From G. H. Darwin 24 June 1879
6 Qu. A. St
Tuesd. 24 Ju. 79
Dear Father,
I have had 2 days at Record office & have found a great deal—too much to tell in detail.1
Wm. D. the II was Capt. of horse under Sir W. Pelham for 10 months & I have the particulars of his estate. They refer to Cleatham Hall as the place where his ancestors were accustomed to dwell. He was afterwds a barrister2 I am almost sure (& shall verify tomorr.) that the first Wm. D. (dd. 1644) was Yeoman of the armory at Greenwich & Steward of the Peverel to Jas I & Chas I3 He appears to have died of gout or at least was very ill with it in 1643.
The original paper of Wm. D. the Second is curious & bears his signature.4 I can’t spare it to send it you.
Yours affec | G H Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas, with a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1879.
Godfrey, John T. 1882. The court of the Honour of Peverel in the counties of Nottingham and Derby. Nottingham: J. Derry.
Summary
Sends results of his researches on the Darwin family at the Record Office.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12116
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Queen Anne St, 6
- Source of text
- DAR 210.2: 77
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12116,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12116.xml