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 second generation

Robert Darwin

The son of Erasmus Darwin, Robert Darwin was a noted physician from Shrewsbury, whose own income as a physician to the rich together with astute investment of his inherited wealth enabled him to fund his son Charles Darwin's place on the Voyage of the Beagle and then give him the private income needed to support Charles' chosen vocation in natural history that led to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution. He married Susannah Wedgwood, daughter of Josiah Wedgwood (see above), and they had the following children.

Related Topics:
Robert Darwin - Shrewsbury - The Voyage of the Beagle - Natural history - Inception of Darwin's theory - Evolution - Josiah Wedgwood - See above

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• Marianne Darwin (1798-?), married Henry Parker (1788–1858) in 1824.
• Caroline Sarah Darwin (1800-1888), married Josiah Wedgwood III (grandson of Josiah Wedgwood)
• Susan Elizabeth Darwin (1803-1866)
• Erasmus Alvey Darwin (1804-1881)
• Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) (see below)
• Emily Catherine Darwin (1810-?)

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Josiah Wedgwood II

Josiah Wedgwood II 1769-1843) was the son of Josiah Wedgwood, and Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent. He married Elizabeth Allen (1764-1846) and they had six children:

Related Topics:
Josiah Wedgwood II - 1769 - 1843 - Member of Parliament - Stoke-on-Trent - 1764 - 1846

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• Henry Allen Wedgwood
• Francis Wedgwood
• Hensleigh Wedgwood
• Charlotte Wedgwood; married Charles Langton
• Josiah Wedgwood III; (1795-1880) married Caroline Darwin, daughter of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood.
• Emma Wedgwood; married Charles Darwin, son of Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgwood.

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Samuel Tertius Galton

Samuel Tertius Galton married Frances Anne Violetta Darwin, (1783-1874). They had three sons and four daughters:

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• Elizabeth Anne (1808-1906), married Edward Wheler
• Lucy Harriot (1809-1848), married James Moilliet in 1832 and had children
• Millicent Adele (1810-1883), married the Rev. Robert Shirley Bunbury in 1845 and had a daughter Emma
• Emma Sophia (1811-1904), did not marry
• Darwin Galton (1814-1903), married three times, but his only child, a son by his first wife, died when he was nine months old
• Erasmus Galton (1815-1909), Lord of the Manor of Loxton
• Francis Galton (1822-1911) (see below)

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