Eliot, John
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| Dates | 1760s?-1786 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Physician | ||
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh or Peebles | ||
| Marriage | Grace Dalrymple (divorced 1776) | ||
| Issue | 1 child; Illegitimate children - John, Ann, Mary & Marianne | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Educated in Edinburgh, France and Netherlands. Eliot was apprenticed to a surgeon in London. He sailed first as a surgeon’s mate then as a surgeon to a privateer whereby he used the money to set up a practice in London. Eliot graduated MD at the University of St Andrews in 1759 and became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1762. Sir William Duncan transferred practice/patients to Eliot. He was knighted in 1776 and in 1778 was appointed physician to the prince of Wales. Eliot died in 1786 while on a visit to his friend Lord Melbourne at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire where he is buried in the Melbourne family vault in the parish church of Bishop's Hatfield
