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 Natural history#Before 1900, naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all speci ...
, and chairman of the
Charles Darwin Trust.
He was educated at
The Hall School, Hampstead,
Oundle School, and
King's College, Cambridge
King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...
, where he was an Open Scholar.
Keynes was the fourth son of
Geoffrey Keynes and his wife Margaret Darwin, daughter of Sir
George Darwin; 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 and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originall ...
. His brothers were
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'st ...
,
Quentin and
Milo. In 1955 he married Mary Cecilia Knatchbull-Hugessen, daughter of the
Canadian senator
Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen. They had 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)
Keynes was a Fellow of the
Linnean Society of London
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and a member of the
Roxburghe Club.
See also
*
Keynes family
References
External links
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 King's College, Cambridge
Stephen
Stephen or Steven is an English given name, first name. It is particularly significant to Christianity, Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is w ...
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
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