page_title: Darwin–Wedgwood family
section_title: Samuel Tertius Galton
hierarchical_section_title: Darwin–Wedgwood family / The second generation / Samuel Tertius Galton
caption_attribution_description: by virtue of age
context_page_description: The Darwin–Wedgwood family are persons descended from both of two particular prominent 18th-century men; Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgwood, founder of the eponymous Wedgwood and Sons pottery company.
  The most notable among them was Charles Darwin, a grandson to each. The family also included at least ten Fellows of the Royal Society, and several artists and poets. Presented below are brief biographical descriptions and genealogical information, and mentions of some notable descendants. The relationship to Francis Galton, and to his immediate ancestors, is also given.
context_section_description: Samuel Tertius Galton married Frances Anne Violetta Darwin, (1783–1874) daughter of Erasmus Darwin, see above. They had three sons and four daughters including:
  Erasmus Galton (1815–1909), Lord of the Manor of Loxton.
  Francis Galton (1822–1911)  -- Inventor, polymath and father of eugenics.  He married Louisa Jane Butler (1822–1897) during 1853 but their union was childless.
caption: Samuel Tertius Galton.
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