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William Milligan

Family Name: Milligan Variant Spellings:

Given Names: William

DOB 1 February 1795
DOD 2 September 1851

Place of Birth: Cavan, Ireland
Place of Death: London, England

Age at Death: 56

School:
University:

Qualifications: MD Edinburgh 1822
Speciality: Military surgeon

Other Occupations:

Spouse: Elizabeth Sybil Lane m.1823 London, England

Children: Anna Jane b.1825 London, England (Kenton)
Elizabeth Sybil b.1826 London, England (Kenton)
Margaret Grace b.1828 London, England (Kenton)
William Lane b.1830 Perth, WA (Kenton)
Harriet Wilhelmenia b.1832 Perth, WA (Kenton)
Maria b.1834 Fremantle, WA (Kenton)
William John Lane b.1836 Madras, India (Kenton)

Voyages: "Wanstead" from London arr. Swan River 30 January 1830
"Merope" dep. Swan River for Madras 18 April 1834

Came out as: Army surgeon

Date Settled Aus: 1830
Date of Departure:

First Registered:
Off Register:

Addresses: Ireland 1816-1818 (Kenton)
Mauritius (Isle of France) 1819-1821 (Brine, Kenton)
London, England 1820s (marriage, obituary)
Western Australia 1830 (shipping record)
Fremantle, WA 1834 (Erickson)
Madras, India 1834, 1836 (shipping record, son born)
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England 1847 (Brine)

Positions Held: Hospital Assistant 1813 (Johnston)
Assistant Surgeon 82nd Regiment 1814, 60th 1822 (Johnston, Kenton)
Physician, Royal Universal Infirmary for Children, London 1825 (Kenton)
Physician, Middlesex Infirmary, London 1829 (Kenton)
Assistant Surgeon 63rd Regiment 1829 (Johnston, Kenton)
Surgeon 17th Regiment 1839, 76th 1840 (Johnston, Kenton)
Surgeon to 6th Inniskillen Dragoons 1844 (Johnston, Kenton)

Publications: Paper on Cholera Edinburgh Medical Journal 1821 (Brine)
Case of hypertrophia cordis. London Medical and Physical Journal 1827 (Kenton)
Cases of physconia hepatica. Monthly Journal of Foreign Medicine 1828 (Kenton)
Climate and diseases of the Swan River. Medico- Chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine 1837
Climate and diseases of Van Diemen's Land. Journal of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, Vol VIII, Part 1, 1836, Appendices IX, X, XI (referenced in Cumpston)

Notes: Established colonial hospital, Perth in 1830
Granted 2060 acres in December 1830
Retired from the Army on half pay 1847 (Kenton)
The obituary stating he went to NSW is incorrect (refs)

Acknowledgments: This record was updated in March 2009 with information from Christine Laskowski of Essendon, Vic, and in April 2022 with information from Sally Kenton

References: Johnston W. Roll of commissioned officers in the Medical Service of the British army. Aberdeen, 1917 [MD Ed 1822 died London 2 Sept 1851]
Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, 1987 [MD Surgeon 63rd Regiment, arr. "Wanstead" 30 January 1830, land grant, etc]
Brine J. Looking for Milligan. The Milligan Society, 1991 [born Cavan 1795, married Elizabeth Sybil Lane at Marylebone 1823, practised London, etc]
Obituary. Medical Directory 1852 [died 2 September 1851, lectured 24 years ago at dispensary in Great Putney Street, then with regiment to NSW][but see notes]
Cumpston JHL. Public Health In Australia Part II The Second Period 1830 to 1850. MJA 1931 i: 594
Shipping intelligence. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 26 April 1834 [Dr. Milligan and family on "Merope" for Madras via Mauritius]

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last updated 06-04-2022

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William Milligan
Family Name:	Milligan	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	William

DOB	1 February 1795	DOD	2 September 1851
Place of Birth:	Cavan, Ireland	Place of Death:	London, England
Age at Death:	56

School:		University:
Qualifications:	MD Edinburgh 1822	Speciality:	Military surgeon
Other Occupations:

Spouse:	Elizabeth Sybil Lane m.1823 London, England
Children:	Anna Jane b.1825 London, England (Kenton) Elizabeth Sybil b.1826 London, England (Kenton) Margaret Grace b.1828 London, England (Kenton) William Lane b.1830 Perth, WA (Kenton) Harriet Wilhelmenia b.1832 Perth, WA (Kenton) Maria b.1834 Fremantle, WA (Kenton) William John Lane b.1836 Madras, India (Kenton)

Voyages:	"Wanstead" from London arr. Swan River 30 January 1830 "Merope" dep. Swan River for Madras 18 April 1834
Came out as:	Army surgeon
Date Settled Aus:	1830	Date of Departure:
First Registered:		Off Register:
Addresses:	Ireland 1816-1818 (Kenton) Mauritius (Isle of France) 1819-1821 (Brine, Kenton) London, England 1820s (marriage, obituary) Western Australia 1830 (shipping record) Fremantle, WA 1834 (Erickson) Madras, India 1834, 1836 (shipping record, son born) Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England 1847 (Brine)

Positions Held:	Hospital Assistant 1813 (Johnston) Assistant Surgeon 82nd Regiment 1814, 60th 1822 (Johnston, Kenton) Physician, Royal Universal Infirmary for Children, London 1825 (Kenton) Physician, Middlesex Infirmary, London 1829 (Kenton) Assistant Surgeon 63rd Regiment 1829 (Johnston, Kenton) Surgeon 17th Regiment 1839, 76th 1840 (Johnston, Kenton) Surgeon to 6th Inniskillen Dragoons 1844 (Johnston, Kenton)
Publications:	Paper on Cholera Edinburgh Medical Journal 1821 (Brine) Case of hypertrophia cordis. London Medical and Physical Journal 1827 (Kenton) Cases of physconia hepatica. Monthly Journal of Foreign Medicine 1828 (Kenton) Climate and diseases of the Swan River. Medico- Chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine 1837 Climate and diseases of Van Diemen's Land. Journal of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta, Vol VIII, Part 1, 1836, Appendices IX, X, XI (referenced in Cumpston)
Notes:	Established colonial hospital, Perth in 1830 Granted 2060 acres in December 1830 Retired from the Army on half pay 1847 (Kenton) The obituary stating he went to NSW is incorrect (refs)
Acknowledgments:	This record was updated in March 2009 with information from Christine Laskowski of Essendon, Vic, and in April 2022 with information from Sally Kenton
References:	Johnston W. Roll of commissioned officers in the Medical Service of the British army. Aberdeen, 1917 [MD Ed 1822 died London 2 Sept 1851] Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, 1987 [MD Surgeon 63rd Regiment, arr. "Wanstead" 30 January 1830, land grant, etc] Brine J. Looking for Milligan. The Milligan Society, 1991 [born Cavan 1795, married Elizabeth Sybil Lane at Marylebone 1823, practised London, etc] Obituary. Medical Directory 1852 [died 2 September 1851, lectured 24 years ago at dispensary in Great Putney Street, then with regiment to NSW][but see notes] Cumpston JHL. Public Health In Australia Part II The Second Period 1830 to 1850. MJA 1931 i: 594 Shipping intelligence. Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal 26 April 1834 [Dr. Milligan and family on "Merope" for Madras via Mauritius]
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	last updated 06-04-2022