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Malthus of Berkshire (the economist)

• Sources yet to be consulted:
  • Biographies of Malthus:
    • W.Otter, "Memoir", preface to 2nd edn of Malthus' Principles of Political Economy, 1836.
    • James Bonar, Malthus and his Work, 1885, [TCD] ARTS 301.32 AZ98g B5,
      2nd edn 1924, repub 1966.
    • James Bonar, Parson Malthus, 1881.

The [Rees family papers] think that our family may be related to Malthus the economist. They say, in reference to [Payne, 1890]: "At the request of the author, certain members of the Maltass family settled in Turkey subscribed to [Payne's book]". Payne lists the Yorkshire and Berkshire families as related but disjoint. For detailed family tree of the following see Payne:

John Malthus,
of Binfield, Berkshire,
died 1558,

ancestor of:

Daniel Malthus,
of Hadstock (presumably Hadstock, Essex),
mar Henrietta Graham
and had issue:

1. Sydenham Malthus, ancestor of:
   1. Bill Malthus,
      researched family tree, produced a tree for the Malthuses of New Zealand,
      had issue:
      1. Nigel Malthus,
         of Christchurch, New Zealand.

   
   

2. Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus (and here and here),
   the political economist and pioneer of population studies,
   born 14th Feb 1766, nr Dorking, Surrey,
   educ Jesus College, Cambridge, Fellow of Royal Society,
   author of Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), seminal document of the brutal laissez-faire policies of the 19th cent, it was also a crucial influence on the discoveries of Darwin in biology,
   it criticised the optimistic views of William Godwin and others,
   died 23rd Dec 1834, age 68 yrs, bur Abbey Church at Bath.

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