From Susan Darwin [c. 24 October 1839]1
Arms.— S a Chevron between three Stork’s heads erased at the neck Argc 2 Another branch of the Warings settled in Ireland in the reign of Charles 1st. at Potlerath in the County of Kilkenny, and Jane, the Varina of Swift,3 whose cold & brutal letter to her reflects so much disgrace on the early story of that extraordinary character; was probably of that family, though her father William Waring, was of the county of Antrim.—
The Warings originally were a Staffordshire family— Nicholas, is written Esquire & styled of Wolverhampton in Henry the eights reign.—
Robert Waring was settled at Wilsford, in the County of Nottingham & was Grandfather to Anne, wife of William Darwin of Cleatham— who was your great great Grandfather.4
My father bids me say he is no herald or genealogist.
this is copied fr the book on the Sheriffs of Shropshire.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Blakeway, John Brickdale. 1831. The sheriffs of Shropshire, with their armorial bearings; and notices, genealogical and biographical, of their families. Shrewsbury.
Freeman, Richard Broke. 1978. Charles Darwin: a companion. Folkestone, Kent: William Dawson & Sons. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, Shoe String Press.
Williams, Harold, ed. 1963–5. The correspondence of Jonathan Swift. 5 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Summary
Gives some information on Darwin family history.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-472
- From
- Susan Elizabeth Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 261.11: 25 (on display at Down House in 1991)
- Physical description
- Amem 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 472,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-472.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2