Person Beatty; Sir; William (fl 1805 - 1842) Beatty William Sir fl 1805 - 1842 Male York Place, Portman Square, London 25 March 1842 Burial: Kensal Green Cemetery, London

Physician Education: MD (1806, King's College, Aberdeen); MD (1817, St Andrew's University) Career: Entered the Royal Navy; Surgeon on the 'Victory' at Trafalgar, and with Nelson when he died (1805); published a narrative on the death of Nelson and possessed the bullet which killed Nelson; Physician, Greenwich Hospital (1806-1840) Honours: Kt 1831 Memberships: LCP (1817) Fellow 30/04/1818 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43 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 - 25 Mar 1842 NA7461 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 40585251-2947-4258-82eb-549f20d0a6ee