Who Were Ernest Shackleton’s Children?

British polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, had three children with his wife Emily Dorman.

Edward Shackleton
Edward Shackleton, was born on 15 July 1911, in Wandsworth, London. He was a British geographer, Royal Air Force officer and Labour Party politician.

Shackleton was the younger son of Emily Mary and Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer.

The young Edward Shackleton was educated at Radley College, a boarding independent school for boys near the village of Radley in Oxfordshire, followed by Magdalen College at the University of Oxford.

Shackleton arranged the 1932 Oxford University Exploration Club expedition to Sarawak in Borneo organised by Tom Harrisson. During this trip he was the first to attain the peak of Mount Mulu.

He died on 22 September, 1994.

Cecily Shackleton
Cecily Jane Swinford Shackleton was born on 23 Dec 1906 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of Ernest Shackleton and Emily Dorman.

In 1911, Cecily Shackleton was living in Sheringham, Norfolk, England, with her parents Emily Mary Shackleton (39) and Ernest Henry Shackleton (37), and with brother Raymond (6), aunt Maude Loatella Dorman (32), and with six house staff.

In the 1939 England and Wales Register, Cecily J S Shackleton, born 23 Dec 1906, was living in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

She passed away in 1957; her death was registered in Chanctonbury, Sussex, England.

Raymond Shackleton
Raymond Shackleton was born on 2 Feb 1905 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Ernest Shackleton and Emily Dorman.

Raymond S Shackleton married Doreen B C Green in 1938 in Kensington, London.

In the 1939 England register, Raymond S Shackleton, was living in Guildford, Surrey, England. He was working as a draughtsman engineer.

Raymond S Shackleton, age 55 died on 13 Mar 1960; his death was registered in Kensington, London, England.