Dr James Muttlebury

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(1775–1832) was a Scottish physician who practised in Jamaica and England. He was a noted amateur botanist.

Life

He was born in 1775, either in Scotland or in

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. He studied Medicine at

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. In 1804 he was working as a military physician in

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in Ireland, and was transferred to Marlborough. In 1814 he was living in

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and practising there. In 1819 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposers were fellow-botanists

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, William Wright, and Hugh Murray. In 1822 he moved to

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as a GP. In 1826 he became a Physician at the United Hospital in Bath. In 1824 he was living at the Edgar Buildings in Bath.Hunts Bath Directory 1824

Family

He married Elizabeth Margaret Rutherford of

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(1788–1869). She died in

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. They had eleven children including Captain James William Muttlebury of Bath who was father to

Stanley Muttlebury Stanley Duff Muttlebury (29 April 1866 – 3 May 1933) was an English rower notable in the annals of rowing (sport), rowing and the Oxford and Cambridge The Boat Race, Boat Race. Parentage Muttlebury was born 29 April 1866 in London, England, ...

References

1775 births 1832 deaths Alumni of the University of St Andrews 19th-century Scottish botanists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{Scotland-med-bio-stub