Harriet Merritt

"Richard’s maternal grandparents were Alan Wilfred/Wilfrid “Bill” Ladner (the son of James William Ladner and Harriet Merritt) and Constance “Connie” Wearne (the daughter of Walter Wearne and Mary Mannell Michell). Alan and Constance both lived in Mullion, Cornwall, and Richard often visited them on holidays as a child. James was born in Teddington, England, to a Cornish father, John Ladner, and an English mother, Mary Ann Munton. Harriet was English, born in Brixton, England. Richard’s grandmother Constance was Cornish, born in Helston, Cornwall, England."

• Ethnicelebs: Richard Dawkins