Dr. Horatio Girdlestone, M.D.

Extensive FS family tree - profile here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KL1V-K43

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Name: Horatio Girdlestone
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 09 Feb 1820
Event Place: Hetherset, Norfolk, England
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Henry Girdlestone
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Ann
Baptism record gives father's occupation as "clerk" (document available on FS).
"England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27CX-TRM : 27 December 2014), Henry Girdlestone in entry for Horatio Girdlestone, 09 Feb 1820; citing Christening, Hetherset, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Central Library, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,471,055.

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1841 Census, living at Landford Rectory - see attachment. (Horatio is medical student; father Henry is a clergyman; brother Henry is a surgeon.).
"England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73Y-9MJ : 13 December 2017), Horatio Girdlestone in household of Henry Girdlestone, Landford, Wiltshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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Qualification (MRCS) 1842; LSA 1841.
(See Wikipedia: "...those who had qualifications in both medicine and surgery was taken to require diplomas from different organisations, it became customary to take both the Licence of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) and the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS)."

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1851 Census, at Albion St, Stoke-upon-Trent, married to Ellen.

NOTE: The children are on a separate census record. See Fenella's profile and attachments. Horatio Girdlestone Head M 31 Hethensalt, Norfolk
Ellen Girdlestone Wife F 33 Birmingham, Norfolk
"England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLB-321 : 10 November 2017), Horatio Girdlestone, Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England; citing Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, p. 7, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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From Ancestry: UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942 for Horatio Girdlestone, The London and Provincial Medical Directory, 1850:: MRCS 1842; LSA 1841; Surg. of the Bucknall Distr., Stoke-upon-Trent.

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The family must have moved from Stoke-upon-Trent to Wangford between August 1854 and 1858.
Horatio qualifes from St Andrew's University (Fife, Scotland) in 1858.
Various medical and other directories show him as being a surgeon in Wangford in 1859, 1865, 1867 and 1869.
1868 Registered on the electoral roll for Wangford.
(See various attachments under Sources.)

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1860 - extract from The Southwold Diary of James Maggs 1818-1876 Volume II gives details at an inquest into the suicide of the Rev. William French, incumbent of Wangford and Vicar of Reydon, aged 51, in which Horatio is mentioned as the man's doctor. (See attached.)

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1861 Census - at London Road, Wangford (see attachment and timeline) - surname incorrectly transcribed as Gundlash on FS. Shows occupation as: M D St Andrews M R C L L Gen Practitioner.
"England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7DJ-NR8 : 11 December 2017), Horatio Gundlash, Wangford, Suffolk, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

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1869 - Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk (Pt 3: Suffolk). Entry for Wangford (see attached) gives history, description of services, pop. 701 in 1861. Lists Horatio as surgeon.

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UK & Ireland, Medical Directories, 1845-1942 for Horatio Girdlestone; The Medical Directory 1870. *Girdlstone, Horatio, Wangford, Suff. MD St. And. 1858; MRCS Eng. 1842; LSA 1841 (* might denote retired?).

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1871 Census - at The Hurst, Andover, Hants. Further qualified as LACL (incorrectly transcribed as LAEL - but not discovered what this qualification was), not practising.
"England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF63-GGV : 10 December 2017), Horatio Girdlestone, 1871.
(Of some historical interest - Medical qualifications in 19th C England (student paper).

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1881 Census, at Burnford House, Bramshaw, Hants, retired, with wife, 3 daughters and youngest son Henry Clapcott (18)
"England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q274-PFB9 : 13 December 2017), Horatio Girdlestone, Bramshaw, Hampshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 1, Piece/Folio 1202/72, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,546.

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1891 Census, at Lymington, now widowed, with 3 daughters and Henry C.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4QF5-KZM : 11 December 2017), Horatio Girdlestone, Lymington, Hampshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Hampshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

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Horatio Girdlestone (1819-1894) MD Born in Hethersett, Norfolk at the end of 1819 and Christened on 9 Feb 1820, was the son of Henry Girdlestone (1785-1871) and Elizabeth Anne Bolton (1790-1861). He married Ellen Catherine Bolton (c.1817-1891) on 12 Dec 1844 in Norfolk. They had five sons and three daughters.

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References, Sources and further Reading

https://landfordhistory.wordpress.com/appendix-1-families-of-landford/ - click on Appendix I for PDF (or try from the menu at the archived version).

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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haslatter/history/bowdens/... gives basic dates, relationships, etc. as well as this:
Census: 1841 at Rectory, Landford, Wiltshire Occupation: 1841 Medical Student 5
Census: 1851 in Albion Street, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire Occupation: 1851 General Practitioner MRCS 6
Census: 1861 in London Road, Wangford, Suffolk Occupation: 1861 MD (St Andrews) MRCSL & General Practitioner
Census: 1871 at The Hurst, Andover, Hampshire Occupation: 1871 MD, MRCSL & LACL, not practising 7
Census: 1881 at Burnford House, Bramshaw, Hampshire Occupation: 1881 Retired Doctor (M D) 2
Census: 1891 at Woodend, Lymington, Hampshire

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