THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
*E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
He married a daughter of Charles Darwin: Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin, in 1871.
"RICHARD BUCKLEY LITCHFIELD, who died on the 11th of January 1903, is buried since the 13th of January 1903 in the English part of the Cemetery « LE GRAND JAS » in Cannes. The exact location of the grave is "Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allée (ex-Protestant) n°44"." (Images were taken by Paul Leppard.)
Gwen Raverat in "Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood" (1952) described him thus (quote) "He was a nice funny little man, whose socks were always coming down; he had an egg-shaped waistcoat, and a fuzzy, waggly, whitey-brown beard, which was quite indistinguishable, both in colour and texture, from the Shetland shawl which Aunt Etty generally made him wear round his neck."
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
*E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
He married a daughter of Charles Darwin: Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin, in 1871.
"RICHARD BUCKLEY LITCHFIELD, who died on the 11th of January 1903, is buried since the 13th of January 1903 in the English part of the Cemetery « LE GRAND JAS » in Cannes. The exact location of the grave is "Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allée (ex-Protestant) n°44"." (Images were taken by Paul Leppard.)
Gwen Raverat in "Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood" (1952) described him thus (quote) "He was a nice funny little man, whose socks were always coming down; he had an egg-shaped waistcoat, and a fuzzy, waggly, whitey-brown beard, which was quite indistinguishable, both in colour and texture, from the Shetland shawl which Aunt Etty generally made him wear round his neck."
THE FAMILY OF CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN : we now have images of the graves of all 21 members of CHARLES & EMMA DARWIN's immediate family: Charles & Emma themselves, 10 children: with 8 wives and 1 husband; TOTAL OF 19 in England & 1 in Wales and 1 in France.
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
*E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
He married a daughter of Charles Darwin: Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin, in 1871.
"RICHARD BUCKLEY LITCHFIELD, who died on the 11th of January 1903, is buried since the 13th of January 1903 in the English part of the Cemetery « LE GRAND JAS » in Cannes. The exact location of the grave is "Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allée (ex-Protestant) n°44"." (Images were taken by Paul Leppard.)
Gwen Raverat in "Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood" (1952) described him thus (quote) "He was a nice funny little man, whose socks were always coming down; he had an egg-shaped waistcoat, and a fuzzy, waggly, whitey-brown beard, which was quite indistinguishable, both in colour and texture, from the Shetland shawl which Aunt Etty generally made him wear round his neck."
Cambridge, England = 7:
E.W.D., was E.W.C. (Girton)
F.D., Sir (Ascension)
F.H.D., previously Maitland, was F.H.F., Lady (Ascension)
G.H.D., Sir (Trumpington Extension)
‘I’ (E.C.) D., was E.C. F., Lady (Ascension)
H.D., Sir (Ascension)
M.H.D., was M.H.DuP.,Lady (Trumpington Extension, cremated)
Cannes, France = 1 :
R.B.L.
Corris, Wales = 1
A.R.D. (was A.R.R.)
Downe, England = 5
C.W.D.
E.D.
E.D. (was E.W.)
H.E.L. (was H.E.D.)
M.E.D.
Forest Row, England = 2
L.D.
(C.) M. D. (was C.M.M.)
Great Malvern, England = 1
A.E.D.
London, England = 2
*E.F.D., was E.F.F. (Putney Vale)
C.D. (Westminster Abbey)
North Stoneham, England = 2
W.E.D.
S.P.A.D. (was S.P.A.S.)
He married a daughter of Charles Darwin: Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin, in 1871.
"RICHARD BUCKLEY LITCHFIELD, who died on the 11th of January 1903, is buried since the 13th of January 1903 in the English part of the Cemetery « LE GRAND JAS » in Cannes. The exact location of the grave is "Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allée (ex-Protestant) n°44"." (Images were taken by Paul Leppard.)
Gwen Raverat in "Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood" (1952) described him thus (quote) "He was a nice funny little man, whose socks were always coming down; he had an egg-shaped waistcoat, and a fuzzy, waggly, whitey-brown beard, which was quite indistinguishable, both in colour and texture, from the Shetland shawl which Aunt Etty generally made him wear round his neck."
Inscription
"He prayeth best who loveth best, all things both great and small" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) - and -
"A founder of the Working Men's College, London where he devotedly worked for nearly fifty years."
Gravesite Details
Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allé (ex-Protestant) n°44".
Family Members
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