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.