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Caroline Sarah Wedgwood
Caroline, age 16
Born
Caroline Sarah Darwin

(1800-09-14)September 14, 1800
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
DiedJanuary 5, 1888(1888-01-05) (aged 87)
Known forCreator of the Rhododendron Wood, Surrey
SpouseJosiah Wedgwood III (m. 1837)
Children4
Parents
  • Robert Darwin (father)
  • Susannah Darwin (mother)
RelativesCharles Darwin (brother)
FamilyDarwin–Wedgwood family

Caroline Sarah Wedgwood (née Darwin; 1800–1888) was an English botanist. She was a member of the Darwin–Wedgwood family and the elder sister of English naturalist Charles Darwin. In the 1850s she planted the Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood, which in 1944 was bequeathed to the National Trust by her grandson, composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.[1][2]

  1. ^ "National Trust Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Visiting Leith Hill's estate | Surrey". National Trust.

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