Florence Henrietta Darwin
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Florence Henrietta, Lady Darwin, (née Fisher, 1863 (or 1864) – 5 March 1920), was an English playwright
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Florence Henrietta Fisher was born in Kensington, London, the daughter of Herbert William Fisher
(1826–1903), author of Considerations on the Origin of the American War and his wife Mary Louisa Jackson (1841–1916). Florence's brother was the MP Herbert Fisher
and her sister Adeline Maria Fisher was the first wife of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
. Lady Darwin was also a first cousin of writer Virginia Woolf
and her sister Vanessa Bell
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She married first Frederic William Maitland
(1850–1906), jurist and historian, and they had two daughters Ermengard and Fredegond
. Fredegond was a poet who married the economist Gerald Frank Shove.
On 3 March 1913 Florence became the third wife of Sir Francis Darwin
, the twice-widowed botanist son of Charles Darwin
. He was also a second cousin once removed of her sister's husband Ralph Vaughan Williams
, Josiah Wedgwood
being their shared ancestor. There were no children from this marriage.
Posthumously published were Six Plays (1921), including the plays The New Year, The Seeds of Love, Princess Royal, My Man John, Bushes and Briars and The Lover's Tasks. A book called Green Broom was published in 1923.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
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Florence Henrietta Fisher was born in Kensington, London, the daughter of Herbert William Fisher
Herbert William Fisher
Herbert William Fisher was a British historian, best known for his book Considerations on the Origin of the American War ....
(1826–1903), author of Considerations on the Origin of the American War and his wife Mary Louisa Jackson (1841–1916). Florence's brother was the MP Herbert Fisher
Herbert Fisher
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM, FRS, PC was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government....
and her sister Adeline Maria Fisher was the first wife of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
. Lady Darwin was also a first cousin of writer Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century....
and her sister Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell
Vanessa Bell was an English painter and interior designer, a member of the Bloomsbury group, and the sister of Virginia Woolf.- Biography and art :...
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She married first Frederic William Maitland
Frederic William Maitland
Frederic William Maitland was an English jurist and historian, generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.-Biography:...
(1850–1906), jurist and historian, and they had two daughters Ermengard and Fredegond
Fredegond Shove
Fredegond Shove was an English poet.Fredegond was the daughter of the historian Frederic William Maitland and his wife Florence Henrietta Fisher. She married the economist Gerald Shove....
. Fredegond was a poet who married the economist Gerald Frank Shove.
On 3 March 1913 Florence became the third wife of Sir Francis Darwin
Francis Darwin
Sir Francis "Frank" Darwin, FRS , a son of the British naturalist and scientist Charles Darwin, followed his father into botany.-Biography:Francis Darwin was born in Down House, Downe, Kent in 1848...
, the twice-widowed botanist son of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
. He was also a second cousin once removed of her sister's husband Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
, Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood was an English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, credited with the industrialization of the manufacture of pottery. A prominent abolitionist, Wedgwood is remembered for his "Am I Not A Man And A Brother?" anti-slavery medallion. He was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family...
being their shared ancestor. There were no children from this marriage.
Posthumously published were Six Plays (1921), including the plays The New Year, The Seeds of Love, Princess Royal, My Man John, Bushes and Briars and The Lover's Tasks. A book called Green Broom was published in 1923.