William Preston Lauder
Dr William Preston Lauder FRSE FRCPE FRCSE (1788-1850) was a Scottish physician.
Life
He was born at the family home on Carrubbers Close[1], off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh around 1788 the son of Dr Colin Lauder and one of ten children to his first wife, Margaret Milne.[2] He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh but sent to St Andrews University to study Medicine, rather than Edinburgh University, possibly to avoid any claim of discrimination. He gained his doctorate (MD) in 1809.
He returned to Edinburgh as a physician also acting as Physician-Accoucheur to the Edinburgh New Town Dispensary. At the same time he lectured on Midwifery and the “Diseases of Women and Children” at Surgeon Square.
In 1825 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being a cousin, Thomas Dick Lauder. He resigned in 1839[3] largely due to his relocation to London.
In 1828 he was living at 91 Sloane Street in London but is also noted as having properties in Edinburgh, Cupar, Reading and Wallingford.[4] In June 1831 he was living at 22 Sloane Street, and became embroiled in a forgery case being tried at the Old Bailey where a certain Joseph Backler obtained £5 from Lauder’s shopkeeper neighbour, Eden Bowler, using a cheque in Lauder’s name. Backler was found guilty and sentenced to death, but this was later commuted to imprisonment.[5]
He died at his home at 8 Sloane Street in London on 1 April 1850 (some accounts state 1852). On his death he bequeathed several portraits to his eldest niece.[6]
Family
He married Harriet Dalmer daughter of General Harry Dalmer (and sister of Lt Gen Thomas Dalmer) but they had no children. She died at Sloane Street in February 1861.[7]
References
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1790-92
- ^ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lauder-37
- ^ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
- ^ https://archive.org/details/b21977239
- ^ https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18310630-11
- ^ http://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/pageturner.cfm?id=95427299&mode=transcription
- ^ The Lancet: March 1861
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