CHARLESWORTH, John Charlesworth Dodgson (1815-1880), of Chapelthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Yorks.; Hatfield Hall, Wakefield, Yorks and 14 Clarges Street, London.

b. 1815, bap. 20 Aug. 1815, o.s. of John Dodgson Charlesworth, of Chapelthorpe Hall, Wakefield, Yorks., and Elizabeth, da. of Mr. Hague, of Dirtcar [Durkar], Wakefield, Yorks. educ. Sedbergh 1824-33; St. John’s, Camb. adm. 1 Apr. 1833; matric. Mich. 1833; BA 1837; MA 1840. m. 14 Apr. 1847, Sarah, 2nd da. of Walker Featherstonhaugh, of the Hermitage, co. Durham. 1s. 3da.A pedigree published in 1936 suggests that Charlesworth had 6 children, but this appears to be incorrect, as it lists his daughter Catherine Sarah as two separate individuals, and likewise with another daughter, Bertha Stobart: J.W. Walker (ed.), Hunter’s Pedigrees (1936), in Publications of the Harleian Society, 88 (1936), 55. Research by a family historian has only found four children, as mentioned in Charlesworth’s will: http://members.cox.net/ggthomp/johncharlesworth.html suc. fa. 10 June 1850. d. 21 Mar. 1880.