Author : Edward William Pritchard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 38,33 MB
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780484374330
Excerpt from Trial of Dr. Pritchard It was, it is stated, while serving in the last-mentioned vessel on the home station, that Dr. Pritchard first met the lady who afterwards became his wife. Miss Mary Jane Taylor was the only daughter of Mr. Michael Taylor, a highly respected silk merchant, who resided in Edinburgh. The young lady was at the time staying with her maternal uncle, Dr. David Cowan, a. Retired naval surgeon, who had settled in Portsmouth. During her visit, the Hecate came into port, and at a ball which took place shortly afterwards, she was introduced to her future husband and destroyer. The young surgeon commenced to pay his addresses, and when be subsequently asked her to become his wife, Miss Taylor accepted him with the full approval of her relatives. The marriage took place in the autumn of 1850. But for some time the young couple were compelled to live much apart. The husband was not possessed of sufficient means to leave the service and provide his wife with a home. He therefore continued to cruise with the Hecate, while Mrs. Pritchard returned to her father's house in Edinburgh. Meanwhile his wife's relations were endeavouring to secure for Dr. Pritchard some suitable opening on shore as a private practitioner. Such an opportunity was found at Hunmanby, in Yorkshire; and in March, 1851, he resigned the service and commenced practice in that place, where he and Mrs. Pritchard first took up house. Shortly after settling at. Hunmanby, Dr. Pritchard opened a branch in the neighbouring town of Filey. Then a rising watering-place, and was appointed medical ofiicer of the No. 3 district of the Bridlington Union. During his residence there, he published various books on subjects connected with the locality, and contributed articles to medical and other journals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.