Nathaniel Dimsdale, FRS (11 April 1748 – 3 July 1811), a British physician and MP who received a Barony of the Russian Empire for his work in Russia on smallpox vaccination.
[1] He was the second son of the Quaker Thomas Dimsdale, a Hertfordshire physician, banker, and MP, and was educated at Eton School.
He returned to Russia with his father in 1781 to carry out further inoculations within the Russian royal family.
He became a partner in the family bank of Baron Dimsdale, Sons, Barnard and Staples, established by his father.
His barony lapsed on his death, but that of his father passed down in the family via his elder brother John.