Which British industrialist was the maternal grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin?
Darwin–Wedgwood family and his ashes are presumed to be interred in the same grave. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), British composer. His maternal grandmother, Caroline Sarah Darwin, was Charles Darwin's older sister, and his maternal grandfather, Josiah Wedgwood III, was the older brother of Darwin's wife Emma. Nora Darwin (1885–1989), the daughter of Horace Darwin (see above), married Sir Alan Barlow. She also edited the "Autobiography of Charles Darwin" ( (hardback) and (paperback)). They had the following six children: Josiah Wedgwood (1872–1943), great-great-grandson of Josiah Wedgwood I, was a Liberal and Labour MP, and served in the military during the Second Boer War
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin The Autobiography of Charles Darwin The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is an autobiography by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote the text, which he entitled "Recollections of the Development of my Mind and Character", for his family. He states that he started writing it on about May 28, 1876 and had finished it by August 3. The text was published in 1887 (five years after Darwin's death) by John Murray as part of "The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter". The text printed in "Life and Letters" was edited by Darwin's son Francis Darwin, who