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direct »W Albert, fl 1846
German civil servant and author . Chief administrative officer of a rural district. Author of a work on potato cultivation. x Sources: Gard. Chron 1846.03.21: 181–3 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 10
direct »Edward Hall Alderson, 1787–1857
Judge and public servant . Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1830–4. Baron of the Exchequer, 1834–57. Sources: DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 1,2
direct »James Archer,
Servant.Footman to the Darwins at Down, c. 1868.Sources: Correspondence vol. 16, letter to ?, [after June 1868] (See the bibliography for full references to sources)
direct »William Henry Atkinson, 1821–76
Public servant . Director of public instructions for Bengal. Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1855–63; vice-president, 1865. Sources: Modern English biography (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6
direct »Robert Ball, 1802–57
Naturalist and civil servant in Dublin. President of the Geological Society of Ireland and the Dublin University Zoological Association. Director of the museum in Trinity College, Dublin, 1844. Secretary of the Queen's University, Belfast, 1851. Sources: Desmond, Ray 1977 DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 4,5
direct »Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey, 1809–80(Sir Thomas Boughey)
Public servant . High sheriff of Staffordshire, 1832. 3d baronet.Sources: Alum. Oxon. Modern English biography (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 1
direct »James Henry Bowker, 1822–1900
South African farmer , soldier , civil servant and naturalist . Brother of Mary Elizabeth Barber. Inspector in the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police, Cape Colony, 1855; commandant, 1858; commanding officer, 1870. High commissioner's agent in Basutoland, 1868. Chief commissioner at the diamond fields of Griqualand West, after leading the expedition that secured their annexation to the Cape Colony in 1871. Major contributor of specimens to the South African museum's collection of Lepidoptera. Collaborated with Roland Trimen to publish South African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species (Trimen, Roland 1887–9). Sources: DSAB Trimen, Roland 1887–9 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 11
direct »William Brooks, b. 1801/2
Servant at Down House, 1844–75. Employed as an outdoor servant, working in the garden, and with the cows, pigs, and horses1844–1853; after 1853–1875 listed under "manservants" rather than "Garden" in CD's classed account book. Lived in a cottage near the cow-yard at Down House with his wife, (b. 1807/8). Sources: Darwin, C. R. Classed account books Census returns 1861 PRO RG9/462: 74–5 Darwin, Francis 1920: 56–8 letter from Darwin, Emma to Darwin, W. E. CUL DAR 219.1: 70 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 12
direct »Charles John Canning, 1812–62
Public servant . Governor-general of India, 1855–62; first viceroy, 1858–62. In office during the Indian Mutiny and negotiated the transfer of the government of India from the East India Company to the Crown in 1858. Created earl, 1859. Sources: Complete peerage DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6,8
direct »Charlotte Canning, 1817–61
Royal servant . Married Charles John Canning in 1835. A lady of the bedchamber, 1842–55. Died of jungle fever in Calcutta. Sources: Complete peerage (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6