General surgeon Frederic Edward Manby, FRCS LRA JP (19 January 1845 – 1 July 1891), served as Mayor of Wolverhampton, 1888/89.
Along with two of his younger brothers, he attended Epsom College,[2] founded in 1853 to provide a "liberal education" to 100 sons of "duly qualified medical men" for £25 each year.
[3] His younger brother, Alan Reeve Manby, was Surgeon-Apothecary in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales at Sandringham and later Physician Extraordinary.
[1] The youngest of the family, Edward Petronell Manby, rose to become a highly regarded Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health with an unparalleled knowledge of Poor Law medicine.
[4] Frederick Manby died in Guernsey on 1 July 1891 while convalescing from influenza.