John Welbank

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: "Mr Welbank was intimate with several painters of note, including John Martin, whose family he attended, and some of whose pictures he owned." He also bought the painting "The Mall" from William Mulready. Memorials of William Mulready, Frederic George Stephens, 1890.
• Note: 15 Nov 1785; Admitted to London Freemason's Lodge
• Residence: 1791, Earl Street, Chatham Place; surgeon
• Occupation: 1797, Tower of London; A John Welbank was working as a clerk at the Royal Ordnance in 1797 on £70/ year, possibly he worked there with his brother before training to be a surgeon. Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies, 1797,
• Note: 7 Nov 1803, Oracle and the Daily Advertiser, London; On Thursday a party of the Law Association attended at Chalk Farm to shoot at a Target, when Mr. WELBANK, the Surgeon belonging to the Corps, discharged six shots, and lodged five in the bull's eye.
• Occupation: 1805, 102 Chancery Lane, London, England.; Surgeon (Holden's Triennial Directory)
• Note: 13 Jan 1807, Morning Herald (London); John Welbank is steward at the Anniversary Dinner of the Gentlemen educated at St Paul's School, held at the Freemasons' Tavern .
• Note: 1809, Bury and Norwich Post, 5 Jul 1809; Welbank v Young Welbank, a surgeon and accoucheur in Chancery-Lane, sues for the return of £135 paid for two coach-horses, one of which was lame on account of a thrush infection in its foot.
• Note: 12 Jul 1832, Morning Herald (London); Blundell v Welbank Fishmongers bring action against Welbank, a former surgeon, for payment for fish. Defendant said they'd agreed to offset his services against the fish, and Court agreed.
• Occupation: 1848; Morning Post London, England 13 Apr 1848 d. John Welbank, Esq., M.R.C.S aged 84

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Buried:
Burial register no. 3, references 2695-4071
3009 Private Grave F 78.0 x 11.3