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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
  • Birch, John (Mr)
    Surgeon
    (c1740s - 1815)


    In 1763 Birch was apprenticed to the surgeon Thomas Smith for the fee of £400. He was admitted to the Surgeon’s Company in 1770 and established his practice in London. He purchased a commission as a surgeon to the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1770 which he retired from in 1779. From 1784, he was a surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, later becoming surgeon-extraordinary to the Prince Regent, later King George IV.

    Referred to as: Birch
       DEP/DUA/1/25/02       DEP/DUA/1/30/24       DEP/DUA/1/41/02   
    • Birch, John (Mr)
      Surgeon
      (c1740s - 1815)


      In 1763 Birch was apprenticed to the surgeon Thomas Smith for the fee of £400. He was admitted to the Surgeon’s Company in 1770 and established his practice in London. He purchased a commission as a surgeon to the Horse Grenadier Guards in 1770 which he retired from in 1779. From 1784, he was a surgeon at St Thomas’s Hospital, later becoming surgeon-extraordinary to the Prince Regent, later King George IV.

      Referred to as: Birch
         DEP/DUA/1/25/02       DEP/DUA/1/30/24       DEP/DUA/1/41/02