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Darwin Correspondence Project

Sacheverel Charles Darwin

1844–1900

Naval officer. Son of Reginald Darwin. Entered the Royal Navy in 1858. Midshipman to HMS Phoebe, 1862; lieutenant, 1866; commander, 1877; captain, 1885. Retired in 1892. Rear-admiral, 1899.

Sources

Colburn’s United Service Magazine (1862) pt 3: 447

Darwin pedigree

The Times, 8 January 1900, p. 4

Bibliography

Darwin pedigree: Pedigree of the family of Darwin. Compiled by H. Farnham Burke. N.p.: privately printed. 1888. [Reprinted in facsimile in Darwin pedigrees, by Richard Broke Freeman. London: printed for the author. 1984.]

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