Samuel Wathen

Samuel Wathen, M. D. (c. 1720–1787) was an English physician who practised in London during the Georgian era.

[3] Wathen was admitted to the King's College in Aberdeen, Scotland on the recommendation of Dr. Nicholas Munckley (c. 1721–1770), a physician at Guy's Hospital in London and a member of the Royal Society.

[5] He was also listed on the Royal Kalendar of 1766 as man-midwife to the Queen, which must have been Charlotte, wife of George III, and makes it likely that he attended the Queen when her sons, the future George IV and William IV were born.

[6] Wathen ultimately retired from London to Dorking, Surrey, where his son-in-law, John Eckersall, owned Burford Hall.

[8] There is a painting of Samuel Wathen with his family by the artist George Knapton in the collections of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.