Thomas Baynton
Thomas Baynton | |
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| Born | 5 October 1761 |
| Died | 31 August 1820 (aged 58) |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation(s) | Medical writer, surgeon |
| Spouse | Ann Swayne |
| Children | 7 |
Thomas Baynton (5 October 1761 – 31 August 1820) was an English medical writer and surgeon.[1]
Career[edit]
Baynton was from Bristol, where he served his apprenticeship with Mr. Smith, a physician of considerable eminence. He afterwards acquired a large practice of his own, and obtained a high reputation by discoveries in the curative part of his profession, especially in the treatment of ulcers and wounds.
He published Descriptive Account of a New Method of treating Ulcers of the Leg (1797, dedicated to Anthony Fothergill), and An Account of a Successful Method of treating Diseases of the Spine (1813, dedicated to Edward Jenner).
Personal life[edit]
Thomas Baynton married Ann Swayne (1762–1846) on 22 May 1784. They had seven children:[2][3][4]
- Thomas Baynton (1792 – June 1874) married Jane Dorothy Williams (1814–1890), they had one child:
- Agnes Elizabeth Baynton (1837 – 4 January 1906).
- Ann Swayne Baynton (1793 – 9 December 1882).
- Elizabeth Baynton (1 March 1796 – ?).
- Mary Baynton (1799 – 4 June 1884) married John Sidney Farrell (21 March 1800 – 17 December 1882) on 7 September 1824 in Powick Worcestershire. They had ten children:
- Mary Jane Farrell (22 July 1825 – 25 March 1895) married Frederick Lewis David (1831 – 20 February 1879), they had six children.
- Anne Catherine Frances Farrell (23 July 1826 – 29 January 1892)
- Isabella Farrell (February 1828 – 10 August 1828)
- Sidney Baynton Farrell (25 March 1829 – 7 September 1879) married Emily Elizabeth Jarvis (13 April 1827 – 19 August 1912) on 24 June 1854 in Toronto Canada.
- Adelaide Farrell (13 October 1830 – 12 December 1906)
- Geraldine Farrell (13 October 1830 – 1 November 1908) married Reginald Onslow Farmer (14 May 1828 – 3 April 1904) in 1851 in Canada. They had seven children including:
- Mary Frances Farmer (10 August 1857 – 18 May 1929) who married Henry O'Callaghan Prittie (1851–1927) the 4th Baron Dunalley.
- Frances Farrell (1833 – 24 January 1908)
- Helen Mackenzie Farrell (1835 – 20 October 1907) married Richard Geaves (1815 – 24 September 1886) they had three children.
- Henry Chamberlayne Farrell (9 December 1836 – 7 July 1889) married Sophia Margaret Watson Webb (1830 – 1 December 1919), they had five children.
- Rosa Sophia Farrell (26 February 1842 – 14 May 1897) married William Henry Anthony (9 November 1838 – 5 March 1922) on 28 September 1865 at Lee Kent. They had two children.
- Sarah Baynton (1801–1871) married Percival North Bastard (1784–1848) on 15 August 1822 in Melksham Wiltshire. They had eight children:
- Emily Bastard (1824 – 17 March 1890)
- Augusta Bastard (1825 – )
- Rosa Louisa Bastard (1826–1878) married Edmund George Bankes (24 April 1826 – 28 January 1860) in 1848 in Blandford.
- Frances Isabella Bastard (1829–1897)
- Mary Jane Bastard (1834 – )
- Lucy Bastard (1837 – )
- Catherine Octavia Bastard (1838 – 17 August 1913)
- Elizabeth Bastard (1839 – )
- Susan Baynton (1801 – 23 May 1871).
- Frances Jane Baynton (1807–1882) married Robert Forsayth (died 1840). They had one daughter:
- Frances Jane Forsayth (1839 – 5 September 1899), poet, Arno’s Waters and other poems (1865), The Maria-Stieg and other poems (1873), The Student’s twilight: or, tales in verse (1878).
Death[edit]
He died at Clifton on 31 August 1820.
References[edit]
- ^ J. A. Nixon, Thomas Baynton, 1761–1820, Proc R Soc Med. 1915; 8(Sect Hist Med): 95–102.
- ^ Birth, marriage and death certificates
- ^ Grants of probate and administration
- ^ England & Wales censuses 1841–1911
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Baynton, Thomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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