Charles Robert Darwin is not only an extremely important thinker in the history of evolution thoughts but also a famous urger before the ecology revolutionary.
So my first impression, that he was a person of some undefined consequence, had gradually faded and he had become simply the proprietor of an elaborate roadhouse next door.
Yes, it's a lot easier if your family is well-connected, if it has a lot of contacts and links to a particular company or important people in that company.