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<blockquote data-quote="Björn Bergenholtz" data-source="post: 3642021" data-attributes="member: 113430"><p><strong>Backstep</strong></p><p></p><p>Ok, guys ... I retract! </p><p></p><p>I was fooled and lead astray by the "Sheila" part mentioned in both <em>The Eponym Dictionary of Birds</em> (2014) and the <em>HBW Alive Key</em> (until I started to mess things up with my post #1). Shame on me! I should have been more cautious.</p><p></p><p>I do <u>think</u> we´re dealing with the Mother! See the following links, all, in various degrees, backing it up; <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=qwEiAQAAMAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc7tKEq7HXAhVHYlAKHVKYAU8Q6AEILTAB" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=CZNHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&dq=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-uZT90rPXAhXBDpoKHWdaBw0Q6AEIRjAF" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=75QZAQAAIAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQg4MAM" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=7GIhAQAAMAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQg-MAQ" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=pflNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&dq=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD5NDR07PXAhXta5oKHceRA3E4ChDoAQhFMAU" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=s7NEAQAAIAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQgmMAA" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis75tayl#page/n163/mode/2up/search/Darnton" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis76tayl#page/n11/mode/2up/search/Darnton" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis77tayl#page/n165/mode/2up/search/Darnton" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis78tayl#page/n179/mode/2up/search/Darnton" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://books.google.se/books?id=75QZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Iris+Darnton%22+MBOU&dq=%22Iris+Darnton%22+MBOU&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_vKu60bLXAhWHYpoKHTajBgwQ6AEIJzAA" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1144755" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, <a href="http://www.compactgen.com/cg/d/a/darnto.htm" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> ... and onwards. My error. Sigh!</p><p></p><p>So we´re back to the version in post #1, with a <u>possibly</u> altered second first name:</p><p></p><p>• the subspecies <em>Eurystomus orientalis irisi</em></p><p>= Mrs <strong>Iris Darnton</strong>, née <strong><em>Moreton</em></strong> (<strong>born 1900</strong>), British ornithologist, aviculturalist and world-wide traveller (as well as film-maker and painter), Member of the BOU (from 1932) [.... which ought to be pretty odd if born in -27 ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />], Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, Author of <em>Jungle Journeys in Ceylon</em> (1975), wifte of Rupert Edward Darnton [born and pre-1915; (von) Schunck], of Sissinghurst Court, Cranbrook, Kent, England ... whose full name <u>most likely</u> was Iris Dorie (or Dorrie?) Darnton.</p><p></p><p>Also <u>possibly</u> linked to the <em>Iris Darnton Foundation</em>, <a href="http://opencharities.org/charities/252576" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p></p><p><u>Maybe</u> she was still alive in 1983, as <a href="https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-years-work-report-of-the-council-1983.html" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>, we find a certain "I. D. Darnton" re-elected... <strong>!?</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: RoyalBlue">Ayone knows when Mrs Iris Darnton passed away?</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Not</u></strong> to confuse with her (twin) daughter the botanist Iris Sheila Collenette, née Darnton (1927–2017). Nor with the latters twin sister Avril Darnton.</p><p></p><p>Thanks Mike, and Laurent! For putting me straight (and things in Order)! :t:</p><p></p><p>And: Sorry for the confusion!</p><p></p><p>Björn</p><p></p><p>PS. Now we´ll see if Mike agree, after having recieved and read the book <em>Jungle Journeys in Ceylon</em>. I sure hope Mrs Darnton mentions her husband by name, i.e. Rupert (Edward) Darnton, in it. If so, case closed. This far I strongly doubt that it´s written by her daughter Iris Sheila (born in 1927):</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Björn Bergenholtz, post: 3642021, member: 113430"] [b]Backstep[/b] Ok, guys ... I retract! I was fooled and lead astray by the "Sheila" part mentioned in both [I]The Eponym Dictionary of Birds[/I] (2014) and the [I]HBW Alive Key[/I] (until I started to mess things up with my post #1). Shame on me! I should have been more cautious. I do [U]think[/U] we´re dealing with the Mother! See the following links, all, in various degrees, backing it up; [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=qwEiAQAAMAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc7tKEq7HXAhVHYlAKHVKYAU8Q6AEILTAB"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=CZNHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&dq=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-uZT90rPXAhXBDpoKHWdaBw0Q6AEIRjAF"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=75QZAQAAIAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQg4MAM"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=7GIhAQAAMAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQg-MAQ"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=pflNAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&dq=%22Darnton%22+Kent,+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiD5NDR07PXAhXta5oKHceRA3E4ChDoAQhFMAU"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=s7NEAQAAIAAJ&q=Darnton+Sissinghurst&dq=Darnton+Sissinghurst&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_7Z2FrLHXAhVRZlAKHeYDAe84ChDoAQgmMAA"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis75tayl#page/n163/mode/2up/search/Darnton"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis76tayl#page/n11/mode/2up/search/Darnton"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis77tayl#page/n165/mode/2up/search/Darnton"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://archive.org/stream/bulletinofbritis78tayl#page/n179/mode/2up/search/Darnton"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://books.google.se/books?id=75QZAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Iris+Darnton%22+MBOU&dq=%22Iris+Darnton%22+MBOU&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_vKu60bLXAhWHYpoKHTajBgwQ6AEIJzAA"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1144755"][U]here[/U][/URL], [URL="http://www.compactgen.com/cg/d/a/darnto.htm"][U]here[/U][/URL] ... and onwards. My error. Sigh! So we´re back to the version in post #1, with a [U]possibly[/U] altered second first name: • the subspecies [I]Eurystomus orientalis irisi[/I] = Mrs [B]Iris Darnton[/B], née [B][I]Moreton[/I][/B] ([B]born 1900[/B]), British ornithologist, aviculturalist and world-wide traveller (as well as film-maker and painter), Member of the BOU (from 1932) [.... which ought to be pretty odd if born in -27 ... ;)], Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, Author of [I]Jungle Journeys in Ceylon[/I] (1975), wifte of Rupert Edward Darnton [born and pre-1915; (von) Schunck], of Sissinghurst Court, Cranbrook, Kent, England ... whose full name [U]most likely[/U] was Iris Dorie (or Dorrie?) Darnton. Also [U]possibly[/U] linked to the [I]Iris Darnton Foundation[/I], [URL="http://opencharities.org/charities/252576"][U]here[/U][/URL]. [U]Maybe[/U] she was still alive in 1983, as [URL="https://dokumen.tips/documents/the-years-work-report-of-the-council-1983.html"][U]here[/U][/URL], we find a certain "I. D. Darnton" re-elected... [B]!?[/B] [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Ayone knows when Mrs Iris Darnton passed away?[/COLOR][/B] [B][U]Not[/U][/B] to confuse with her (twin) daughter the botanist Iris Sheila Collenette, née Darnton (1927–2017). Nor with the latters twin sister Avril Darnton. Thanks Mike, and Laurent! For putting me straight (and things in Order)! :t: And: Sorry for the confusion! Björn PS. Now we´ll see if Mike agree, after having recieved and read the book [I]Jungle Journeys in Ceylon[/I]. I sure hope Mrs Darnton mentions her husband by name, i.e. Rupert (Edward) Darnton, in it. If so, case closed. This far I strongly doubt that it´s written by her daughter Iris Sheila (born in 1927): [/QUOTE]
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