[Sir]. The father of the English volunteer soldiery, and a well-known surgeon, born at Market Bosworth, England, in 1817; educated at Bosworth and Rugby schools; studying medicine, he was chosen as the first medical superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum, an office he held from 1844 until 1862, when and until 1876 he served as the Lord Chancellor’s medical visitor of lunatics. In 1853 he originated, and for nine years thereafter edited, The Journal of Mental Science. In addition to this he has written many medical and scientific works, among which are Unsoundness of Mind in Relation to Criminal Acts (1857) and The Manual of Psychological Medicine (1858). In 1852 he obtained permission to enroll and embody the First Devon and Exeter Volunteer Rifles, and was the first recruit sworn in for this senior volunteer regiment. He was knighted in July 1894.
