Person: Fox, William Darwin (1830 - 1831)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Jan. 26, 1824. S. of Samuel, J.P., of Osmaston [and Anne, dau. of William A. Darwin, of Sleaford]. B. Apr. 23, 1805. School, Repton. ' Matric. Michs. 1824; B.A. 1829; M.A. 1833. A cousin of Charles Darwin, who caught beetles with him at Cambridge and corresponded with him from Cambridge when Fox had ceased to reside; the correspondence (which is still preserved) went on till death. R. of Delamere, Cheshire, 1838-73; resigned owing to ill-health. Married (1) Mar. 11, 1834, Harriet, dau. of Sir Richard Fletcher, Bart., R.E., at Ryde; (2) May 20, 1846, Ellen Sophia, dau. of Basil George Woodd, Esq., of Hampstead, Middlesex. Lived latterly at Broadlands, Sandown, Isle of Wight. Died Apr. 8, 1880. Buried at Sandown, Isle of Wight. (Scott, MSS.; Repton Sch. Reg.; Peile, 11, 414; The Guardian, Apr. 14, 1880; Foster, Index Eccles.; Life and Letters of Charles Darwin.)

Education Events

• BA : Cambridge / Christ's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Fox, William Darwin	19/12/1830	BA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Fox, William Dawson	19/12/1830	BA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Fox, William Darwin	16/02/1831	BA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 19/12/1830 (Sumner, John Bird/Chester 1828-1848)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Fox, William Darwin	19/12/1830	deacon	letters dimissory	View
  Ord	Fox, William Dawson	19/12/1830	deacon	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Curate : Epperstone (16/02/1831 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Fox, William Darwin	16/02/1831	Curate	Licensing	Epperstone/	View