Born on October 2nd, 1839, at Lloran House, Marlborough. He was the son of David Pierce Maurice (qv), who in turn had succeeded his father, other members of the family practising as contemporaries at Reading. He went to Cheltenham School in August, 1856, then to St Mary's Hospital, where he was Hou

Born on October 11th, 1839, at Wolverhampton, where his ancestors dwelt for many generations. He received his education at Brewood Grammar School and in Paris, and in 1856 began serving his apprenticeship to the profession as assistant to J J Hadley, whose extensive practice lay in the Ashted distri