Edward Irving (plant collector)

{{Short description|Scottish surgeon and plant collector}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} '''Edward George Irving''' (c. 1816–1855) was a Scottish surgeon who served in the Royal Navy. He was also a collector of plants, and the plant family Irvingiaceae, and genus Irvingia are named after him.<ref>D. Gledhill. ''The Names of Plants''. Cambridge University Press, 2008.</ref>

==Marriage and Family== He married Lucy Elizabeth Haynes Morrell, second daughter of Arthur, a British naval officer and Elizabeth, on 25 July 1848, at Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire.<ref>''The Gentleman's Magazine'', vol. 30, p. 421. July, 1848.</ref>

Their children were Edward Arthur Irving, who became an archdeacon in Canada, Minnie Irving, and John Henry Irving.

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