Richard Warren (physician)

Born at Cavendish, Suffolk on 4 December 1731, he was the third son of Dr. Richard Warren (1681–1748), archdeacon of Suffolk and rector of Cavendish, by his wife Priscilla (died 1774), daughter of John Fenner; he was the younger brother of John Warren the bishop.

Warren entered Jesus College, Cambridge in 1748,[1] shortly after the death of his father.

On obtaining a fellowship his inclination directed him to the law, chance made him a physician.

Sir Edward Wilmot, then physician to the court, recommended Warren to assist him in attending on Princess Amelia.

[1] In 1787 Warren was appointed physician to the Prince of Wales, who sent him to attend the king during his first period of 'madness' in 1788–89.

His medical career then brought financial rewards not previously seen in England.

[2] Warren's paper on bronchial polypus, and an essay on the Colica Pictonum, were published in the Transactions of the College of Physicians.