David Rowlands (surgeon) explained

Dr. David D. Rowlands, M.D., F.R.S., F.A.S. (1778–1846) was a Welsh naval surgeon, who became the Inspector of H.M. Hospital and Fleets for the Royal Navy.[1] He had the distinction of being the Surgeon for the Royal Navy at Halifax when he treated the wounded of, including Captain Philip Broke, after the renown Capture of USS Chesapeake during the War of 1812.[2] [3] [4] [5] He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Antiquarian Society. He also supported the Governesses' Benevolent Institution in London (1844).[6]

Career

Rowland was born in Llanfihangel Penbedw. On 18 July 1795, Rowlands was assigned to be a surgeon.[7] He was the surgeon on ship Royal William before being posted to Halifax.[8] He became Hospital Surgeon at Halifax on 11 March 1812.[7] He was the surgeon at Halifax when the wounded arrived from the capture of by on 1 June 1813. Captain Broke received a deep cut to his scalp from a sabre. On 6 June Shannon arrived in Halifax and the following day the surgeon of Shannon, Alexander Jack, recorded that Broke was cared for at the house of the Commissioner the Hon. Philip Wodehouse and the care fell upon Dr. Rowland, the Surgeon, Royal Naval Hospital. (He reports that Rowland was assisted by Duncan Clarke.) Rowlands reported:

"I found Broke in a very weak state, with an extensive sabre wound on the side of the head, the brain exposed to view of three inches or more; he was unable to converse save in monosyllables."[9]

Three weeks later at Halifax, 26 June 1813, Broke wrote his wife,

"Dr. Rowland thinks it best not to hurry the closing up of my wound in the head, but it will, I think, be covered in a week more."[5]

In 1819, after Halifax, he was posted to the Chatham Dockyard in January 1820 to 1838 and the Sheerness Dockyard (1831).[10] [11]

On 23 November 1841 he was assigned Inspector of H.R. Hospitals and Fleets.[12] He lived at No. 28 Grosvenor Place until 1845.[13]

Rowlands died at his home No. 57 Wimpole Street, London, and was buried in the tomb of his parents at St. Mary's Church (1846).[6] He also has a tablet to his memory in the church.[14] [15]

Family

He married Esther Hassel at Llanfihangel Penbedw, near Cardigan on 2 May 1812. He then returned with her to Halifax, where he was the Surgeon of the Naval Hospital.[16] She died five years later and he purchased a monument for his wife Esther in the St. Paul's Church (Halifax).[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [16] He married two more times.[24] [25]

He purchased a silver plate for his sister that is in St Llwchaiarn's Church, Llanllwchaiarn (1832).[26]

He was later recorded as a "pluralist", holding two or more pensions or offices, which led to him being recorded in The Black Book Or Corruption Unmasked.[27]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Navy List. Great Britain. Admiralty. 28 April 1845. H.M. Stationery Office. Google Books.
  2. Book: British Naval Swords and Swordsmanship: _. Mark. Barton. John. McGrath. 3 July 2013. Seaforth Publishing. 9781848321359. Google Books.
  3. Web site: James Lawrence, captain, United States navy, commander of the "Chesapeake,". Albert. Gleaves. 28 January 1904. New York [etc.] G.P. Putnam's Sons. Internet Archive.
  4. Web site: Ashore and afloat : the British navy and the Halifax naval yard before 1820. Julian. Gwyn. 28 January 2004. Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press. Internet Archive.
  5. Web site: Admiral Sir P.B.V. Broke, Bart., K.C.B., etc. : a memoir. John George. Brighton. Philip Bowes Vere. Broke. 28 January 1866. London : Sampson Low, son, and Marston. Internet Archive.
  6. Web site: Governesses'Benevolent Institution. Report of the Board of Management for .... 28 January 1845. Edward Brewster. Google Books.
  7. Web site: List of Flag Officers and Other Commissioned Officers. 28 January 1845. Google Books.
  8. Web site: The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. Joyce Gold. Google Books.
  9. Book: Gleaves, Albert . James Lawrence, captain, United States navy, commander of the "Chesapeake," . 1904 . 237 . 15 December 2020 .
  10. Web site: The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News. 28 January 1831. Elsevier. Google Books.
  11. Web site: The Lancet. 28 January 1831. J. Onwhyn. Google Books.
  12. Web site: The Navy List. Great Britain. Admiralty. 28 April 1845. H.M. Stationery Office. Google Books.
  13. Web site: Governesses'Benevolent Institution. Report of the Board of Management for .... 1853. books.google.ca.
  14. Web site: Walks and wanderings in County Cardigan; being a descriptive sketch of its picturesque, historic, antiquarian, romantic and traditional features. Ernest Richmond Horsfall. Turner. 28 January 1902. Bingley, Yorks : Printed for the author by T. Harrison and Sons. Internet Archive.
  15. 30 January 1846 the ‘Pembrokeshire Herald’
  16. Web site: The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects. Joyce Gold. Google Books.
  17. Web site: The Naval chronicle : containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects . 440. 2017-03-10.
  18. Web site: The Naval chronicle : containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects | To Dr Rowlands, On the death of his wife, Naval Chronicle, Vol. 37, p. 497 . 2017-03-10.
  19. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1817. 121. 472. 2017-03-10.
  20. Ashore and Afloat: The British Navy and the Halifax Naval Yard Before 1820 By Julian Gwyn, pp. 50–53
  21. Book: Medical Times. 1846. 13. J. Angerstein Carfrae. 320. 2017-03-10.
  22. Esther Rowlands also has a memorial in St. Paul's Church (Halifax).
  23. Web site: A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1894. Roy Campbell Smith. Edgar Stanton Maclay . 28 January 1894. D. Appleton and company. Internet Archive.
  24. Web site: The Welsh book-plates in the collection of Sir Evan Davies Jones, bart., M. P. of Pentower, Fishguard; a catalogue, with biographical and descriptive notes. Evan Davies. Jones. Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp). Vaughan. 28 January 1920. London : A. L. Humphreys. Internet Archive.
  25. Web site: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1833. books.google.ca.
  26. https://archive.org/details/churchplateofcar00evan/page/69 p.69
  27. Web site: The Black Book Or Corruption Unmasked, Being an Account of Places, Pensions and Sinecures, the Revenues of the Clergy and Landed Aristocracy, the Salaries and Emoluments in Courts of Justice and the Police Department Etc. 28 January 1823. John Faiburn. Google Books.

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