After a career as a military surgeon and at Haslar Hospital in Gosport he amassed a fortune as a London physician; he died by falling down a flight of stairs while attempting to restrain a patient.

REFERENCES TO George Vance:

Sydney Smith to Sir George Philips, Late 1829 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)