Person Amyand; Claude (c 1680 - 1740) Amyand Claude Claudius c 1680 - 1740 French Male c 1680 06 July 1740

Air Street, Westminster (1718)

Surgeon Career: Came to England as a child with his family who were Huguenot refugees; naturalised British (1698); Surgeon, 1st Dragoon Guards (to 1715, 1727-1739); served at Blenheim; Serjeant Surgeon to George II (1729); Surgeon, St George's Hospital, London (1733-1738) Memberships: Company of Barber Surgeons (Master 1731) Son of Isaac Amyand of Mornac in Saintonge and his wife, Ann Hottot; married Marie, daughter of Daniel Rabache Fellow 05/04/1716 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; NBG; Agnew; Hirsch; Foster (son's entry); Dalton; Peterken; Thomas; Thomson References: Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1740), p.358 P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 Notes: Proposed by James Douglas. Admitted 19/04/1716. Amyand's candidacy was approved at Council 5/4/1716 with those of others who were elected that day, but his name does not appear in the minutes as having been elected, although he was admitted two weeks later. Hirsch gives date of death as 1745 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 - 6 Jul 1740 NA5042 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 06/11/2025 RS_NET\louisianef Yes 70dc6570-ee06-40c3-842c-baef5eb1119a