Talk:Eliza, Lady Darling

Frederick Darling's clerical career
There was a sermon published around 1850 by F. Darling, given at Kemerton: "The Manifold Wisdom of God", place of publication Brighton. Kemerton is on the Worcestershire-Gloucestershire boundary close to Tewkesbury. Thomas Thorp (priest) was the long-term vicar there, a High Church man: not a Tractarian but with some associations. Foley at Tewkesbury, brother of Henry Foley the convert, was also an orthodox High Church man. Another listing of the sermon gives the publisher J H Parker, associated with the Tracts for the Times.

It is reasonable to suppose that the sermon was given by Frederick Darling. The interesting point is whether the networking around Thorp and e.g. Benjamin Webb (clergyman) can be traced to show whether Darling then moved on to Plymouth and George Rundle Prynne. This again seems reasonable: see Talk:George Rundle Prynne. Charles Matthews (talk) 06:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Newspaper report, title "Eckington": "The preacher in the morning was the Rev. F. Darling, formerly curate of Kemerton [...]". This is from The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette, Saturday 5 November 1870. That will be Eckington, Worcestershire, close to Kemerton. So it seems Darling moved from Tewkesbury. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:00, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Correction on EW Foley: the reference given suggests he was or perhaps became an anti-Catholic/anti-Tractarian evangelical, or perhaps high-and-dry but prepared to associate with evangelicals such as Close. This is all relevant to Eliza Darling's evangelical network in Cheltenham, and how Frederick reacted to it. Charles Matthews (talk) 10:34, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Apparently the choir at Kemerton is the logical reason why Darling moved on to become a curate with George Rundle Prynne. That now makes sense. Charles Matthews (talk) 14:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

Family details
There is http://www.kittybrewster.com/darling.htm, but it cannot be considered under WP:RS.

https://hartfieldhistorygroup.org.uk/worpress/schools/ has some information, not completely accurate.

There are many surviving letters. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:53, 21 March 2020 (UTC)