Charles Waring Darwin

Colonel Charles Waring Darwin, CB, DL, JP (28 August 1855 – 1 August 1928) was a British soldier and landowner. Darwin was the son of Francis Darwin JP DL (né Rhodes) of Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire; his mother Charlotte Maria Cooper Darwin (1827–1885) was the daughter of William Brown Darwin of Elston (1774–1841). He was a second cousin once removed of the naturalist Charles Darwin, their shared ancestors (CWD's great-great-grandparents, CRD's great-grandparents), being Robert Darwin of Elston and his wife Elizabeth (née Hill). His father had changed the family name from Rhodes (of Creskeld Hall) to Darwin (of Elston Hall) in 1850 in order to inherit the latter property from his brother-in-law Robert Alvey Darwin (1826–1847). He was educated at Winchester College. In 1894 he married Mary Dorothea Wharton, daughter of John Lloyd Wharton MP. They had three sons, each of whom pursued military careers: Charles John Wharton Darwin, DSO, Royal Air Force (1894–1941) Francis Wharton Darwin, Royal Navy (1896–1972) Gilbert William Lloyd Darwin, Royal Air Force (1899–1979)