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Authorised form of nameHalford; Sir; Henry (1766 - 1844)
Dates1766 - 1844
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeicester, Leicestershire, England
Date of birth02 October 1766
Date of death09 March 1844
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Parish church of Wistow, Leicestershire
ActivityEducation:
Rugby; Christ Church College, Oxford. AB (1788), AM (1788), MB (1790), MD (1793)
Career:
Physician, Middlesex Hospital (1793); Physician Extraordinary to the King (1793); Physician in Ordinary to George III (1812), and later to George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria
Honours:
Bt 1790; KCH 1825; GCH 1830
Memberships:
FCP (1794, President 1820-1844)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election08/03/1810
RelationshipsSon of Dr James Vaughan of Leicester; married (1795) Elizabeth Barbara, daughter of John 11th Baron St John of Bletso; inherited a fortune from his mother's cousin Sir Charles Halford and changed his name by Act of Parliament
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1844 No 60 p 524
CodeNA3402
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1809/11Halford, Sir Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001843Halford, Sir Henrynd
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