Background
He was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell.
He was the son of the golf writer Bernard Darwin and his wife the engraver Elinor Monsell.
Student Eton College, Slade School Fine Arts, U. London. Doctor of Literature (honorary), Newcastle University, 1964, Birmingham University, 1966.
Assistant master Eton College, 1933-1938. Comouflage directorate Ministry Home Security, 1939-1944. Member of staff Council Industrial Design, 1945-1946, member of council, 1947-1955, 62-67.
Professor fine art U. Durham (England), 1946-1947.
Principal Royal College Arts, London, 1948-1967, rector, vice-provost, 1968-1971. Exhibited in one man shows at Redfarm Galleries, 1933, 44, Messrs.
Agnews, 1935, 38, 40, 51, 52, 55, 61, 64, Leicester Galleries, 1946. Member Science Museum Advisory Council, 1951-1959, National Advisory Council on Art Education, 1959-1969, National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design, 1961-1969, Royal Mint Advisory Committee Board Governors Imperial College Science and Technology.
Member of staff Council Industrial Design, 1945-1946. Member Science Museum Advisory Council, 1951-1959, National Advisory Council on Art Education, 1959-1969, National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design, 1961-1969, Royal Mint Advisory Committee Board Governors Imperial College Science and Technology. Fellow U. College Honorary fellow Society Industrial Artists.
Member Institute Directors
(member arts advisory council), Royal Society Arts (member of council 1954-1959).
Married Yvonne Darby, (divorced). Married second, Ginette Hewitt.