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Authorised form of nameWilmot; Sir; Edward (1693 - 1786)
Dates1693 - 1786
Place of birthChaddesden, near Derby, England
Date of birth29 October 1693
Place of deathHeringstone, Dorset
Date of death21 November 1786
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Monkton church, Dorset
ActivityEducation:
St John's College, Cambridge; BA (1714), MA (1718), MD (1725)
Career:
Fellow of St John's (1714); practised in London (1725-1761); Physician to St Thomas's Hospital; Physician to Queen Caroline (1731-1737), to Frederick, Prince of Wales, to George II (1737-1760) and to George III (1760-1761); Physician-General to the Army (1740); retired to the country (1761)
Honours:
Bt 1759
Memberships:
FRCP (1726)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election15/01/1730
RelationshipsSon of Robert Wilmot of Chaddesden and Joyce, daughter of William Sacheverell of Staunton, Leicestershire; married Sarah Marsh, daughter of Richard Mead (FRS 1703) and his first wife, Ruth, daughter of John Marsh, Merchant, of London
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith; Foster; Hirsch; GEC Baronetage
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1786, p1003, 1093 (obituary)
CodeNA1031
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