Born on May 21st, 1794, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon of the Coldstream Guards on February 10th, 1814. He was present with his regiment at the Battle of Waterloo, and was on half pay from 1819-1825. On September 4th, 1836, he was promoted Surgeon to his regiment; on March 16th, 1838, Surgeon Ma

Was one of the twenty children of Thomas Verney Okes, Surgeon to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, a medical author in extensive practice. John Okes's brother, Dr Richard Okes (d1888), was Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and editor of *Musae Etonienses* (new series 1796-1833). John Okes was