Belchier, John
(bap. 1706, d. 1785)
- P. B. Austin
- , revised by Michael Bevan
Extract
Belchier, John (bap. 1706, d. 1785), surgeon, the son of James Belchier, innkeeper and bailiff of Kingston, was born at Kingston, Surrey, and was baptized there on 5 March 1706. He entered Eton College as a king's scholar in 1716. On leaving school he was apprenticed to ...