Edward Levett Darwin

Edward Levett Darwin

Edward Levett Darwin (12 April 1821–23 April 1901), author under the pen-name High Elms of "Gameskeeper's Manual", a guide for gamekeepers on large estates which shows keen observation of the habits of various animals.

Edward Levett Darwin was the son of Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin and his wife Jane Harriet Ryle. [cite book
title=The Gentleman's Magazine
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year=1866
publisher=Printed by F. Jefferies
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A_kIAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA916&lpg=RA1-PA916&dq=levett+dorset&source=web&ots=fUWLgSLuQw&sig=YYYY1OOCq7Lm_VddAeyLXnbRPQ0&hl=en] He was a cousin of Sir Francis Galton and half-cousin of Charles Darwin, their shared ancestor being the physician and poet Erasmus Darwin.

He grew up at Breadsall Priory, near Derby. He was a captain in the Derby Regiment of Militia from 1856. In 1850 he married Harriett Jessopp, (1825 - 1889), daughter of Francis and Ann Jessopp of Derby. [cite book
title=The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year ...
author=
year=1851
publisher=
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4hkEAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA180&lpg=RA1-PA180&dq=%22edward+levett+darwin%22+jessopp&source=web&ots=RB1MRSZQob&sig=ZSA2G1wbLOR9sNMqDDuhJMDW9E0&hl=en] (Francis Jessopp was once Derby's solicitor and an attorney, owner of Jacobean House and under-sheriff for the county of Derbyshire.) The 1851 Census records Darwin and his wife residing at Dale House in Matlock Bath with his occupation as Solicitor (attorney), while Kelly's Directory of 1855 records him as a solicitor living in Matlock Bath. Darwin had settled in the area where Erasmus Darwin had recommended the waters to Josiah Wedgwood I.

Edward Levett Darwin is buried at Burbage, Derbyshire. Darwin was a cousin of Sir Francis Galton, who mentioned him in his will.

References

External links

* [http://darwin.lib.cam.ac.uk/perl/nav?class=name;term=Darwin%2C%20E.%20L.;dmode=dr Darwin correspondence database]


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