Andrew Huxley - Personal Life

Personal Life

In 1947, he married Jocelyn "Richenda" Gammell (née Pease) (1925–2003), the daughter of the geneticist Michael Pease (a son of Edward R. Pease) and his wife Helen Bowen Wedgwood, eldest daughter of the first Lord Wedgwood (see also Darwin-Wedgwood family). They had one son and five daughters:

  • Janet Rachel Huxley (born 20 April 1948)
  • Stewart Leonard Huxley (born 19 December 1949)
  • Camilla Rosalind Huxley (born 12 March 1952)
  • Eleanor Bruce Huxley (born 21 February 1959)
  • Henrietta Catherine Huxley (born 25 December 1960)
  • Clare Marjory Pease Huxley (born 4 November 1962)

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