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the Hyacinths X Wednesday, 12 February 1840 gave Anne 1 lb tea Thursday, 13 February 1840 wrote Charlotte Eliz. heard from Georgina T. Friday, 14 February 1840 wrote to Susan Holland. Heard from [2 words crossed] Saturday, 15 February 1840 Went to Lady Alderson [Georgina Alderson, 1827-1899. Wife of Marquis of Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1830-1903] February 1840 Sunday, 16 February 1840 Monday, 17 February 1840 gave Eliza 1 lb tea 10 — [illeg] [-] 1 — 11 [=] baby weight 8 lb — 5 oz 7 — 10
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Mr Mrs Aldridge 1 Up. Woburn Place called both ways John Aldridge (1847-1919), Irish barrister and Georgina Aldridge. In Emma Darwin's diary for 1839, 6 February. Baron Lady Alderson 9 Park Cres asked us to dinner Edward Hall Alderson (1787-1857), lawyer, judge and Baron of the Exchequer, 1834-1857 and Georgina Catherine Drewe Alderson (1798/9-1871), Emma Darwin's cousin. In Emma Darwin's diary for 1840, 15 February. See Freeman, Darwin Pedigrees 1984. Aclands 6 Saville Place Clifton Gideon
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Sunday, 9 February 1840 Monday, 10 February 1840 baby smiled for the 1st time wrote cath At Jessie Tuesday, 11 February 1840 baby made little noises. Got the Hyacinths X Wednesday, 12 February 1840 gave Anne 1 lb tea Thursday, 13 February 1840 wrote Charlotte Eliz. heard from Georgina T. Friday, 14 February 1840 wrote to Susan Holland. Heard from [2 words crossed] Saturday, 15 February 1840 Went to Lady Alderson February 184
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leaving I went in to see the beautiful, solemn. sweet face composed for its last rest. INDEX. Abinger Hall, ii. 264, 265 Acting, i. 213 Ad Eundem, ii. 402 Afghan War, Charles Darwin signs protest against, ii. 293 Albury Heath, ii. 245 Alderson, Sir Edward, i. 267 Alderson, Georgina, marriage with Lord Salisbury, ii. 176 n. Alderson, Isabella, wedding of, ii. 175, 176 Alderson, Lady, i. 132, 133, 267; description of, i. 136 Aldersons, the, dinner at, ii. 108 Allen, Caroline, see Drewe, Mrs Allen
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The love affair mentioned in the foregoing letters caused a great family commotion, and it was apropos of this and of all the letters to and fro, that Harry Wedgwood composed the quatrain often quoted in the family: Write, write, write a letter! Good advice will make us better. Sisters, Brothers, Father, Mother, Let us all advise each other! Charlotte Wedgwood (staying with her cousin Georgian Alderson) to her sister Emma. GREAT RUSSELL STREET, May 6th [1827]. I came here on Tuesday night by
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, and I did very respectably. I had a good deal of conversation with the Baron after luncheon, he was kind and friendly. Sarah Wedgwood, the last survivor of the children of Josiah Wedgwood of Etruria, died aged 1 Afterwards Lord Salisbury. 2 Georgina Alderson married Lord Robert Cecil in 1857. 80, on the 6th November, 1856, at Down, where she had come to live to be near my mother. Forty or more years ago she had spoken of the then little Emma Wedgwood as having the first place in her affection
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Alderson. 3. Edward, m. Ad le Pr vost. and others. Before the year 1500 the Wedgwoods were the squires of Wedgwood and Harakels in Staffordshire. In 1572 a confirmation of arms was granted to the squire of that time. The ancestors of the Wedgwoods of Etruria separated from the senior branch about 1600. The Wedgwoods of Harakels possessed at least some portion of these estates until the middle or end of the eighteenth century when they became extinct. Children of Josiah Wedgwood of Etruria (1730
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appointed to a Police Magistracy at the end of 1831. This meant that his marriage could now prudently take place. Emma Wedgwood writes to Fanny Mackintosh Dec. 6th, 1831: My dearest Fanny, You may think how pleased I was at your note. Hensleigh's last letter was so low that I had almost given up all hopes, and the first line of your letter struck me in the contrary sense from what you meant. It was delightful indeed when I found out how it was. How nice it is my dear dear old wife. Now don't be long a
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Alderson. 3. Edward, m. Ad le Pr vost. and others. Before the year 1500 the Wedgwoods were the squires of Wedgwood and Harakels in Staffordshire. In 1572 a confirmation of arms was granted to the squire of that time. The ancestors of the Wedgwoods of Etruria separated from the senior branch about 1600. The Wedgwoods of Harakels possessed at least some portion of these estates until the middle or end of the eighteenth century when they became extinct. Children of Josiah Wedgwood of Etruria (1730 1795
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difficult to hope now. But I 1 Elizabeth and Charlotte are the two elder girls. Jos, Frank, Fanny, and Emma would be those who are more good than agreeable. As Emma speaks about this time with surprise of his shaking hands with her, it is probable that he did not give them much opening to be agreeable. must add that in her youth and middle age she had plenty of courage and hopefulness, indeed she was courageous to the point of rashness in some of her happy-go-lucky arrangements. Catharine Allen
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, Marianne a beauty and Georgina very piquant and attractive. Jessie, Emma, and Fanny Allen were also staying there to be a support and help to their sister, Mrs Drewe. Emma Allen to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood. PISA, Jan. 16th [1817]. Poor Caroline has much more of fear than hope about them [her dying children], and at times her spirits give way very much, but in general her natural good spirits shew themselves, and William Clifford is delighted with what he calls her merry looks. Marianne and
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much more delightful. She enjoys everything so much and is such a pleasant companion. I am very much surprised at Georgina [Alderson]'s inviting Charlotte tho' I don't think it quite such an unmerited honour as she does. Your letter has put me in such a dissipated state that I am writing like a fool, so I had better leave off. Goodbye, my dear Papa and Mamma, Your affectionate daughter, EMMA W. My mother often spoke of this stay at Geneva as one of great enjoyment, chiefly I think the society of
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a perfect ecstasy. He was a clergyman but had at that time no living. He had been tutor in Lord Craven's family. The Hensleigh Wedgwoods had a very short honeymoon. Emma Wedgwood staid on in London till after their return, perhaps partly to help in buying Charlotte's trousseau. Emma Wedgwood to her sister Elisabeth. [LONDON], Jan. 27, 1832. Fanny is very pleasant and open in telling one how happy she is, and in shewing her fondness for Hensleigh, which she does in a nice, playful manner. After
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CHAPTER II. 1840 1842. Charles much out of health, he visits Shrewsbury The Sismondis at Gower Street and Tenby Miss Edgeworth thinks Emma Darwin like her mother The Charles Darwins talk of leaving London Emma's second child, Anne Elizabeth, born Erasmus and Miss Martineau Charles and Doddy at Shrewsbury Sismondi's fatal illness begins Edward Allen and his running away from school Charlotte Langton's baby, Edmund, born. Emma Darwin to her aunt Madame Sismondi. 12, UPPER GOWER STREET, Feb. 7
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, the daughter of Baron Alderson. Fanny Allen to her sister Emma Allen. Wednesday, Oct. 29th [1856]. .Yesterday we were performing wedding guests from ten in the morning till three in the afternoon, when we put off our finery. It was impossible for any marriage to be better got up in an artistic point of view, and certainly the ceremony was very impressive. The church is beautiful and the music and singing excellent. The centre of the church was clear for the performance, a large carpet laid down
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Winkworths went through the same morbid feelings about sin and religion. The Burneys did not trouble their heads, and Miss Edgeworth was very strict with herself but not in the way of religion. I should like to know when they came to the age of 40 or so how much their feelings and opinions had approached each other. Emma Darwin to Margaret Shaen. THE GROVE, Ap. 24, 1895. I am deep in the Letters1 and much interested in making out the different characters with such a strong family resemblance in all
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expecting him to grow restive and take his place in the mail back again one morning, but Hensleigh thinks he will stay out his three weeks. I never knew such a bustle as I have been in. That and the trouble of one's clothes are the disadvantages of London. I feel as if I had time for nothing. Every minute that I have is required for drawing, that my lessons may not be thrown away upon me. I have had two, and like Mr Copley Fielding very much. Believe me, my dear Emma, Yr Affect., C. W. Early in 1827
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, some Melvilles and Dr Dealtry (to marry them) at the Church; we were all there. Fanny was come, and we had waited some little time, but the carriage with Hensleigh did not appear. We began to be in a fright for fear he was ill again, or had lost the license or something; but our fears were quieted when we heard that the carriage had to put down the judge [Baron Alderson] in Lincoln's Inn before it took up Hensleigh. When the first carriage-full had waited about ten minutes, he came and the
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. Goodbye my dearest. My best of loves to M. Sis. The baby performed his first smile to-day, a great event. Charles Darwin to Emma Darwin. Sunday, SHREWSBURY [5 April, 1840]. My dear Emma, You are a good old soul for having written to me so soon. I, like another good old soul, will give you an account of my proceedings from the beginning. At the station I met Sir F. Knowles, but was fortunate enough to get into a separate carriage from that chatterbox. In my carriage there was rather an elegant
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and heavy. We were a party of 14, and our 3 best men made but bad talkers that day. Alderson was so much occupied with carving that I did not hear him speak, and the time of dinner was composed of duet talking. The Bishop of Exeter1 looked the very personification of the evil serpent, gliding about and whispering in deep conversation with the Baron, all with reference to his plot against Hampden. Soon after he sat down to dinner he poured much civility on me. We were three apart, and our soup
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, Cambridge, ii. 386 letter to Mrs Litchfield, ii. 302 Darwin, George Howard, birth of, ii. 80; a remarkable child, ii. 156; at Cambridge, ii. 213, 214; Second Wrangler, ii. 216, 217; going with government party to observe a solar eclipse, ii. 235, 236 n.; congratulated by his father on his work, ii. 290; engagement to Maud Dupuy, ii. 349 Darwin, Gwendolen Mary, birth of, ii. 362; as a baby, ii. 369 Darwin, Henrietta Emma, see Litchfield, Mrs Darwin, Horace, birth of, ii. 150; illness, ii. 200, 202
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INDEX ABINGER HALL, ii. 213, 214 Acting, i. 161, 162 Afghan War, Charles Darwin signs protest against, ii. 235 Alderson, Mr (afterwards Sir Edward), i. 196; ii. 272 Alderson, Georgina, i. 4; marriage with Lord Robert Cecil, ii. 160 n. Alderson, Isabella, wedding of, ii. 160, 161 Alderson, Lady (Georgina Drewe), i. 4, 103, 195, 196 Allen, Caroline. See Drewe, Mrs Allen, Catherine. See Mackintosh, Lady Allen, Edward, ii. 61 n. Allen, Elizabeth. See Wedgwood, Mrs Josiah, of Maer Allen, Emma
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The Drewe family now consisted of Mrs Drewe, Edward, and his two sisters, Harriet, Lady Gifford, and Georgina, Mrs (afterwards Lady) Alderson. Marianne, Mrs Algernon Langton, had died in 1822, leaving one son. Lady Gifford was now a widow with seven children, Lord Gifford having suddenly died in the midst of his brilliant career. Edward Drewe's love affair caused a great commotion in the family, and it was apropos of this that Harry Wedgwood composed the quatrain often quoted in the Wedgwood
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attended the wedding of a grand-niece, Isabella Alderson. Fanny Allen to her sister Emma Allen. Wednesday, Oct. 29th [1856]. Yesterday we were performing wedding guests from ten in the morning till three in the afternoon. It was impossible for any marriage to be better got up in an artistic point of view, and certainly the ceremony was very impressive. Over the altar was a large cross formed of white flowers. The whole church lighted with large wax lights in high candlesticks, and incense burning
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CHILDREN OF MRS DREWE. 1. Harriet, Lady Gifford. 2. Marianne, Mrs Algernon Langton. 3. Georgina, Lady Alderson. 4. Edward, m. Ad le Pr vost. CHILDREN OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA (1730 1795). 1. Susannah (1765 1817) m. Dr Robert Waring Darwin. Charles Darwin was their son. 2. John (1766 1844) Banker, m. Jane Allen. 3. Josiah (1769 1843) of Maer, Potter, m. Elizabeth Allen. 4. Thomas (1771 1805). 5. Catherine (Kitty) (1774 1823) unmarried. 6. Sarah Elizabeth (1778 1856) unmarried. CHILDREN OF
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CHILDREN OF MRS DREWE. 1. Harriet, Lady Gifford. 2. Marianne, Mrs Algernon Langton. 3. Georgina, Lady Alderson. 4. Edward, m. Ad le Pr vost. CHILDREN OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD OF ETRURIA (1730-1795). 1. Susannah (1765-1817) m. Dr Robert Waring Darwin. Charles Darwin was their son. 2. John (1766-1844) Banker, m. Jane Allen. 3. Josiah (1769-1843) of Maer, Potter, m. Elizabeth Allen. 4. Thomas (1771-1805). 5. Catherine (Kitty) (1774-1823) unmarried. 6. Sarah Elizabeth (1778-1856) unmarried. CHILDREN OF
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youth, Marianne a beauty and Georgina very piquante and attractive. Jessie, Emma, and Fanny Allen were also staying there to be a support and help to their sister, Mrs Drewe. Emma Allen to her niece Elizabeth Wedgwood. PISA, Jan. 16th [1817]. ... Dear William Clifford has been with us during the last six weeks, and has shewn himself so inexpressibly amiable that every individual of our party is to-day in mourning for his loss. At first he wished to prevail on us to change our quarters for Rome, but
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many hopes and fears, was appointed to a Police Magistracy at the end of 1831. This meant that his marriage could now prudently take place. Emma Wedgwood to Fanny Mackintosh. Dec. 6th, 1831. MY DEAREST FANNY, You may think how pleased I was at your note. Hensleigh's last letter was so low that I had almost given up all hopes, and the first line of your letter struck me in the contrary sense from what you meant. It was delightful indeed when I found out how it was. How nice it is my dear old
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a widow. Her daughters, Harriet, Lady Gifford, and Georgina, Lady Alderson, mother of the late Marchioness of Salisbury, often appear in the later letters. Louisa Jane Allen (always called Jane or Jenny) was the beauty of the family. Bessy spoke of her incomparable cheerfulness, and said: With her the sun always shines, and she seems to trip rather than slide down the hill of life. My mother told us that the warmth and graciousness of her aunt Jane's welcome was quite unique in its charm. She
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last year; and the peonies were just coming out. We had been working very hard for the last ten days for the bazaar for the Spanish and Italian refugees; I, in drawing chiefly, and Elizabeth and Mamma embroidering work-bags and making pen-wipers and skreens.... Mr Alderson is a pleasant host. He puts one so completely at ease, which is seldom the case with the master of a house. He is sociable and rather merry and talks a good deal and very agreeably. Sunday 13th. Yesterday the Aldersons gave a
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Alderson does at this time). It must be confessed Mrs Holland's family dinner was tant soit peu ennuyeux. Nobody shall persuade me that Dr H. is either the most agreeable or the cleverest man in London. If he was he would not have shocked Charles Darwin by saying that a whale has cold blood, or the universe by eating with his knife, or me by the patronising manner in which he mentioned what he had done with Ministers in favour of Sir J. Mackintosh. He said Lord Lyndhurst had asked him as to Sir J
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Charles Darwin to Emma Darwin. Sunday, SHREWSBURY [5 April, 1840]. MY DEAR EMMA, You are a good old soul for having written to me so soon. I, like another good old soul, will give you an account of my proceedings from the beginning. At the station I met Sir F. Knowles, but was fortunate enough to get into a separate carriage from that chatterbox. In my carriage there was rather an elegant female, like a thin Lady Alderson, but so virtuous that I did not venture to open my mouth to her. She
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your parting kiss and farewell on Wednesday, but when I came down the stairs I had not a minute to lose, so I left you without being able to say the only disagreeable word I can ever imagine saying to you. My dinner at Alderson's was rather dull and heavy. We were a party of 14, and our 3 best men made but bad talkers that day. Alderson was so much occupied with carving that I did not hear him speak, and the time of dinner was [page] 11
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Pr vost, i. 194, 195, 213, 214; Madame Sismondi scolds, i. 204, 205; marriage, i. 215 Drewe, Georgina. See Alderson, Lady Drewe, Harriet. See Gifford, Lady Drewe, Marianne. See Langton, Mrs Algernon Drewe, Mrs (Caroline Allen): account of, i. 3, 4; at Pisa, i. 103, 120 n.; loss of her children, i. 110; poor Caroline, i. 209; ii. 272; opposition to Edward Drewe's marriage, i. 195, 213-215; her death, i. 270 n. Drewe, Mrs Edward (Ad le Pr vost), i. 194, 215; ii. 61 Drewe, William, i. 80 n
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