Edward Levett Darwin
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Edward Levett Darwin (12 April 1821–23 April 1901), author under the pen-name High Elms of Gameskeeper's Manual, which shows keen observation of the habits of various animals.
Darwin was the son of Sir Francis Sacheverel Darwin and his wife Jane Harriet Ryle. He was a cousin of Sir Francis Galton and half-cousin of Charles Darwin, their shared ancestor being the physician and poet Erasmus Darwin.
He grew up at Breadsall Priory, near Derby. He was a captain in the Derby Regiment of Militia from 1856. In 1850 he married Harriett Jessopp, (1825 - 1889), daughter of Francis and Ann Jessopp of Derby. The 1851 Census records Darwin and his wife residing at Dale House in Matlock Bath with his occupation as Solicitor, while Kelly's Directory of 1855 records him as a solicitor living in Matlock Bath. He is buried at Burbage, Derbyshire.
