English Heritage Images Charles Darwin lived with his wife, children and servants in Down House, a Georgian manor 15 miles south of London in the Kent countryside, for 40 years—from 1842 to 1882.

Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, the fifth of six children of wealthy and well-connected parents. The young Charles had a quietly Christian upbringing, but his family life ...

Charles Darwin was born into a very rich family in Shropshire on 12 February 1809, and was the fifth of six children. Both his grandfathers had a really big influence on Charles. They were both ...