Messenger Monsey

(1694-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Monsey, Messenger, 1693-1788 NRA: Monsey, Messenger (1693-1788), physician DNB: Monsey, Messenger (bap. 1694, d. 1788), physician LBT ID: MeMonse1788 VIAF ID: 73293199 LOC ID: n2006181283	B/BAP: 1694-10-30 DIED: 1788-12-26
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Educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he was physician to Chelsea Hospital, a sometimes-friend of David Garrick, and a notable eccentric.
REFERENCES TO Messenger Monsey: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXII. Found 1: ¶ 26