dinary skill in its adaptation to the special requirements of the case before him. His doses of medicine are said to have been large, but they were administered with a confidence and success which afforded ample proof of his sagacity and their correctness. Dr. Vaughan married Hester, the second daughter of William Smalley, esq., alderman of Leicester, by Elizabeth, daughter of sir Richard Halford, bart., of Wistow, co. Leicester. He had six sons, viz. :— 1. James, who died 29th May, 1788, in the twentythird year of his age. 2. Sir Henry Halford, bart., G.C.H. M.D., President of the College of Physicians, to be mentioned in a subsequent page. 3. The Right Honourable Sir John Vaughan, knt., one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, a privy councillor, D.C.L., &c., &c. 4. The Very Reverend Peter Vaughan, D.D., dean of Chester, and warden of Merton college, Oxford. 5. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, G.C.H., formerly envoy extraordinary to the United States of America, and a privy councillor. 6. The Reverend Edward Vaughan, vicar of St. Martin's, Leicester, and the author of several valuable publications on religious subjects. To each of these Dr. Vaughan gave a most liberal education. When his sons attained the age at which their education should commence, Dr. Vaughan had already acquired a moderate competency, and he determined for the future to apply the whole of his annual professional receipts to their education, trusting that they would reap the harvest by success in their respective professions. All his sons were educated at Rugby, and five of them received a complete university education-the four elder at Oxford, and the youngest at Cambridge. The gratitude of his sons for this act of self-denial and confidence in their exertions was unbounded; and Sir Henry Halford, 'in a biographical sketch of his brother, Mr. Justice Vaughan, thus feelingly expressed himself: "All the sons of the late Dr. Vaughan, of Leicester, acknowledge with deep and sincere gratitude their father's generosity, as well as his prudence in resolving as he did to lay out the annual produce of his profession in affording them the advantage of a liberal education, whereby they might be enabled to make their own fortunes, rather than to accumulate resources not to be made available for any purposes of theirs until his death. He sent four of them therefore to Oxford when they had left Rugby school, and the youngest subsequently to Cambridge-and not one of them asked or received further pecuniary assistance from him after he had finished his education, and commenced his own efforts to provide for himself. The success of these brothers in their several callings, with the distinctions acquired by each of them, has abundantly justified their parent's sagacity and his liberality, and we record the anecdote with pleasure, as furnishing a good and useful example of the result of so much prudence and so generous a self-denial." I may add, that Dr. Vaughan survived not only to be a witness of the success and eminence of Sir Henry Halford, but to receive from him for several years an annuity of 300l. in augmentation of his own pecuniary resources. Dr. Vaughan died at Leicester on the 19th August, 1813, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He was buried at Wistow, where a tablet, erected by Sir Henry Halford, commemorates him thus: Sacred to the memory of JAMES VAUGHAN, M.D. and of Hester his wife, James Vaughan was descended from a respectable family in and practised physic in Leicester about forty years, with that facility and success which a quick perception, a sound judgment, and a perfect knowledge of the resources of his art were calculated to command. He died Aug. the 19th, 1813, in the 75th year of his age. HESTER VAUGHAN was the second daughter of William Smalley, esq. of Leicester, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir Richard Halford, bart. of this place, and was one of the gentlest and most amiable of women. of Sir Charles Halford, bart. the last male heir of the Halfords, Henry, eldest surviving son of James and Hester Vaughan, succeeded to the possessions of that ancient and loyal family. A portrait of Dr. Vaughan is in the great hall of the mansion at Wistow. The doctor was the author of— Cases and Observations on the Hydrophobia, with an account of the Cæsarian Section, &c. 8vo. Leicester. 1778. SIR EDWARD BARRY, BART., M.D., was admitted a scholar of Trinity college, Dublin, in 1716, proceeded A.B. in 1717, and on the 25th April, 1718, being then twenty-two years of age, was entered on the physic line at Leyden, where he graduated doctor of medicine in 1719 (Ď.M.İ. de Nutritione). He proceeded M.B. at Trinity college, Dublin, in the spring of 1740; M.D. 8th July, 1740. He practised for some time in Dublin. He was admitted a fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians 26th July, 1740, was Censor of that body in 1740, 1741, 1750, 1751, President 1749, and Treasurer 1750. On the 18th May, 1761, he requested permission to resign his fellowship, when he was placed on the list of honorary fellows. He was incorporated at Oxford on his Dublin degree 30th June, 1761, and the same day received from the university a licence to practise. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians of London 30th September, 1761; a Fellow, 30th September, 1762, and was Censor in 1763. He was created a baronet about the year 1775, and died on the 27th March, 1776. Sir Edward Barry was a fellow of the Royal Society, physician-general to the forces in Ireland, and professor of physic in the university of Dublin. His eldest son, Sir Nathaniel Barry, bart., M.D., was a distinguished physician in Dublin. A fine portrait of him by Sir Joshua Reynolds is in the King and Queen's College of Physicians. Sir Edward Barry was the author of A Treatise on the three different Digestions and Discharges of the Human Body, and the Diseases of their principal organs. 8vo. Lond. 1759. Observations, Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients, and the Analogy between them and the Modern Wines. 4to. Lond. 1775. SIR JOHN ELLIOT, BART., M.D., was of obscure parentage, and was born at Peebles, in Scotland. After a tolerable education, he became the assistant to an apothecary in London, and then went to sea as surgeon of a privateer. Being fortunate in obtaining prize-money, he determined on practising in London as a physician. He obtained a degree of doctor of medicine from the university of St. Andrew's 6th November, 1759; and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1762. Assisted by the patronage of Sir William Duncan, M.D., he soon got into good business, and is said to have acquired a professional income of 5,000l. a year. He was knighted in 1776, an honour which is supposed to have been due to the influence of lord Sackville and Madam Schwellenberg. He was intimate with persons of rank as well as with of the first literary characters of the metropolis, and was countenanced by the heir-apparent to the crown, who appointed him one of his physicians in ordinary. He was subsequently created a baronet.* He died 7th November, 1786, and was the author of Philosophical Observations on the Senses of Vision and Hearing. 8vo. Lond. 1780. many It is of Sir John Elliot that the following anecdote is recorded: "When lord G. Germain requested George III. to confer the title of baronet on Elliot who had never been a favourite of the king, his Majesty manifested much unwillingness, saying at length, But if I do he shall not be my physician.' 'No, sire,' replied his lordship, he shall be your Majesty's baronet and my physician.' This excited the royal smile, and the title was conferred." Essays on Physiological Subjects. 8vo. Lond. 1780. Address to the Public on a subject of the utmost importance to Health. 8vo. Lond. 1780. A complete Collection of the Medical and Philosophical Works of John Fothergill, M.D., with an Account of his Life and Occasional Notes. 8vo. Lond. 1781. The Medical Pocket Book. 18mo. Lond. 1781. An Account of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland. 8vo. Lond. 1781. Elements of the Branches of Natural Philosophy connected with Medicine. 8vo. Lond. 1782. WILKINSON BLANSHARD, M.D., was the son of Wilkinson Blanshard, of York, attorney-at-law, and was baptized at St. Mary's, Castlegate, in that city, 1st February, 1733-4. He was admitted a pensioner of Queen's college, Cambridge, 4th July, 1751, and as a member of that house proceeded M.B. 1756; M.D. 30th July, 1761. Admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1761; and a Fellow 22nd December, 1762; he was Censor in 1765, and Harveian orator in 1766. He was elected physician to St. George's hospital 27th May, 1766, and retained that office until his death, which occurred on the 5th January, 1770. THOMAS DAWSON, M.D., was the son of Eli Dawson, who was the youngest son of the Rev. Joseph Dawson, of Thornton, co. York, ejected under the Act of Uniformity in 1662. He was educated as a dissenting minister, and for some time performed the duties of that office at a meeting-house in the Gravel Pit at Hackney. Devoting himself, however, to the study of physic, he graduated doctor of medicine at Glasgow 8th June, 1753 (D.M.I. de Aquis Mineralibus Medicatis); and was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 22nd December, 1762. In his new capacity of physician, he was called to attend Miss Corbett, of Hackney. He found the lady one day sitting alone, piously and pensively musing upon the Bible, when by some strange accident his eyes were directed to the |