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Duncan graduated M.D. from the [[University of St Andrews]] in 1751.<ref name="Munk"/> He attended George III, becoming physician in ordinary in 1760, taking the place in the new reign of [[Frank Nicholls]]; and was created a baronet in 1764. He treated the king in his first illness (1765).<ref>{{cite book|author=[[John James Park]]|title=The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TzNSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA340|year=1814|publisher=Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co. ... and Nichols, Son, and Bentley|pages=340–1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[Edward Wedlake Brayley]]|author2=[[Gideon Mantell]]|title=A Topographical History of Surrey|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IzdVuzAH_ggC&pg=PA13|year=1850|publisher=G. Willis|pages=13–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Laurens|title=The Papers of Henry Laurens: Sept. 1, 1765-July 31, 1768|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=87GH1QOrAYEC&pg=PA524|year=1968|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-87249-331-5|page=524 note}}</ref> |
Duncan graduated M.D. from the [[University of St Andrews]] in 1751.<ref name="Munk"/> He attended George III, becoming physician in ordinary in 1760, taking the place in the new reign of [[Frank Nicholls]]; and was created a baronet in 1764. He treated the king in his first illness (1765).<ref>{{cite book|author=[[John James Park]]|title=The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=TzNSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA340|year=1814|publisher=Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co. ... and Nichols, Son, and Bentley|pages=340–1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=[[Edward Wedlake Brayley]]|author2=[[Gideon Mantell]]|title=A Topographical History of Surrey|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IzdVuzAH_ggC&pg=PA13|year=1850|publisher=G. Willis|pages=13–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Henry Laurens|title=The Papers of Henry Laurens: Sept. 1, 1765-July 31, 1768|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=87GH1QOrAYEC&pg=PA524|year=1968|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-87249-331-5|page=524 note}}</ref> |
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With a partner [[Andrew Turnbull (colonist)|Andrew Turnbull]] he obtained land grants in Florida, where they planned a new settlement, [[New Smyrna, Florida|New Smyrna]], using indentured labour from the Mediterranean and Negro slaves. In 1768 eight ships set off from Minorca with more than a thousand settlers on board, but on arrival they found conditions deplorable. |
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| ⚫ | Duncan was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1771.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/recordroyalsoci02britgoog#page/n314/mode/2up|title=The Record of the Royal Society of London|year=1901|work=[[Internet Archive]]|page=282|accessdate=10 September 2015|location=London, Printed for the Royal Society}}</ref> Towards the end of his life he moved abroad, passing his practice to [[Sir John Eliot, 1st Baronet|Sir John Eliot]].<ref name="ODNB"/> He died at [[Naples]], in September 1774.<ref name="Courthope1835">{{cite book|author=[[William John Courthope]]|title=Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England: Containing the Date of the Creation, with the Succession of Baronets, and Their Respective Marriages and the Time of Death|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zQ0YAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA69|year=1835|publisher=Rivington|page=69}}</ref> |
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The large investment he had made at New Smyrna was lost a few years later in 1777 when the surviving indentured settlers deserted New Smyrna ''en masse''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unf.edu/floridahistoryonline/Turnbull/intro.htm|title=Florida History Online, ''The Letters of Dr. Andrew Turnbull''|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:42, 5 June 2016
Sir William Duncan, 1st Baronet (died 1774) was a Scottish physician. He was a fashionable society doctor in London, and physician in ordinary to George III of Great Britain.[1][2]
Life
He was the brother of Alexander Duncan of Lundie, Forfarshire, and uncle of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan.[3]
Duncan graduated M.D. from the University of St Andrews in 1751.[1] He attended George III, becoming physician in ordinary in 1760, taking the place in the new reign of Frank Nicholls; and was created a baronet in 1764. He treated the king in his first illness (1765).[4][5][6]
With a partner Andrew Turnbull he obtained land grants in Florida, where they planned a new settlement, New Smyrna, using indentured labour from the Mediterranean and Negro slaves. In 1768 eight ships set off from Minorca with more than a thousand settlers on board, but on arrival they found conditions deplorable.
Duncan was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1771.[7] Towards the end of his life he moved abroad, passing his practice to Sir John Eliot.[2] He died at Naples, in September 1774.[8]
The large investment he had made at New Smyrna was lost a few years later in 1777 when the surviving indentured settlers deserted New Smyrna en masse.[9]
Family
In 1763, Duncan married Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet.[10] He left no son, and the baronetcy died with him.[8] Lady Mary was born in 1723, and died in 1806.[11][12] She was noted for her high wigs, and supposed infatuation with Gaspare Pacchierotti.[13]
Notes
- ^ a b "Munks Roll Details for William (Sir) Duncan". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Overy, Caroline. "Eliot, Sir John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8678. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ William Anderson (1867). The Scottish nation: or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. A. Fullarton & co. p. 82.
- ^ John James Park (1814). The topography and natural history of Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex. Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co. ... and Nichols, Son, and Bentley. pp. 340–1.
- ^ Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell (1850). A Topographical History of Surrey. G. Willis. pp. 13–.
- ^ Henry Laurens (1968). The Papers of Henry Laurens: Sept. 1, 1765-July 31, 1768. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 524 note. ISBN 978-0-87249-331-5.
- ^ "The Record of the Royal Society of London". Internet Archive. London, Printed for the Royal Society. 1901. p. 282. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b William John Courthope (1835). Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England: Containing the Date of the Creation, with the Succession of Baronets, and Their Respective Marriages and the Time of Death. Rivington. p. 69.
- ^ "Florida History Online, The Letters of Dr. Andrew Turnbull". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Daniel Lysons (1811). The Environs of London: Kent, Essex, and Herts. T. Cadell and W. Davies. p. 360.
- ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Henry Colburn. 1839. p. 1030.
- ^ Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis (1859). Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis. John Murray. p. 201 note 5.
- ^ Fanny Burney; Stewart Cooke (13 October 2011). The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney: Volume II: 1787. OUP Oxford. p. 252 note 708. ISBN 978-0-19-926280-9.