James Muttlebury Explained

Dr James Muttlebury FRSE (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 Northern Ireland. He studied Medicine at St Andrews University.^[1]

In 1804 he was working as a military physician in Athlone in Ireland, and was transferred to Marlborough.^[2]

In 1814 he was living in Jamaica and practising there.^[3]

In 1819 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were fellow-botanists Robert Jameson, William Wright, and Hugh Murray.^[4]

In 1822 he moved to Bath 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.^[5]

Family

He married Elizabeth Margaret Rutherford of Kingston, Jamaica (1788–1869). She died in Canada.^{[6] [7]}

They had eleven children including Captain James William Muttlebury of Bath^[8] who was father to Stanley Muttlebury.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Munks Roll Details for James Muttlebury. munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. 2017-10-26.
2. Book: The Gentleman's Magazine. 1803. 93. F. Jeffries. 2017-10-26.
3. The Gentlemen's and Citizens Almanack 1814
4. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X. 25 October 2017. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf. dead.
5. Hunts Bath Directory 1824
6. Web site: Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership. ucl.ac.uk. 2017-10-26.
7. Web site: Elizabeth Margaret Muttlebury (Rutherford) (b. - 1869) - Genealogy. geni.com. 21 February 2015 . 2017-10-26.
8. Web site: Correspondence and printed papers received by Francis Henry Dickinson.. somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk. 2017-10-26.
9. Web site: James William Muttlebury (1821 - 1887) - Genealogy. geni.com. 28 July 2017 . 2017-10-26.