Darwin-Wedgwood family

The Darwin—Wedgwood family was a prominent English family, descended from Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, the most notable member of which was Charles Darwin. The family contained at least ten Fellows of the Royal Society and several artists and poets. Presented below are brief biographical sketches and genealogical information with links to articles on the members. The individuals are listed by year of birth and grouped into generations. The relationship to Francis Galton and his immediate ancestors is also given.

The fourth generation

George Howard Darwin

George Howard Darwin (1845–1912) was a astronomer and mathematician. He married Martha (Maud) du Puy of Philadelphia. They had four children:

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George Howard Darwin - 1845 - 1912 - Philadelphia

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• Charles Galton Darwin see below)
• William Robert Darwin (married Sarah Monica Slingsby)
• Gwendoline "Gwen" Darwin, painter; (see below)
• Margaret Elizabeth (married Geoffrey Keynes, bibliophile); see below

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Leonard Darwin

Leonard Darwin (1850-1943) was variously an army officer, Member of Parliament and eugenicist who corresponded with Ronald Fisher, thus being the link between the two great evolutionary biologists.

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Leonard Darwin - 1850 - 1943 - Member of Parliament - Eugenicist - Ronald Fisher

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Francis Darwin

Francis Darwin (1848–1925 was the botanist son of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin (nee Wedgwood). Francis Darwin married Amy Ruck in 1874, who died in 1876 after the birth of their son Bernard Darwin, an author on golf - see below. Francis married Ellen Crofts in 1874 and they had a daughter Frances Crofts, who married and became known as the poet Frances Cornford (see below).

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Francis Darwin - 1848 - 1925 - Bernard Darwin - Golf - See below - 1874 - Frances Cornford - See below

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Horace Darwin

Horace Darwin (1851-1928) had the following children:

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Horace Darwin - 1851 - 1928

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• Nora Darwin, married Sir Alan Barlow; see below
• Ruth Darwin

Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood

Josiah Wedgwood (1872-1943), great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood I, was a Liberal and Labour MP, and served in the military during the Boer War and the First World War. He was rasied to the peerage in 1942.

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Josiah Wedgwood - 1872 - 1943 - Liberal - Labour - MP - Boer War - First World War - Peerage - 1942

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