to herself and to her royal infant, the princess Victoria. On the death of Dr. Baillie in 1823, he succeeded to much of the practice of that eminent physician, and thenceforward to his own death in 1835 shared with Sir Henry Halford the best business of the town. The latter fifteen years of Dr. Maton's life, brought such a pressure of professional labour upon him, that it became necessary he should devote many weeks of each autumn to relaxation, and a total abstraction from business. About a year before his death he had become the owner of Redlynch house, near Downton, in Wiltshire, where he spent some time during the autumn. But his health was even then failing, and he died at his house in Spring gardens on the 30th March, 1835.

He was buried at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. A monument with the following inscription was soon afterwards erected to his memory in Salisbury cathedral:

Sacred to the Memory of
WILLIAM GEORGE MATON,
a native of this City.

One of the most eminent physicians of his time in London,
educated at Queen's College, Oxford,

he became Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and was honoured with high medical appointments by his Sovereign and by other branches of the royal family. Distinguished by extensive knowledge

in philosophy, natural history, and British antiquities,
by his various talents,

his private worth,

his mild and unassuming manners,

he acquired the respect and esteem of every rank in society. To his kindred he was affectionate and generous;

to his inferiors uniformly kind and considerate;
in his friendship sincere, warm, and constant;
in his charity liberal, without ostentation;
in religion a real as well as a nominal Christian.
He was born 31st January, 1774.
Died 30th March, 1835.

Buried at the church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London.

"In private life," writes Dr. Paris, from whose elegant memoir of Dr. Maton* I have condensed this no

* A Biographical Sketch of the late W. G. Maton, M.D., Lond.

tice, "no man in his intercourse with society was more agreeable in his manners or more sincere and steady in his friendships; no one more charitable and benevolent in his disposition; his notion of honour was refined to the extent of chivalry; his affection for his relative and kindred was unbounded, and his generosity towards them was only exceeded by the high sense of integrity which occasionally led him to exercise it. Nor should I do his memory full justice were I to pass unnoticed a noble act of beneficence, alike uncommon in the extent of the sacrifice it demanded and in the circumstances which induced it. On the death of his father in 1816, the latter years of whose life had been embittered by protracted bodily sufferings, which had the effect of throwing all his accounts into confusion and arrear, a large unexplained balance was found due from his estate, after applying all his available assets. Dr. Maton's resolution was immediately formed. He prevailed upon every creditor to accept his debt by instalments; and in order that he might faithfully redeem the pledge he had given to them, he annually set apart such a portion of his income as he could spare, after defraying the expenses which were essential to his professional station and appearance. At length he achieved his noble object: he liquidated the debts of his father, and he provided for those who were dependent upon him; but it was through long toil, anxiety, and a secret depression that weighed on his sensitive mind that he accomplished it. I am informed that a sum exceeding 20,000l. was for these purposes expended during his life. It would have been strange had not the citizens of his native place justly and gratefully appreciated so noble an act of honourable disinterestedness, and they recorded their sense of his character by a civic memorial. The mayor and corporation presented him with the freedom of the city in a splendid gold box, bearing the following inscription :

to

WILLIAM GEORGE MATON, M.D.,
F.R.S., F.A.S., F.L.S.,

with the freedom of his native city;

to mark their esteem for his talents and character.

1827."

In concluding his memoir of Dr. Maton, Dr. Paris adds: "No one more anxiously desired to divest his profession of every selfish and sordid consideration. He had early enlisted himself under the banner of truth, and sooner would he have forfeited every chance of promotion than have rested his hopes of success on an unholy alliance with the spirit of delusion. It is true that he treated the prejudices of his patients with indulgence and regard, but his professional advancement was never marked by a mean submission or a servile attention to their wishes, nor by an abject homage to their rank or opulence. He won their confidence by a distinguishing sagacity and a prompt judgment, manifested in a manner at once decisive, but unaffectedly courteous and engaging. He maintained this advantage by the success of his treatment and by the warm and active diligence with which he directed it."

Dr. Maton was an ardent and accomplished botanist, an active fellow and for a long series of years vicepresident of the Linnæan Society, and a frequent contributor to its Transactions. By various members of the Linnæan Society and others has the name of Maton been associated with objects of natural history. To antiquarian researches Dr. Maton also devoted some of his time, and contributed largely to the Salisbury Guide and to Hutchins's excellent History of Dorset. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and was repeatedly elected into the council. He was also a fellow of the Royal Society, and his name appears on the certificate as one of those who proposed Sir Humphrey Davy for that honour. Besides his contributions to the Archæologia, the Philosophical Transactions, and other scientific publications, Dr. Maton was the author of

Observations relative chiefly to the Natural History, picturesque

Scenery and Antiquities of the Western Counties of England. 2 vols. 8vo. Lond. 1797.

Pulteney's View of the Writings of Linnæus, with the Life of the Author. 4to. Lond. 1805.

Dr. Maton's portrait is in the college.

JAMES HAWORTH, M.D., was born in Lancashire, and descended from a family of long standing in that county. After a sound scholastic education, he was entered at Brasenose college, Oxford, and proceeded A.B. 14th June, 1786, A.M. 12th June, 1789. In 1791 he was elected a Radcliffe travelling fellow, when he removed to University college, and as a member of that house graduated M.B. 17th December, 1791, M.D. 21st June, 1793. In accordance with the terms of his fellowship, Dr. Haworth spent some years upon the continent of Europe, and even extended his travels to America, being the first Radcliffe fellow who visited the New World. Returning to England, Dr. Haworth settled in London, was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 12th April, 1802, and a Fellow 4th April, 1803. He was Censor in 1804, 1814, Croonian lecturer in 1813, and Harveian orator in 1816. He was elected physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital 6th August, 1802; and retained that office until his death, which occurred at his house in Red Lion-square 2nd May,

1823.

JAMES FRANCK, M.D., born in London, was educated at Pembroke college, Cambridge, as a member of which he proceeded M.B. 1792, M.D. 1802. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1802, and a Fellow 30th September, 1803. He was Gulstonian lecturer in 1804, and Censor in 1805. Dr. Franck was an army physician, and died at his house in Hertford-street, Mayfair, 27th January, 1843, being then an inspector-general of hospitals.

RICHARD EDWARDS, M.D., was born in Cornwall, and was the third son of Mr. John Edwards, for many years

the managing partner of the Cornish Copper company. He was educated at Pembroke college, Oxford, and graduated B.C.L. 15th April, 1795; but then changing his line, proceeded A.B. 10th March, 1801; A.M. 19th June, 1801; M.B. 13th May, 1802; and M.D. 14th May, 1802. He was admitted a Candidate of the College of Physicians 30th September, 1802, a Fellow 30th September, 1803, and was Censor in 1805. Dr. Edwards was an accomplished chemist, and for a time was lecturer on that science at St. Bartholomew's hospital. He returned to his native county about the year 1808, and from that time to his death resided at Falmouth. He died on the 12th September, 1827. Dr. Edwards "united great natural talents and the most varied acquirements. He excelled as a chemist and practical mechanic. His habits were active, industrious, and benevolent; his manners mild and unassuming, and in private life there was a playfulness in his demeanour which endeared him to all his associates."*

JOHN EDMONDS STOCK, M.D., was for some time at Exeter college, Oxford, but having conscientious scruples as to subscription, he left the university without taking any degree. He obtained a degree of doctor of medicine, but from what university I have not been able to discover, and was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 5th December, 1803. He practised at Bristol, where his secession in 1816 from the unitarians, with whom he had allied himself, occasioned a great sensation, and led to a correspondence which was made public at the time. Dr. Stock died at the house of his brother-in-law at Tewkesbury, in October, 1835, aged sixty-one. He was the author of

Medical Collections on the Effects of Cold as a remedy in certain Diseases. 8vo. Lond. 1805.

Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Beddoes, M.D., with an analytical account of his writings. 4to. Lond. 1811.

* Gent. Mag., vol. xcvii, pt. 2, p. 471.