His parents were the philosopher Francis Hutcheson and his wife Mary (née Wilson)[1] His father was appointed to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow in 1729, necessitating a family move.
William Leechman, this task was completed in 1755 with the publishing of A System of Moral Philosophy, dedicated to Edward Synge[5][6] Francis Hutcheson was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin in January 1754 and was appointed to the Meath Hospital.
Hutchison) was one of 49 physicians and chirurgeons who declared their public support for the construction of a Publick Bath in Dublin in May 1771 and named Achmet Borumborad as a well qualified individual for carrying such a scheme into existence.
[10] Francis Hutcheson was a keen violinist, and is probably the "Dr Hutchinson" who was a founder member of the Musical Academy, founded by Lord Mornington in Dublin in 1757 in whose orchestra he played violin.
There is also a "Dr Hutchinson" (one of four "Gentlemen of Approved Taste") listed as a member of an organising committee for fundraising concerts in aid of the Rotunda Hospital.
[13] The Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Catch Club awarded prizes to three of his works: As Colin One Evening (1771), Jolly Bacchus (1772), and Where Weeping Yews (1773).
[14] The Grove Dictionary (1900) describes Hutcheson as producing "many vocal compositions of considerable merit" and says that his "beautiful madrigal, 'Return, return, my lovely maid,' is universally admired".