George Eaton Stanger

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George Eaton Stanger MRCSE LSA (1816-1892) was an English surgeon based in Nottingham.

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Life

He was born in 1816, the son of William Stanger (1781-1855) and Rebecca Yorke (1785-1856). He was baptised in Fleet Baptist Chapel, Lincolnshire on 15 April 1816.

He studied medicine in London at Guy's Hospital and in the late 1830s was a ship's surgeon and chaplain employed by the South Australian Company, which was set up to assist merchants colonising South Australia. Stanger served aboard the Sarah & Elizabeth, a ship sailing from Hull to South Australia under Captain Wakeling.

He was appointed a member of the College of Surgeons and the Apothecaries Hall in July 1840. [1] He then moved to practice in Nottingham in the early 1840s. In 1845 he was appointed honorary surgeon to the Nottingham Dispensary. [2] From 1845 [3] he was in partnership with George Mills White but this partnership was dissolved in 1851. [4]

By 1846 he was a member of the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. He was elected president of the society twice, firstly in 1870-71 and again in 1876-77.

He married Mary Hurst (1819-1894), eldest daughter of baptist preacher Nathan Hurst (1779-1851) and Sarah Beecroft (1781-1866) in Broad Street Baptist Chapel on 4 Jun 1844 and they had the following children:

He became a deacon at Castle Gate Congregational Chapel. In 1866, Henry Walter Wood petitioned for divorce from his wife, Frances Mary Wood (nee Crofts) on the grounds of her adultery with George Eaton Stanger. The trial in 1867 was reported in the National press and lasted 3 days. Henry was awarded £3,000 (equivalent to £271,600in 2020) [5] in damages from George Stanger [6] who later declared bankruptcy to avoid payment. [7]

He entered into partnership with his son, Charles Edward Stanger and operated from 67 Gregory Boulevard. He retired from practice in 1888 to London, and died on 6 May 1892 in Wakefield in Yorkshire. [8] He left an estate valued at £4,853 16s 8d.(equivalent to £539,600in 2020). [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Guy's Hospital Reports. Guy's Hospital. 1840. p. 398.
  2. ↑ "Nottingham Dispensary" . Nottingham Review. England. 14 March 1845. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Medical Partnership" . Nottingham Review. England. 28 February 1845. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Partnerships dissolved" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 22 March 1851. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "A Divorce Case. £3000 damages" . Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser. England. 16 March 1867. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Nottingham Bankruptcy Court" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 3 January 1868. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Deaths" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 14 May 1892. Retrieved 16 February 2019– via British Newspaper Archive.
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