Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet

[1] He became a successful physician, and his clients included the family of King George II.

[2] The second son of Robert Wilmot and Joyce, daughter of William Sacheverell of Staunton, Leicestershire, he was born at his father's seat of Chaddesden near Derby on 29 October 1693.

In March 1751, with Matthew Lee, he attended Frederick, Prince of Wales, in his last illness; and does not seem to have anticipated his death.

On the death of George II, Wilmot, with John Ranby, acquainted George III with two wishes which the late king had confided to them: that his body should be embalmed with a double quantity of perfumes, and that it should be laid close to that of the queen.

[4] Wilmot became physician in ordinary to George III in 1760, left London next year, and lived in Nottingham; but then moved to Herringston in Dorset, where he died on 21 November 1786.

He was succeeded in his baronetcy by his son, Robert Mead Wilmot, and had also two daughters, Ann(e) and Jane, who both married.