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Henry Halford
Sir Henry Halford, 1st Baronet, GCH (2 October 1766 – 1844), born Henry Vaughan, was president of the Royal College of Physicians for 24 years. As the royal and society physician, he was physician extraordinary to King George III from 1793 to 1820, then as physician in ordinary to his three successors – George IV, William IV and the young Victoria. He also served other members of the royal family until his death.
Halford was born as Henry Vaughan at Leicester, the second but eldest surviving son of Dr. James Vaughan (27 March 1740 – 19 August 1813), an eminent physician at Leicester, and his wife, Hester née Smalley (d. 2 or 7 April 1791), His brothers were Sir John Vaughan, judge; Peter Vaughan, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Dean of Chester; and Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland and to the United States.
He was educated at Rugby School, and there developed his love for classical literature. He went from Rugby to Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1781, aged 15, and graduated B.A. & M.A. 1788, B.Med. 1790, D.Med. 1791. He also studied in Edinburgh (where he presumably studied the Scottish system of medicine).
Vaughan (as he then was) practised for a short time with his father at Leicester. He went to London in about 1792, and was initially told that he could not succeed for five years, and must support himself on £300 annually in private income. Undaunted, he borrowed £1,000, and started his professional life in London. He advanced rapidly, owing in part to his smooth manners and his Oxford connections.
He was elected physician to the Middlesex hospital on 20 February 1793; was admitted a Candidate of the Royal College of Physicians on 25 March 1793; and a Fellow on 14 April 1794. And in 1793, he was appointed physician extraordinary to the king (the youngest ever appointed aged 27). By the year 1800, his private engagements had become so numerous, that he was compelled to relinquish his hospital appointment. His professional career was undoubtedly advanced by his marriage in 1795 to Elizabeth, the daughter of John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso.
In 1809 he was made a baronet and changed his name from Vaughan to Halford in expectation of his inheritance (see below). His change of name was confirmed by an 1815 Act of Parliament.
In 1810, he was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
In 1812, Halford was appointed physician in ordinary to George III of the United Kingdom, having previously been appointed physician in ordinary to the Prince Regent. He continued to serve as physician in ordinary to successive sovereigns until his death in 1844. He also served as physician to other members of the Royal Family, notably the Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of George III.
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Henry Halford
Sir Henry Halford, 1st Baronet, GCH (2 October 1766 – 1844), born Henry Vaughan, was president of the Royal College of Physicians for 24 years. As the royal and society physician, he was physician extraordinary to King George III from 1793 to 1820, then as physician in ordinary to his three successors – George IV, William IV and the young Victoria. He also served other members of the royal family until his death.
Halford was born as Henry Vaughan at Leicester, the second but eldest surviving son of Dr. James Vaughan (27 March 1740 – 19 August 1813), an eminent physician at Leicester, and his wife, Hester née Smalley (d. 2 or 7 April 1791), His brothers were Sir John Vaughan, judge; Peter Vaughan, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Dean of Chester; and Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland and to the United States.
He was educated at Rugby School, and there developed his love for classical literature. He went from Rugby to Christ Church, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1781, aged 15, and graduated B.A. & M.A. 1788, B.Med. 1790, D.Med. 1791. He also studied in Edinburgh (where he presumably studied the Scottish system of medicine).
Vaughan (as he then was) practised for a short time with his father at Leicester. He went to London in about 1792, and was initially told that he could not succeed for five years, and must support himself on £300 annually in private income. Undaunted, he borrowed £1,000, and started his professional life in London. He advanced rapidly, owing in part to his smooth manners and his Oxford connections.
He was elected physician to the Middlesex hospital on 20 February 1793; was admitted a Candidate of the Royal College of Physicians on 25 March 1793; and a Fellow on 14 April 1794. And in 1793, he was appointed physician extraordinary to the king (the youngest ever appointed aged 27). By the year 1800, his private engagements had become so numerous, that he was compelled to relinquish his hospital appointment. His professional career was undoubtedly advanced by his marriage in 1795 to Elizabeth, the daughter of John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso.
In 1809 he was made a baronet and changed his name from Vaughan to Halford in expectation of his inheritance (see below). His change of name was confirmed by an 1815 Act of Parliament.
In 1810, he was President of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
In 1812, Halford was appointed physician in ordinary to George III of the United Kingdom, having previously been appointed physician in ordinary to the Prince Regent. He continued to serve as physician in ordinary to successive sovereigns until his death in 1844. He also served as physician to other members of the Royal Family, notably the Princess Amelia, youngest daughter of George III.
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