John Coakley Lettsom MD (1744 - 1815)

Born 22 Nov 1744 in Little Jost Van Dyke Island, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean

Husband of Ann (Miers) Lettsom — married 31 Jul 1770 in Devonshire Square, London, England

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1815 at age 70 in Sambrook Court, Basinghall Street, London, England

Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Lettsom MD is Notable.

Dr. John Coakley Lettsom M.D. (1744–1815) was the son of Edward Lettsom, plantation owner, and his wife, Mary née Coakley.
He was born in Little Jost Van Dyke Island, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean.
He lived at Grove Hill, Camberwell, Surrey & Grace Church Street, London, Middlesex.

"John Coakley Lettsom (1744 – 1 November 1815, sometimes spelt Lettsome) was an English physician and philanthropist born on Little Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands into an early Quaker settlement there. He was the son of a West Indian planter and an Irish mother. He grew up to be an abolitionist. He founded the Medical Society of London in 1773, convinced that a combined membership of physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries would prove productive. The Society, the oldest such in the United Kingdom, remains as a forum for all branches of medicine, housed in London's medical community at Lettsome House, Chandos Street, near Cavendish Square. Lettsom was its mainstay, as its founder, president (1775–1776, 1784–1785, 1808–1811 and 1813–1815) and benefactor."

Death and burial

He died aged 71 on the 1 Nov 1815 and was buried on the 7 Nov 1815 at the Friends' burial ground, Little Coleman Street, Bunhill Row, London.


For a full biography please go to: John Coakley Lettsom

Sources

The Peerage.com (M, #691991)

ODNB John Coakley Lettsom

Wikipesia John Coakley Lettsom

John Coakley Lettson Dr. & Scholar of Little Jost Van Dyke

England & Wales, Society of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841 Transcription
First name(s) John Coakley
Last name Lettsom
Age 71
Birth year 1744
Death year 1815
Death date 01 Nov 1815
Burial year 1815 Burial date 07 Nov 1815
Burial county as transcribed London, Middlesex
Meeting place London, Middlesex
Quarterly meeting London, Middlesex
County London, Middlesex
Country England
Archive reference RG6/957
Description LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Burials
Record set England & Wales, Society of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841