| Clement Hue | |
| Birth Place: | Jersey, Channel Islands[1] |
| Death Date: | (aged 82) |
| Death Place: | St Giles, London |
| Occupation: | Physician |
Clement Hue (1779 – 23 June 1861)[2] was a British physician.[3]
Clement Hue was baptised at St Helier, Jersey on 12 May 1779, the son of Jean Hue and his wife Anne Dolbel.[4] He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School). He later studied at Pembroke College, Oxford where he was a scholar and fellow and gained a D.Med.[5]
He was physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital, Christ's Hospital, and to the Foundling Hospital from 1815–1837 and Vice President of the latter from 1847–1861 and M.I. Chapel of Foundling Hospital.[5] He was a fellow and Registrar of the Royal College of Physicians from 1815–1824.[5] [6] and served as one of the RCP's Commissioners for Madhouses.
He gave the Harveian Oration in 1829.[7]
He married Lucy Berkeley at Writtle, Essex on 5 December 1811.[8] Their sons, Rev. Clement Berkeley Hue (1812 - 1893) and barrister Corbet Hue (1817 - 1904) were baptised respectively in 1812 and 1818 at St Pancras Old Church, London.[9]
He died at 9 Bedford Square, London on 23 June 1861 aged 82[10] and was buried at the Foundling Hospital Chapel beside his wife Lucy (1783 - 1851).[11]