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Authorised form of nameBamber; John (c 1667 - 1753)
Datesc 1667 - 1753
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKent, England
Date of birthc 1667
Date of death07 November 1753
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Barking Church, Essex
OccupationPhysician; Surgeon
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge. MD (Lit Reg 1725)
Career:
Practised as a surgeon in London, realising a large fortune; then turned to the practice of medicine; acquired substantial estates in Essex
Memberships:
Company of Barber Surgeons (disfranchised 1724); LRCP (1724); FRCP (1726)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election11/12/1718
RelationshipsMarried; one of his daughters married Sir Crisp Gascoyne and a descendant married the Marquess of Salisbury, whose family took the name Gascoyne Cecil and inherited the Bamber estates
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; Munk
References:
Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1753), p.540.
Notes:
Details of career in Venn attached to another John Bamber probably belong to this one. Died at the age of 86 (MI printed in Munk)
CodeNA6707
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
MS/790/108Letter from John Montagu [2nd Duke of Montagu], to [Martin Folkes]c.1740
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