The eldest of the six sons and two daughters born to Commander Robert John Fayrer, RN, and Agnes, his wife. One of his brothers was Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bart (qv). George Fayrer was educated at Guy's Hospital, and practised for a short time at Barking in Essex. He moved to Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshir

Born at Lynn. He was articled, it is believed, to Mr Morris, surgeon, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, and after qualifying returned to his native town, where he was elected House Surgeon to the Lynn Dispensary, continuing in this office till the institution was dissolved. He then became partner with Tho

Studied at University College Hospital and practised at 16 Cornwall Place, Holloway; at 35 Compton Terrace, and then at 181 Holloway Road, N, where he was in partnership with G H Cresswell Cooper. He was Master of the Apothecaries' Society in 1851. He retired to Ebberly House, Roborough, Torrington,

Came of a family which had as an ancestor Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter, founder of the Oldham Blue Coat School. He was apprenticed to John Boutflower, of Greengate, Salford, and studied at Manchester Infirmary, in London, and at Paris. He practised at Adelphi Terrace, Salford, for twenty years, unt

Born on board the flagship of Admiral Hayes, off the island of Java, the eldest son of Colonel Charles Thomas Higgins of the HEIC, then on shore at the time, leading his regiment in the storming of Batavia when it was taken from the French. Hence his second name Hayes. After a succession of schools