Dr Preston King (1862-1943) was the Mayor of Bath in 1913 and 1917–18. Dr King was born in

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on 14 September 1862, and educated at

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. He gained entrance to Cavendish Hall,

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in 1881 and after clinical training at

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, and a brief spell as a ship's surgeon, he was appointed as the resident medical house officer at the

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and assistant physician at the

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(RUH). He married Margaretta Bond in 1898 and served as a

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for Bath City Council, before being appointed as Mayor in 1913.

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Mayors of Bath, Somerset 1863 births 1943 deaths {{England-mayor-stub