 On his marriage in 1848 to Annie Bentham (1814–1913), a relation of the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, Christian set up home in Hampstead in the north London suburbs while continuing his business in Bloomsbury.The couple were to have four daughters – Eleanor, Anne Elizabeth, Agnes and Alice.Anne Elizabeth, known as 'Bessie', was Christian's favourite daughter who died in 1890 after giving birth to Christian's only grandchild, Ewan Christopher Blaxland (1889–1954), who became a clergyman as his grandfather was originally intended to be.