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Richard Warren, M.D.F.A.S, Physician to George III. Richard was born on 4 December 1731, the son of Dr. Richard Warren and Priscilla Fenner, at Cavendish, Suffolk. He was educated at the public school of Bury St. Edmunds. He entered Jesus College, Cambridge in 1748, shortly after the death of his father. Graduated B.A. in 1752, and was elected a fellow of the college, obtaining in succeeding years the prizes awarded to middle and senior bachelors for proficiency in Latin prose composition. He proceeded M.A. in 1755 and M.D. on 8 July 1762. On obtaining a fellowship his inclination directed him to the law, but chance made him a physician. He became a tutor at Jesus College to the only son of Peter Shaw, physician in ordinary to George II and George III, acquired the esteem of the physician, married his daughter Elizabeth in 1759, and in 1763 succeeded to the practice of his father-in-law. He was admitted a candidate of the College of Physicians on 30 September 1762. Shortly after he began to practice, Sir Edward Wilmot, the son-in-law of Richard Mead, then physician to the court, recommended Warren as a fitting person to assist him in his attendance upon the Princess Amelia. When Wilmot retired, Warren continued to act as physician to the princess, and by her influence he was appointed physician to George III in 1762 on the resignation of his father-in-law. |
He was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians on 8 March 1763.He delivered the Gulstonian lectures at the College in 1764 and the Harveian oration in 1768.
He acted as censor in 1764, 1776, and 1782.
On 9 August 1784 he was named an elect. On 5 August 1756, having at that time a license ad practicandum from the university on Cambridge, he was elected a physician to the Middlesex Hospital, and on 21 January 1760 he became physician to St. George's Hospital. The former appointment he resigned in November 1758, the latter in May 1766. In 1787 he was appointed physician to the Prince of Wales. Dr. Warren died at his house on Dover Street on 22 June 1797, leaving a widow, eight sons, and two daughters. He was buried in Kensington parish church on 30 June 1797. Dr. Warren arrived early at the highest medical practice in England, and maintained his supremacy to the last. He was in receipt of a larger income than had been known to accrue from the practice of medicine in the country. He is said to have realized £9,000 a year from the time of the regency in 1788, and he bequeathed to his family upwards of £150,000. But his eminence was the fair reward of exceptional powers of mind, felicity of memory, and solidity of judgement. |
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Elizabeth was born on 13 February 1738, the daughter of Dr. Peter Shaw and Frances Hyde. I have identified the following children. |
Birth of Parents
Richard Born abt 1762 London Sophia Patience Born abt 1763 London Charles Born 19 Mar 1764 London Married Amelia Sloper Elizabeth Prudence Born abt 1764 London Barnard Born abt 1765 London John Born abt 1767 London Married Elizabeth Crooke Henrietta Born abt 1768 London Charlotte Born abt 1770 London Henry Born 4 Sep 1772 London Married Eliza Mason Maria Born abt 1774 London Frederick Born Mar 1775 London; Married Mary Laird Pelham Born 7 Oct 1778 London Married Penelope Shipley
| Richard Warren |
b: 4 Dec 1731 Cavendish, Suffolk son of Dr. Richard Warren (1681-1748) and Priscilla Fenner |
| Elizabeth Shaw |
b: 13 Feb 1738 c: Mar 1738 St. Anne, Soho, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Peter Shaw and Frances Hyde |
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15 Oct 1759 Richard Warren Elizabeth Shaw | Wimbledon, Surrey |
| Richard Warren |
b: abt 1762 c: 2 Feb 1763 St James, Westminster, London son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Sophia Patience Warren |
b: abt 1763 c: 10 Apr 1763 St James, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Charles Warren |
b: abt 1764 c: 17 Apr 1764 St James, Westminster, London 3rd son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw Died 12 Aug 1829, Age 65 |
| Elizabeth Prudence Warren |
b: abt 1764 c: 4 Aug 1764 St James, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Barnard Warren |
b: abt 1765 c: 14 Sep 1765 St James, Westminster, London son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| John Warren |
b: abt 1767 St James, Westminster, London fifth son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Henrietta Warren |
b: abt 1768 c: 19 Dec 1768 St James, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Charlotte Warren |
b: abt 1770 c: 13 Jul 1770 St James, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Henry Warren |
b: 4 Sep 1772 son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Maria Warren |
b: abt 1774 c: 8 Feb 1774 St James, Westminster, London daughter of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Frederick Warren |
b: Mar 1775 son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Pelham Warren |
b: abt 1778 c: 11 Nov 1778 St. James, Westminster, London ninth son of Dr. Richard Warren and Elizabeth Shaw |
| Richard Warren |
Died 22 Jun 1797 Burial 30 Jun 1797 in Kensington parish church |
| On Thursday last, between 10 and 11 at night, Dr. Warren, Physician to his Majesty, at his house in Dover-street. |
| Elizabeth (Shaw) Warren | No Data |