he married the english painter and wood engraver gwen darwin, in 1911, the daughter of george darwin and lady maud darwin, née maud du puy; she was a granddaughter of charles darwin. they had two daughters, elisabeth (1916–2014), who married the norwegian politician edvard hambro, and sophie jane (1919-2011) who married the cambridge scholar m. g. m. pryor and later charles gurney. raverat suffered from a form of multiple sclerosis and died on march 6 1925 following complications of it. his funeral took place in christ church in cannes, france where he may be buried.