Paton/[Patton], Robert

Education

Student United College 1787-1788 Lat. Jun. 1788-1789 Lat. Jun.; Math. Jun. 1789-1790 Lat. Prov.; Math. Prov.; Log. (Secondar).

Birth/childhood

(There is also a Robert Patton born 1775 son of Robert Patton, Colonel , Indian Army, who became a Major General in the Indian Army. C.B.. Died 11.11.1837. [soldier])

Career

(Perhaps the man (Paton) who was a medical student at Edinburgh University 1790-1791. Surgeon’s mate Royal Navy then Assistant surgeon Indian Medical Service, Bombay [now Mumbai, India] 1800. No further information after 1802. [Doctor]

There is also a Robert Patton born 1775 son of Robert Patton, Colonel, Indian Army, who became a Major General in the Indian Army. C.B. [Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath]. Died 11.11.1837.) [Soldier]

Death

(Perhaps the man (Paton) who was a medical student at Edinburgh University 1790-1791. No further information after 1802

There is also a Robert Patton born 1775 son of Robert Patton, Colonel, Indian Army, who became a Major General in the Indian Army. C.B. [Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath]. Died 11.11.1837.)

Sources

  • D.G. Crawford, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615-1930 (London, 1930) Bo 331
  • Hodson, Officers Bengal Army