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WILLIS, ROBERT DARLING. Adm. pens. (age 17) at CAIUS, Jan. 21, 1778. S. of the Rev. Francis (Lincoln College, Oxford, 1734), M.D., of Greatford, Lincolnshire . [physician to George III and proprietor of a private lunatic asylurn at Greatford] (and Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Curtois, of Branston, Lincolnshire .). School, Westminster. Matric. Lent, 1780; Scholar; M.B. 1783; M.D. 1789. Fellow, 1790-21. F.R.C.P., 1798; Censor, 1800 and 1809. Physician-in-ordinary to the King. Author, Philosophical Sketches of the Principles of Society and Government . Died, unmarried, May 23, 1821. Brother of Thomas (1774); father of Robert (1821). ( Record of Old Westminsters; Venn, II. 101; Al. Oxon. ; Munk, II. 464.) | Robert Darling WILLIS Approx. lifespan: 17611821 pens. aged 17 Gonville & Caius College adm1778:01:21 s. of Rev. Francis WILLIS ( Lincoln College [Oxford] (1734), MD of Greatford, Lincolnshire , [ Physician to: : George, < > III , and proprietor of a private lunatic asylum Greatford, [Lincolnshire], (and Mary CURTOIS dau. of Rev. John CURTOIS of Branston, Lincolnshire , ) Sch: Westminster School Westminster, [London], Matric 1780:01LT: Scholar MB 1783 MD 1789 Fellow 1790-21 FRCP 1798 Censor: 1800, and 1809 Physician: -in-ordinary to the King. Publ.: Philosophical Sketches of the Principles of Society and Government d., unmarried 1821:05:23 brother of Thomas WILLIS (1774) father of Robert WILLIS (1821) ( Record of Old Westminsters; Venn II. 101; Al. Oxon. ; Munk, II. 464) [add:]B. 1760:05:18 at Westminster, [London], [:add] [add:]Practised as a physician at Tenderten Street, London , [:add] [add:]Although stated to have been unmarried, Mary Willis, of Marylebone, London , , is believed to have been his wife[:add] [add:]Two children, described as illegitimate, Robert (1821) and Mary, wife of John WILLIS Clark[:add] [add:]Will proved, London , [:add] [add:]H.J. Willis[:add] |