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{{For|the priest|Richard Brocklesby (priest)}}<br />
[[File:Richard Brocklesby 2.jpg|thumb|Richard Brocklesby]]<br />
'''Richard Brocklesby''' (11 August 1722 &ndash; 11 December 1797), an [[English people|English]] [[physician]], was born at [[Minehead]], [[Somerset]].<br />
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He was educated at [[Ballitore]], in [[Ireland]], where [[Edmund Burke]] was one of his school fellows, studied medicine at [[Edinburgh]], and finally graduated at [[Leiden]] in 1745. He succeeded [[John Pringle (physician)|John Pringle]] as Surgeon General of the British Army in 1758, and served in [[Germany]] during part of the [[Seven Years' War]], and on his return settled down to practice in London. He was admitted a fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] and in 1758 delivered their [[Goulstonian Lectures]], in 1763 their [[Croonian Lecture]] and in 1760 the Harveian Oratory.<ref>{{cite book|title = The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Volume 2|page = 175|publisher= Royal College of Physicians|volume = 2}}</ref> In 1764 he published ''Œconomical and Medical Observations'', which contained suggestions for improving the hygiene of army hospitals. In his latter years he withdrew altogether into private life. He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1757.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27brocklesby%27%29|title= Library and Archive|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate =2012-09-10}}</ref><br />
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He was on the premises of the House of Lords when he attended [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|the Earl of Chatham]] following the latter's ultimately fatal collapse while speaking at a debate in the House on the [[American War of Independence]] in April 1778.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Peter Douglas|title=William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, The Great Commoner|publisher=George Allen and Unwin|year=1978|pages=392–393}}</ref><br />
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The circle of his friends included some of the most distinguished literary men of the age. He was warmly attached to Dr. [[Samuel Johnson]], to whom about 1784 he offered an annuity of £100 for life, and whom he attended on his deathbed, while in 1788 he presented Burke, of whom he was an intimate friend, with £1000, and offered to repeat the gift every year "until your merit is rewarded as it ought to be at court."<br />
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He died on 11 December 1797 aged 75, leaving his house and part of his fortune to his grandnephew, Dr. [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]].<br />
He was buried at [[St Clement Danes]]’ Church in [[Westminster]].<br />
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