Ellen Frances Lubbock
Daughter of Peter Hordern, clergyman, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire. Married John Lubbock in 1856.
Sources: Burke's peerage 1970 Census returns 1861 PRO RG9/462: 75
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Further information
Ellen Frances Lubbock (1834/5-1879) was the daughter of Peter Hordern, clergyman of Chorlton-cum-Hardy in Lancashire. She married banker, politician, and naturalist John Lubbock in 1856 and they lived near Charles Darwin in Kent, England until 1861. Ellen was a highly involved a scientific wife: she served as her husband's secretary, editor, and observer. She arranged and attended meetings for her husband and was politically engaged. She shared her own scientific observations and relevant readings with Darwin.
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Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-7789 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-3368 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-4603 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-5204 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-4728 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Darwin Correspondence Database, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/entry-7065 accessed on Feb 20 2013.
Lubbock, E. F. (1875). Supplement to harvesting ants and TrapDoor spiders. The Academy, 1869-1902, (141), 67-68.