The medical establishment: Oculist 1704-1837

Pages 177-178

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

Citation:

Oculist 1704–1837

The oculists (later surgeon oculists) were appointed by the lord chamberlain. By the mid-eighteenth century they were paid £100 apiece. (fn. 1) Their number was reduced to one c. 1771–1791; rose to three from 1795; and to four from 1816. They were reduced again to a single holder from 1820.

Oculist 1704–1837



1704	12 May	Read, W.
1715	25 May	Grant, R.
1727	9 Oct.	Smith, R.
1736	21 May	Taylor, J.
By 1771		de Wenzell, B.
By 1791		Taylor, J.
By 1795		Taylor, J.
1796	20 Apr.	Phipps, J. W.
1814	15 Dec.	Alexander, H.
By 1816		Waller, J. W.
1830	24 July	Stevenson, -

Oculist in Extraordinary 1704–1715



1710	26 Sept.	Grant, R.