Edward Irving (plant collector)

Dr Edward George Irving RN (1816–1855) was a Scottish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. He was also a collector of plants, and the plant family Irvingiaceae, and genus Irvingia are named after him.^[1]

Marriage and Family

He married Lucy Elizabeth Haynes Morrell, second daughter of Arthur, a British naval officer and Elizabeth, on 25 July 1848, at Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire.^[2]

Their children were Edward Arthur Irving, who became an archdeacon in Canada, Minnie Irving, and John Henry Irving.

References

1. D. Gledhill. The Names of Plants. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2. The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 30, p. 421. July, 1848.