Robinson Duckworth

Robinson Duckworth
Duckworth, c. 1873
Born4 December 1834
Died20 September 1911(1911-09-20) (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
OccupationClergyman
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionAnglicanism
ChurchChurch of England
Congregations served
St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace (1870–1906)
Offices held
Sub-Dean and Canon of Westminster Abbey
Chaplain-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
Academic background
EducationRoyal Institution School
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
Academic work
InstitutionsTrinity College, Oxford
Notable studentsPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany
Rev. Robinson Duckworth, by Ape in Vanity Fair, 1886
Robinson Duckworth (April 1890)

Robinson Duckworth CVO VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911) was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name.

He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882.


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