James Muttlebury

Dr James Muttlebury FRSE (1775–1832) was a Scottish physician who practised in Jamaica and England. He was a noted amateur botanist.

Life

He was born in 1775, either in Scotland or in Northern Ireland. He studied Medicine at St Andrews University.[1]

In 1804 he was working as a military physician in Athlone in Ireland, and was transferred to Marlborough.[2]

In 1814 he was living in Jamaica and practising there.[3]

In 1819 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were fellow-botanists Robert Jameson, William Wright, and Hugh Murray.[4]

In 1822 he moved to Bath as a GP. In 1826 he became a Physician at the United Hospital in Bath. In 1824 he was living at the Edgar Buildings in Bath.[5]

Family

He married Margaret Jane Rutherford of Kingston, Jamaica (1788–1869). She died in Canada.[6][7]

They had eleven children including Captain James William Muttlebury of Bath[8] who was father to Stanley Muttlebury.[9]

References
  1. "Munks Roll Details for James Muttlebury". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  2. The Gentleman's Magazine. 93. F. Jeffries. 1803. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  3. The Gentlemen's and Citizens Almanack 1814
  4. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
  5. Hunts Bath Directory 1824
  6. "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  7. "Elizabeth Margaret Muttlebury (Rutherford) (b. - 1869) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  8. "Correspondence and printed papers received by Francis Henry Dickinson". somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  9. "James William Muttlebury (1821 - 1887) - Genealogy". geni.com. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
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