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RECORD: Darwin, George Howard. 1880.03.16. Genealogical notes concerning the family of Darwin of Lincolnshire by Joseph Lemuel Chester, 28 Feb., 1880. CUL-DAR210.14.40. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2023. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR210.14 contains letters and materials on genealogy.

"Chester, Colonel Joseph Lemuel, 1821-82. American genealogist. Worked on early history of the Darwin family. George's manuscript notes for C are in the Galton papers at University College London [and here]. 1855-58 Aide-de-Camp of James Pollock, governor of Pennsylvania, with rank of Colonel. 1858 C settled in London. 1879 Henrietta "My brothers had been having the pedigree of the Darwins made out by a certain Colonel Chester". ED2:237." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.) See George Darwin's notes on this report at CUL-DAR210.14.41.

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Genealogical notes concerning the Family of Darwin of Lincolnshire by Joseph Lemuel Chester, L.L.D

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[George Howard Darwin:]

Colonel Chester is an American resident for 20 years in England, & well-known as an archæologist; he is the author of a large book on Westminster Abbey.

His name was mentioned to my brother Leonard when in Lincolnshire in the summer of 1879, by Mr Peacock of Bollesford Manor (a well-known archæologist as being the "most learned genealogist in Europe"

At the request of my brother & myself Col. Chester kindly consented to undertake the investigation of which the above is a report.

George Howard Darwin

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Mar 16. 1880.

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