Family
He married Margaret Brodie Stewart (1810–1884) on 3 March 1829 at Edinburgh and produced the following children:
- Caroline Emilia Mary Herschel (31 March 1830 – 29 Jan 1909), who married Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
- Isabella Herschel (5 June 1831 – 1893)
- Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Bt. (9 January 1833 – 1917),
- Margaret Louisa Herschel (1834–1861), an accomplished artist
- Prof. Alexander Stewart Herschel (1836–1907), FRS
- Col. John Herschel (1837–1921), FRS, FRAS, surveyor
- Maria Sophie Herschel (1839–1929)
- Amelia Herschel (1841–1926) married Sir Thomas Francis Wade, diplomat and sinologist
- Julia Mary Herschel (1842–1933) married on 4 June 1878 to Captain (later Admiral) John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear
- Matilda Rose Herschel (1844–1914)
- Francisca Herschel (1846–1932)
- Constance Ann Herschel (1855–20 Jun 1939)
On his death at Collingwood, his home near Hawkhurst in Kent, he was given a national funeral and buried in Westminster Abbey.
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