Life History
1713 |
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1737 |
Occupation Surgeon in Ireland.4,1 Joins Colonel Bissett's Regiment of Food |
approx. 1740 |
Married Mary HUTCHINSON.4 Possibly married in Ireland in either 1741 or 1742 |
13th Mar 1742 |
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between 1747 and 1750 |
Resident in York.4 The family living in York |
1747 |
Resignation.4 Retires from Army on half-pay |
1748 |
Birth of daughter Maria HOME in York.11,12,4 |
between 1750 and 1758 |
Occupation Surgeon.4 |
6th Aug 1752 |
Birth of son Robert HOME in Hull.2,4 |
1756 |
Birth of son Everard HOME in Hull.3,4 |
27th Mar 1758 |
Letter in Hull.5 From Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775) published by the Royal Society |
21st Jul 1760 |
Occupation Surgeon to General Burgoyne's regiment - 16th Light Dragoons.4 Enlisted. |
20th Nov 1767 |
Witness at wedding in St James Piccadilly.6,7 Of Angelica Kauffman and Frederick De Horn |
1775 |
Occupation Surgeon in London, Savoy Military Hospital.4 |
1775 |
Retired.4 From Regimental Surgeon |
about 1783 |
Death of son Hutchinson HOME.4 |
31st Jul 1783 |
Wrote will.8 1) In the name of God Amen |
23rd Sep 1783 |
Codicil to Will.8 Not witnessed |
after 1786 |
Epitaph.9 Written by Ann Hunter née Home |
26th Jan 1786 |
Signature on Will attested to.8 Andrew Douglas of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Doctor of Physics |
27th Jan 1786 |
Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.8 Executors :- |
Jan 1786 |
Other facts
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Birth of son Hutchinson HOME in Hull.4 |
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Birth of son William HOME in Hull.4 |
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Birth of daughter Elizabeth HOME in Hull.4 |
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Birth of daughter Helen HOME in Hull.4 |
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Birth of son Edward HOME |
Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Anne Hunter nee Home - G. T. Bettany, "Hunter, Anne (1742/3-1821), rev. M. Clare Louglin-Chow. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, May 2010
- 2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Home - Tom Fiske, "Home, Robert (1752-1834)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, May 2010
- 3. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Sir Everard Home
- 4. GRIGSON, Caroline (2009) : "The life and poems of Anne Hunter: Haydn's tuneful voice"
- Liverpool University Press, 2009
- 5. Philosophical Transactions (1663-1775) - Letter from Robert Home - 1758
- 6. England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 - Maria Angelica Kauffman & De Horn
- 7. Westminster Marriages Transcription - Maria Angelica Kauffman & De Horn
- 8. Will of Robert Home, Surgeon to the Savoy of Gresse Street Rathbone Place London
- TNA - PROB 11/1137
- 9. DAY, Ella B. (c.1920), "Without permit - Narration compiled from Memoirs, letters and other records in the possession of the artist's descendants."
- British Library, PHOTO, Eur 331 - Unpublished - photo-copy of original in the National Gallery of Ireland.
- 10. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John Hunter - Jacob W. Gruber, "Hunter, John (1728-1793)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, May 2010.
- 11. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Mylne
- 12. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Chadwell Mylne