Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1693 to 1786) was a surgeon and physician to both George II and George III of Great Britain. Born on 29 October 1693 at his father's seat of Chaddesden near Derby, he studied at St John's College, Cambridge, taking his B.A. in 1714, his M.A. in 1718 and his M.D. in 1725. He was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians in 1725 and elected a fellow in 1726, practised in London, served as physician to St Thomas's Hospital, and in 1740 was appointed physician-general to the army. He became physician extraordinary to George II in 1737 and physician in ordinary in 1742, and later physician in ordinary to George III in 1760. In 1739 he is recorded as having preserved the life of Lady Catharine Pelham by lancing her throat. He died at Herringston in Dorset on 21 November 1786.