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Charlotte Mildred <I>Langton-Massingberd</I> Darwin

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Charlotte Mildred Langton-Massingberd Darwin

Birth
West Tisbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Death
18 Dec 1940 (aged 72)
Forest Row, Wealden District, East Sussex, England
Burial
Forest Row, Wealden District, East Sussex, England Add to Map
Memorial ID
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THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)

Second wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.

*He married, secondly, Charlotte Mildred Massingberd, daughter of Edmund Langton and Emily Caroline Massingberd, on 29th November, 1900 at Kensington, London, England. She was given the name of Charlotte Mildred Langton at birth. In 1887 her name was legally changed to Charlotte Mildred Massingberd by Royal Licence.


THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)

Second wife of Leonard Darwin*, fourth and last surviving son of Charles Darwin and Emma Wedgwood, was born at Down House near Downe, Kent on 15 January 1850 and died in London on 26 March 1943. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1868, and came second on the examination list, to his father's great joy. He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of major by 1890, and on scientific expeditions to photograph the transit of Venus. He taught at the School of Military Engineering at Chatham from 1877–82, and served in the intelligence division of the Ministry of War from 1895–90. He entered parliament in 1892 as Liberal-Unionist MP for Lichfield, holding the seat until 1895, during which time he began a serious study of economics. From 1908–11 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society.

*He married, secondly, Charlotte Mildred Massingberd, daughter of Edmund Langton and Emily Caroline Massingberd, on 29th November, 1900 at Kensington, London, England. She was given the name of Charlotte Mildred Langton at birth. In 1887 her name was legally changed to Charlotte Mildred Massingberd by Royal Licence.




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