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| Darwin, William Erasmus. Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Mar. 13, 1858. S. and h. of Charles Robert (1827). School, Rugby. Matric. Michs. 1858; B.A. 1862; M.A. 1889. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 20, 1861. Member of the Geological and Anthropological Societies. Director of Grant and Maddison's Union Banking Co. (afterwards amalgamated with Lloyds Bank), Southampton, 1888-1903. J.P. and C.C. Chairman of the Southampton Water Co. Took an active interest in Hartley College, Southampton. Married 1877. After his wife's death in 1902 he settled next door to his brother Leonard, at 11, Egerton Place, London, S.W., where he had many interests and a wide circle of friends. A keen amateur geologist; some of his observations are recorded by his father in Fertilization of Orchids, ed. 11. 1877, p. 99. At a banquet given at Cambridge, on June 24, 1909, on the occasion of the Darwin Centenary, he 'gave some charming reminiscences of his father's home life.' Died Sept. 8, 1914, aged 74, at Sedbergh, Yorks., where he was spending the summer with the family of his brother George. Buried at N. Stoneham, near Southampton. Brother of Francis (1866), etc. (Peile, II. 555; The Times, June 25, 1909, and Sept. 10, 1914; Christ's Coll. Reg. Obit., 1914.) | William Erasmus DARWIN Approx. lifespan: 1840–1914 pens. Christ's College adm1858:03:13 s. and h. of Charles Robert DARWIN (1827) Sch: Rugby Matric 1858:10MT: BA 1862 MA 1889 Adm. Lincoln's Inn: 1861:04:20 Member of: the Geological and Anthropological Societies. Director of: : Grant and Maddison's Union Banking Company (afterwards amalgamated with Lloyds Bank ), Southampton, [Hampshire], 1888-1903 J.P.: and C.C. Chairman of: Southampton Water Company Took an active interest in Sch: Hartley College Southampton, [Hampshire], m. 1877 After his wife's death in1902 he settled next door to his brother Leonard, 11 Egerton Place, Egerton, London , , S.W., where he had many interests and a wide circle of friends. A keen amateur Geologist: some of his observations are recorded by his father in Fertilization of Orchids, ed. 11. 1877, p. 99. At a banquet given CB, ???, , on 1909:06:24, on the occasion of the Darwin Centenary, he "gave some charming reminiscences of his father's home life." d. aged 74 Sedbergh, Yorkshire , , where he was spending the summer with the family of his brother George. bur. N. Stoneham, near Southampton, [Hampshire], 1914:09:08 brother of Francis DARWIN (1866) etc. ( Peile, II. 555; The Times 1909:06:25, and 1914:09:10; Christ's College Reg. Obit. 1914) |