, Erasmus Alvey 1804 Dec.29 1881 Aug.26. 2c of Robert Waring D. unm. CD's only brother. Known as Ras. Trained as a physician at Edinburgh but never practised
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thing of original and sarcastically ingenious in him, one of the sincerest, naturally truest, and most modest of men' Carlyle, Reminiscences, ii 208. 24 Regent St, 43 Great Marlborough St, 7 Park St, 6 Queen Anne St. His only recorded staff were Surman, his secretary and Pearce his manservant. Buried Sep.1 in Downe Churchyard. Darwin, Etty see Henrietta Emma D. Darwin, Florence Henrietta see Fisher. Darwin, Frances see Fraser. Darwin, Frances Anne Violetta 1783 1874. 2c of Erasmus D [I
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Darwin, Nora see Emma Nora D. Darwin, Polly see Mary Darwin [II]. Darwin, Ras see Erasmus Alvey D. Darwin, Reginald 1818 ? eldest c of Sir Francis Sacheveral D. CD's half first cousin. 1879 lent CD documents, including a commonplace book, on Erasmus D [I], which CD used for his notice in E. Krause's Erasmus Darwin. The commonplace book now at Down House. Darwin, Richard? 1584. 3c of William D [III]. m before 1580 Margaret? 3s 1d. Inherited Torksey from his uncle and held Marton. 8th generation
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. After the death of her sister Marianne in 1858, she adopted the grown-up Parker children who lived with her. 1836 CD called her Granny. Darwin, Susanna 1729 1789. 5c of Robert D. unm. CD's great aunt. Darwin, Susannah see Wedgwood. Darwin, Trotty Veck see Henrietta Emma D. Darwin, Violetta see Frances Anne Violetta D. Darwin, William [I] died before 1542. 2s, 1. ?William, 2. John Of Marton, Lincolnshire, Yeoman. The earliest ancestor given by Burke. 10th generation to CD in male line. Darwin
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Wetenschappen LLiii 163. 1874 CD wrote to D, to thank him for entertaining his son George Howard D LLiii 325. Dorking Surrey. 1876 May 6 Jun.6 CD had family holiday there. Double Flowers 1843 Double flowers their origin, Gdnr's Chronicle, No.36:628 (Bi 175, F1663). CD's first botanical publication. Doubleday, Henry 1808 1875. Entomologist quaker. Correspondent with CD on insect matters. Sent CD plants of true oxslip Primula elatior. Doveleys, The Frances b 1806 and Emma b 1808 Wedgwood in childhood
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photographs, dating them 1882. Elliott, Mary 1887 ED to Henrietta Emma D, a villager at Downe. Elston nr Newark, Notts. Elston Hall, seat of William Darwin VI whose wife, Anne Waring, had inherited from her mother, and present seat of senior branch of D family. Many early Ds are buried in All Saints' churchyard. Erasmus D [I] was born there. Embury, George see Toilet. Emily Jane Domestic servant at Down House ?1865 1879. Englefield nr Theale, Berkshire. Seat of the Benyon family Darwin-Innes 256
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Farrer, Mary? 1905. Sister of Sir Thomas Henry F. m Arthur, Baron Hobhouse, 1819 1904. 1878 CD to Romanes, Lady Hobhouse is trustworthy Carroll 547. Farrer, Sir Thomas Henry, Bart 1833 1884. Bart 1883 Baron 1893. Barrister Civil Servant. m1 Frances Erskine 3s 1d Emma Cecilia (Ida). m2 Katherine Euphemia Wedgwood s.p. Abinger Hall, Dorking, Surrey. 1873 Aug. CD visited there for first time and often later which he much enjoyed. DNB EB. Farrington, Benjamin 1966 What Darwin really said, London
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, Johann Reinhold 1729 1798. FRS 1772, and his son Johann George Adam F 1754 1797. Both were naturalists on Commander James Cook's 2nd voyage, 1772 1775. 1857 CD's cognomen as Member of Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina Germanica Naturae Curiosorum was Forster. Forster, Miss Laura May 1839 1924. A lifelong friend of Henrietta Emma D. 1879 Jun. F lent her house, West Hackhurst, Abinger Hanger, nr Dorking, Surrey to CD for a holiday. 1881 Mar. F stayed at Down House to recuperate from an
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when crossed with poultry hens MLii 69. 1868 Apr. CD to the same, H says 'the common hen prefers a salacious cock, but is quite indifferent to colour'. H is much quoted in Descent. Hewitt, Ginette m Sir Robert Vere Darwin as 2nd wife. Heywood Lodge Heywood Lane, Tenby, S.Wales. 1843 1864 Emma Allen and her sister Frances lived here after the death of their brother John Hensleigh A. Higginson, Colonel Thomas Wentworth 1823 1911. 1873 CD to H, he had enjoyed his Life with a black regiment, 1870
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, after a prison sentence, another curacy in Kent. Horwood Sir John Lubbock's head gardener. 1862 1863 H superintended building of CD's hothouse. Hoskins Botanist. 1845 CD to Henslow, CD was disappointed that H had not got some post at Edinburgh. Hotham, Harriet 1810 1873. m 1833 Sir John William Lubbock. Houghton, Baron see Richard Monckton Milnes. Houseman, Emma m 1871 Lawrence Wedgwood. Howard, Mary 1740 Feb. 12 1770 Jun.30. d of Charles H Penelope Foley. m 1757 Erasmus Darwin [I] as 1st wife
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collections: 1887 Life and letters, 3 vols. 1903 More letters, 2 vols. 1904, 1915 Emma Darwin, 2 vols. 1909 Letters to Trimen in E. B. Poulton, Darwin and the Origin. 1915 Letters to Wallace in J. Marchant, Alfred Russel Wallace. 1939 Letters to Asa Gray, Historical Records Survey, Boston. 1959 de Beer, Notes Records Roy.Soc., 14:12 66, which also lists about thirty other sources of one or a few letters. 1961 de Beer, Ann.Sci., 17:81 115, a continuation of de B's 1959 paper. [page] 18
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there as an hotel. Litchfield, Henrietta see Darwin. Litchfield, Richard Buckley 1831 1903. Scholar philanthropist. m 1871 Aug.31, at Downe Church, Henrietta Emma D. d.s.p. L worked on the legal side of the Ecclesiastical [page] 19
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. Lushington, Jane see Mowatt. Lushington, Vernon 1832 1912. County Court Judge for Surrey Berkshire 1877 1900. 4th s of Stephen Lushington 1782 1873. MP 1806 1840. m 1865 Jane Mowatt 2d. Judge of High Court of Admiralty 1838 1867. 36 Kensington Square, London, Borden, Hampshire. 1871 Spring 1881 Jul. L visited Down House with wife. c1869 Henrietta Emma D first met R. D. Litchfield, her future husband, at the L's London house. The L's and their 2 daughters remained family friends. Katherine (Kitty
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. 1848 summer CD stayed for 'some months' LLi 81. 1849 Mar. 10 Jun.30 CD again had water cure there. 1849 Sep. CD visited for day from British Association meeting at Birmingham. 1851 Anne Elizabeth D, suffering from a fever, with Henrietta Emma D arrived there; Miss Thorley governess arrived a few days later; CD arrived on Apr.17; Anne died on Apr.23 EDii 132. 1863 CD took a house for whole family Sep. Oct. EDii 180. Manchester Lancashire. 1845 Sep. CD visited W. Herbert, then Dean of the Cathedral
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1873 (F739); Variation under domestication 1888 1889 (F922); Descent of man 1874 (F1101); Expression of the emotions 1873 (F1203); Cross and self fertilisation 1964 (F1270); Autobiography 1891 (F1529). Pollock, Sir Frederick, Bart 1845 1937. Jurist. 3rd Bart FBA 1902. 1882 Jan. 8 P came to Down House on a 'Sunday tramp'. DNB. Polly A white rough-haired female fox terrier, which belonged to Henrietta Emma D and attached herself to CD when H.E.D. married in 1871. 1870 ED to H.E.D. description of
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described her as 'the beautiful Miss Port'. P was a friend of the Aliens, especially of Lancelot Baugh A EDi 48. 1817 Mrs Josiah Wedgwood to her sister Emma Allen 'the inconceivable Mrs Waddington' EDi 110. Port Darwin E Falkland Island, named after CD. 1834 Mar 17 CD crossed the isthmus near it. Port Desire see Deseado. Port Famine Patagonia, on Magellan Straits, S of Punta Arenas. 1834 Feb.2 11, Jun.1 8 Beagle there. Port Jackson New South Wales, Australia. 1836 Jan.12 Beagle arrived and anchored
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detail with full reference. No collection of reviews has yet been published. Rhadamanthus Minor 1863 Nickname for Henrietta Emma D, given by Huxley. 'Mr. Huxley used to laugh at for the severity of her criticisms' MLi 238. R son of Zeus and Europa, one of the judges of the underworld. Rhea 1837 [Notes on Rhea americana and Rhea darwini], Proc.zool.Soc.Lond., Part V, No.51:35 36, follows John Gould's original description of R.darwini (Bi 38, F1643). Rhinoceros Tree see Elephant tree. Rhodes, Francis
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Godfrey, 1d Margaret. 1882 S was on 'Family Friends invited' list for CD's funeral. 1888 ED to Henrietta Emma Litchfield, 'Now I must write declining to subscribe to Shaen memorial at Bedford College'. 'I do not care about the higher education of women, [page] 25
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. Switzerland. 1837 Emma Allen to Elizabeth Wedgwood, 'I feel it is hard on him to see so much of people he could never get a taste for, no more than they could for him'; 'Not even infant schools and savings banks escape his condemnation, while beggary meets with his strenuous support' EDi 280. 1840 Jun. S Mrs S stayed at 12 Upper Gower St, CD ED away most of the time EDii 54. 1887 ED 'I should not have patience with his foibles, he would always go against my taste as wanting manliness' EDi 279
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, probably by his son John F. Sleeper, and probably printed between 1903 and 1912. see Poulton, Proc.Linn.Soc.Lond., 1912 1913:26 45, 1913 and ibid., 1913 1914:23 44, 1914, with full facsimile of text. These 2 presidential addresses appeared together, as an offprint, 1914. Slingsby, Monica m 1894 William Robert Darwin. Slip-slop, Little Miss Nickname of Emma Wedgwood (ED) in childhood. Slovene First editions in: Journal of researches (F245) 1950; Origin of species (F768) 1951; Autobiography (F1543) 1959
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; also of Jessie Sismondi after death of husband 1842, and of Emma and Frances Allen after death of John Hensleigh Allen 1843, four sisters. Tendency of Species to Form varieties 1858 On the tendency of species to form varieties, and on the perpetuation of varieties and species by natural means of selection, by Charles Darwin . . . and Alfred Wallace, J.Proc.Linn. Soc. Lond., 3, No.9:1 62 (Bii 3, F1699). Communicated by Lyell and Hooker, Tuesday Jul.1. The details of the preparation and publication
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who owned it. 1868 taken by Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood [II] and where she died in 1880. Trotty, or Trotty Veck Childhood nickname of Henrietta Emma D. Truelove, Edward 1809 1899. Publisher socialist. 1878 T was convicted in High Court for publishing R. D. Owen's Moral physiology, London ? edition of 1871, on contraception. 1878 CD to a son of T, unable to sign a memorial against the conviction because he had not heard of T before the trial Carroll 539. Truttles 1833 A London bookseller. Henslow to
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. Wedgwood, Emma [II] see Houseman. Wedgwood, Ernest Hensleigh 1838 1898. 3c of Hensleigh W. m 1887 Mary Webster, 1s. Known as Erny. CD's 1st cousin once removed. Wedgwood, Fanny see Frances W [II]. Wedgwood, Frances [I] see Crewe. Wedgwood, Frances [II] 1806 1832 Aug.20. 8c of Josiah W [II]. unm. 'Freckled plain-faced faithful Fanny'. CD's 1st cousin sister-in-law. Wedgwood, Frances [III] see Mosley. Wedgwood, Frances [IV] see Mackintosh. Wedgwood, Frances Julia 1833 1913. 1c Hensleigh W. unm. CD's
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. Henry Allen, 6. Francis, 7. Hensleigh, 8. Frances, 9. Emma. Known as Jos. CD's uncle and father-in-law. Maer Hall, Staffs 1819 . Senior partner of Josiah Wedgwood Sons Ltd 1795 1841. CD was on close terms with and it was he who persuaded CD's father to let him go on the Beagle voyage. Sydney Smith of W, 'Wedgwood's an excellent man it is a pity he hates his friends' EDi 74. CD 'I used to apply to him . . . the well known ode of Horace, now forgotten by me, in which the words nec vultus tyranni
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Keynes, Richard Darwin ed. 1979. The Beagle record. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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partridges on the first of September', he was putting a finger on an important ingredient in the Beagle's success. On 24 January 1839, Darwin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and five days later he was married to his cousin Emma Wedgwood. The first three and a half years of their married life were spent in London at a house in Gower Street, but in the autumn of 1842 they were compelled by his persistent ill health to move to the quiet of the country at Down House, in the village of Downe
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[Titheradge, Philip]. 1981. The Charles Darwin memorial at Down House, Downe, Kent. [St. Ives, Cornwall: B. Tempest & Co.]
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*Two paintings of Down House presented by Lady Barlow in 1968. The artist was Albert Goodwin. The East or fireplace wall Charles Darwin, after the portrait by George Richmond, R.A. 1840. Emma Darwin, a colour reproduction of the portrait by George Richmond. She was Emma Wedgwood (1808-1896), daughter of Josiah Wedgwood of Maer, and married Charles Darwin, her cousin, in 1839, in which year the portrait was painted. Elizabeth Wedgwood, mother of Emma Darwin. From the painting by George Romney
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a painting by Conrad Martens. Sepia print of Bessie Allen (Elizabeth Wedgwood), mother of Emma Darwin. Josiah Wedgwood I on his celebrated Arab stallion 'Membrino'. Aquatint from a painting by George Stubbs. Wedgwood family group in the grounds of Etruria Hall, 1870. Two Watercolours by Russian artists. 'Early Spring' and 'Late Autumn'. Show Case Nature studies by Elizabeth Hill Darwin (c 1818), a second cousin of Darwin. Tureen given by Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Wright's daughter. *Brooch
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Laurence. (1853). Portrait of Sir Francis Galton, F.R.S., another grandson of Dr Erasmus Darwin through his second wife, Elizabeth. Show Case 1 *Emma Darwin: photograph taken in the drawing room shortly after the death of her husband. Photograph of a drawing in chalk of Charles Darwin, aged 6, holding a potted plant; and his sister Catherine. Two photographs of The Mount, Shrewsbury, Darwin's birthplace. Photograph of Darwin's rooms in Christ's College, Cambridge (Front Court, Staircase C, First
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original furnishings. The fire screen, fire stool, four lamps and plates have been kindly donated by Sir Hedley and Lady Atkins. Pictures South Wall: to the left of the door Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin (1786-1859), by an unnamed artist. Traveller, antiquarian and naturalist; godfather to his nephew, Francis Galton; he was one of the seven children of Erasmus Darwin and his second wife, Elizabeth Pole. Wedgwood Plaques depicting Sarah Wedgwood, 1734-1815, grandmother of Charles and Emma; Dr
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Collier, commissioned by Sir George Buckstone Browne. Portrait of Emma Darwin presented by Lady Barlow in 1968. Weighing machine possibly used by Dr Robert Waring Darwin at Leith Hill (see weighing book in show case 11). Show Case 4 In the case to the left of the fireplace may be seen the original manuscript copy of Charles Darwin's journal of his voyage on H.M.S. Beagle from December 1831 to October 1836. The main purpose of the voyage was to survey the coasts of South America for the Admiralty
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his 'Geological Observations' and arranged for the publication of the 'Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle'. In addition he began to collect the data which, twenty years later, resulted in the publication of his theories 'On the Origin of Species'. On January 29th 1839, Charles Darwin married his first cousin, Emma Wedgwood and for more than three years they continued to live in London, at 12 Upper Gower Street. He went into society more at this period of his life than at any time later. One of
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work to be accomplished gradually departed and he even took occasional holidays. In 1881, however, he was saddened by the death of his brother Erasmus, for they had always been the closest of friends, and his own health failed markedly during the following months until his death on April 19th 1882. Emma and Charles Darwin and their seven surviving children lived in an atmosphere of the greatest affection. A wise, true man, fame never altered the essential simplicity and nobility of his character
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The Garden Outside the house, much of the garden remains as Darwin knew it. In the biography of Emma Darwin, written by her daughter, Mrs Litchfield, is the following passage: 'Many gardens are more beautiful and varied but few could have a greater charm of repose and nowhere do I know one where it was so pleasant to sit out. The flower-beds were close under the drawing-room windows, and were filled with hardy herbaceous plants, intermixed with bedded-out plants and annuals. It was often
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Freeman, R. B. 1982. Darwin and Gower Street: an exhibition in the Flaxman Gallery of the Library, University College London, Monday 19 April 1982. London: UCL.
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Darwin took up residence here on New Year's Day 1839, a Tuesday. He married Emma Wedgwood, his first cousin, at Maer, Staffordshire on the 29th, and brought her home by train the same evening. They lived here for three years and seven months, before moving to Down House, Downe, Kent where they spent the rest of their married lives. Emma left, with their two children, on 14 September 1842 and Charles followed on the 17th. The house remained substantially as they knew it until it was bombed in
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