Rachel Huxley, the fifth of THH's children, married civil engineer Alfred Eckersley in 1884, who built railways in various parts of the world. Their eldest son,
Roger Huxley Eckersley, was born in Algeria; their second,
Thomas Lydwell Eckersley, was born the next year. The family moved to Mexico, and their third son,
Peter Eckersley, was born there. All three children married and had issue.
Rachel married, secondly, Harold Shawcross, and they had two children,
Betty and
Anthony Shawcross. Anthony married Mary Donaldson, and they had three children, Elizabeth, Simon and David.
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