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Florence Henrietta Fisher was the daughter of Herbert William Fisher ( 1826 - 1903 ), author of ''Considerations on the Origin of the American War'' and his wife Mary Louisa Jackson ( 1841 - 1916 ). Her brother was the MP Herbert Fisher and her sister Adeline Fisher was the first wife of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams . She married first Frederic William Maitland ( 1850 - 1906 ), jurist and historian and they had two daughters Ermengard and Fredegond . Fredegond was a poet who married the economist Gerald Frank Shove . On 3 March 1913 she became the third wife of Sir Francis Darwin , the twice-widowed botanist son of Charles Darwin . He was also a second cousin once removed of her sister's husband Ralph Vaughan Williams , Josiah Wedgwood being their shared ancestor. They had no children together. Posthumously published were ''Six Plays'' ( 1921 ), including the plays ''The New Year'', ''The Seeds of Love'', ''Princess Royal'', ''My Man John'', ''Bushes and Briars'' and ''The Lover's Tasks''. A book called ''Green Broom'' was published in 1923 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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