Stephen John Keynes (19 October 1927 – 13 August 2017) was a great-grandson of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...

, and chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust. He was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead,

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City ...

, and the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. Keynes was the fourth son of

Geoffrey Keynes Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes ( ; 25 March 1887, Cambridge – 5 July 1982, Cambridge) was a British surgeon and author. He began his career as a physician in World War I, before becoming a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where h ...

and his wife Margaret Darwin, daughter of Sir

George Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, (9 July 1845 – 7 December 1912) was an English barrister and astronomer, the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin and Emma Darwin. Biography George H. Darwin was born at Down House, Kent, the fifth chi ...

; he was also a nephew of the economist

John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in ...

. His brothers were

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...

Quentin Quentin is a French male given name from the Latin first name ''Quintinus'', diminutive form of '' Quintus'', that means "the fifth".Albert Dauzat, ''Noms et prénoms de France'', Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et commentée par Marie-T ...

and

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. In 1955 he married Mary Cecilia Knatchbull-Hugessen, daughter of the

Canad Canad may refer to: * Sanjak of Çanad, an Ottoman-era district * Magyarcsanád, known in Serbian as Čanad, a village in Hungary * Cenad Cenad ( hu, Nagycsanád, during the Dark Ages ''Marosvár''; german: Tschanad; sr, Чанад, Čanad; la, ...

ian senator Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen. They have the following children: * Gregory Robert Edward Keynes (born 3 June 1956) * Elizabeth Harriet Keynes (born 15 December 1957) * Toby William Keynes (born 2 November 1959) * Martha Paganel Keynes (born 25 April 1961) * Zachary Edmund Keynes (born 18 October 1962)

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The Charles Darwin TrustStephen Keynes: ''Times'' obituary, 16 November 2017
1927 births 2017 deaths People educated at The Hall School, Hampstead People educated at Oundle School Alumni of the University of Cambridge

Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

Darwin–Wedgwood family Officers of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of Darwin College, Cambridge British bankers {{England-painter-stub

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