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CodePX3976
Dates1850-1943
Person NameDarwin; Leonard (1850-1943); Eugenist
SurnameDarwin
ForenamesLeonard
EpithetEugenist
ActivityJoined Royal Engineers 1871. Intelligence Section of Ministry of War 1877-1882. Promoted to Major 1890. Liberal MP for Lichfield, Staffs 1892-1895. Chairman of the British Eugenics Society 1911-1928 (taking over from Francis Galton, cousin once removed), Honorary President 1928 till death. Officer of the Royal Geographical Society 1908-1911, then president.
RelationshipsSon of Charles & Emma Darwin. July 1882 married Elizabeth Fraser. 1900 married Charlotte Mildred Massingberd (1868-1940), companion of Emma Darwin, granddaughter of Charles Langton.
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DF/BOT/400/13/108Darwin, Leonard (London)
DF/ZOO/230/23/12Darwin, Leonard
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