Editing Robinson Duckworth

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[[File:Robinson Duckworth.png|thumb|right|150px|Rev. Robinson Duckworth, by [[Carlo Pellegrini (caricaturist)|Ape]] in ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', 1886]]
[[File:Robinson Duckworth.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Robinson Duckworth (April 1890)]]
'''Robinson Duckworth''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CVO|VD}} (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911) was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice's adventures]] were first told by [[Lewis Carroll]] (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the [[Duck (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Duck]] in the book, a play on his last name.

He officiated at the funeral of [[Charles Darwin]] in 1882.

==Biography==
Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of [[Liverpool]] and his Scottish wife Elizabeth Forbes Nicol. He was educated at the [[Royal Institution School]] in Liverpool, and later at [[University College, Oxford]], where he took his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1857.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Duckworth, Rev. Robinson|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=514|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA514}}</ref> He was a member of the Oxford Choral Society and a renowned singer. He took his [[Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)|MA]] in 1859, and his [[Bachelor of Divinity|BD]] and [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] in 1879. He was an Assistant Master at [[Marlborough College]] from 1857 to 1860. From 1860 to 1876 he was a Fellow of [[Trinity College, Oxford]], where, from 1866 to 1870, he was Instructor and Governor to [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]], [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria's]] youngest son. In 1864 he was appointed Examining Chaplain to the [[Bishop of Peterborough]].

While he was at Oxford Duckworth helped to row Alice Liddell and her sisters (daughters of Dr Liddell, Dean of Christ Church) on the river, returning from a picnic. In the boat was his friend Lewis Carroll who related for the first time his story which became ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''. Robinson was immortalized as the Duck in the Jury Box and the Duck in the Pool of Tears in the book.

From 1870 to 1906 Duckworth was the [[incumbent]] of [[St Mark's, Hamilton Terrace|St. Mark's Church in Hamilton Terrace]], in [[London]]'s [[Maida Vale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stmarks.me.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=54|title = Brief History}}</ref>

Duckworth was appointed [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] of [[Westminster Abbey|Westminster]] in 1875 and later was also appointed [[Dean (religion)|Sub-Dean]]. He was [[Chaplain-in-Ordinary]] to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] from 1870 to 1901, for which service he was appointed a Commander of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (CVO) on 11 August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular|date=12 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36844}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27467 |pages=5461–5462  |date=22 August 1902}}</ref> He was [[Rural Dean]] for the parish of [[Marylebone|St. Marylebone]] from 1891 to 1905, and from 1875 to 1901 was Honorary Chaplain to the [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]], whom he accompanied on his 1875-6 tour of [[India]]. He was Chaplain-in Ordinary to [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] in 1910.

Robinson Duckworth was [[Almoner]] and [[Chaplain]] to the [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|Order of St. John of Jerusalem]], and Chaplain to the Civil Service Volunteers, being awarded the [[Volunteer Decoration|VD]] in 1901. He was a member of the [[Athenaeum Club, London|Athenaeum]] and Grosvenor Clubs. He was elected a Member of the [[Worshipful Company of Musicians]] in January 1903.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=23 January 1903 |page=4 |issue=36985}}</ref>

On his death in 1911 he was buried in the choir of [[Westminster Abbey]]. Here a round window opposite the Abbey's entrance is dedicated to his memory. It was designed by [[Francis Skeat]] and was unveiled in 1988.<ref>[http://www.westminster-abbey.org/visitor/plan-of-the-abbey/13701 Westminster Abbey<!-- bot-generated title -->] at www.westminster-abbey.org Dead link</ref>

==Publications==
A book entitled "''The Holy Land''" was written by The Rev Canon Duckworth, DD, CVO, Sub Dean of Westminster and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King and was published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Limited, London-Paris-New York, publishers by appointment to Their Majesties [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|The King]] and [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra]].

The book was illustrated by W. J. Webb, from original drawings painted in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].

==Popular culture==
The character of Duckworth in the TV show ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|Duck Tales]]'' was named after him.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

==Notes==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiejones/4827228764/ Photograph of memorial window]
*[http://www.conceptualfiction.com/alice_in_wonderland.html "How Alice Got to Wonderland"] by Ted Gioia (Conceptual Fiction)
* [https://archive.org/stream/StrandMagazine50/Strand50#page/n63/mode/2up Portraits of Celebrities... ] Strand Magazine Vol 9
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