Richard Brocklesby

Richard Brocklesby (11 August 1722 – 11 December 1797), an English physician, was born at Minehead, Somerset.

He was educated at Ballitore, in Ireland, where Edmund Burke was one of his school fellows, studied medicine at Edinburgh, and finally graduated at Leiden in 1745.

He succeeded John Pringle as Surgeon General of the British Army in 1758, and served in Germany during part of the Seven Years' War, and on his return settled down to practice in London.

[1] In 1764 he published Œconomical and Medical Observations, which contained suggestions for improving the hygiene of army hospitals.

He died on 11 December 1797 aged 75, leaving his house and part of his fortune to his grandnephew, Dr. Thomas Young.