Beatty, Sir William (1773?-1842), surgeon

Letters from William Beatty, who attended Nelson at Trafalgar, to Emma, Lady Hamilton (1761?-1815), on his subsequent career. The letters include a notice of Beatty's appointment as Physician to the Channel Fleet in 1806; an appeal for preferment on behalf of George Magrath; and a request for Lady Hamilton's assistance in Beatty's efforts to be made Physician extraordinary to the Prince of Wales.

1806-1811

11 items

Purchased from John Wilson, 1990.

Additional to MS. 5141.

Letters 7 to 11 are in very poor condition and may not be handled.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

Photographs of MS.6242/1 are held by Wellcome Images at L0043361-L0043362