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|Dates=1708-1719
|Location=London
|Vocation=Physician; politician
|Place of Birth=Edinburgh
|Marriage=Unnamed wife
|Issue=3 children
|Source=Anita Guerrini, 'Scots in London Medicine in the Early Eighteenth Century' in S. Nenadic (ed.), Scots in London in the Eighteenth Century' (Cranbury, 2010), 165-185; The History of Parliament
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Practiced medicine in Edinburgh, where he engaged in a vicious pamphlet debate regarding fevers. Became associated with the Dukes of Argyll, and, as their client, moved to London to practice, 1708. MP for the Ayr Burghs (1710-1719), during which time he maintained his links with the Argylls and became a consistent supporter of the government. Appointed first physician to Prince George (1714).

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