Matthew Flinders, surgeon at Donington, born 1750, died 1802, married Susannah Ward, 1752 to 1783, in 1773 and had at least two children: 2.

Samuel Ward Flinders, born 1782, died 1842, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, married and left several children.
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Matthew Flinders the Navigator, born March 16, 1774, died July 19, 1814, married Ann Chappell, born 1770, died 1852, in 1801 and had one daughter: Ann Flinders, born 1812, died 1892, married William Petrie, born 1821, died 1908, in 1851 and had one son: Professor W.M.Flinders Petrie, eminent scholar and Egyptian archaeologist, born 1853, married Hilda Urlin in 1897 and had at least two children: 1.

John Flinders Petrie.
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Ann Flinders Petrie.
There is also an interesting connection between Flinders and the Tennysons, through the Franklin family.