Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Remarkable Connections - Darwin, FitzRoy, Hawkshaw & Wedgwood . . . .

Darwin The Investor - Charles Darwin and the Penarth Harbour, Dock & Railway Company Limited

Darwin inherited considerable wealth from his father, Dr Robert Darwin, and over the years built an extensive investment portfolio. By 1865 his investments included railways, canals, docks and industrial enterprises. Among them was Penarth Harbour Dock & Railway Company, alongside such interests as the Great Northern Railway, East & West India Docks, London Docks and the Wedgwood factory at Etruria. His investments were producing a substantial annual income.