Baber, John, 1625-1704

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Baber, John, 1625-1704

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        1625-1704

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        BABER, SIR JOHN, son of John Baber MP, Recorder of Wells, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Walrond, Isle Brewers, Somerset; b. 18 Apr 1625; adm.; KS 1640; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1642, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA and MB 1646; MD Angers 1648 (incorp. Oxford 18 Jul 1650); ejected from his studentship at Christ Church by the Parliamentary Visitors for refusing to appear before them 1648; practised medicine in King Street, Covent Garden; FRCP 17 Aug 1657; Physician to Charles II Jun 1660 - Oct 1675; knighted 19 Mar 1660/1; satirized by John Donne (qv) in the Humble Petition of Covent Garden against Dr John Baber, 1661; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to Charles II, appointed 1679, and to James II, appointed 1685; one of the original trustees of the will of Richard Busby (qv); m. 1st, (by 1653) Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Richards, Kt., Yaverland, Isle of Wight; m. 2nd, lic. to m. 1 Aug 1674, Anne, Viscountess Bayning, widow of Henry Murray, Groom of the Chamber to Charles I, and dau. of Paul, 1st Viscount Bayning; m. 3rd, 15 Feb 1680/1 Bridget, widow of Charles Needham, 4th Viscount Kilmorey (I), and of Sir John Shaw, Bart., and dau. of Sir William Drury, Besthorpe, Norfolk; buried St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 3 Apr 1704. DNB.

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        GB-2014-WSA-02410

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        International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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        Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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            Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

            The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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