Robert Darwin 1682-

One branch has been traced back to Robert Darwin

Birth 1682 in Elston Hall, Elston, Balderton, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England
Elston Hall was "the home of the Darwin family from 1680 until just after the Second World War, when the estate was sold. Its most famous resident was the savant Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin.
The Darwin family married into the Wedgewood family and have descendants such as Anthony Wedgewood Benn (one time MP) and his son Hilary.