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'''Richard Huck-Saunders''' (1720–1785) was an English physician, for most of his life known as '''Richard Huck'''.
==Life==
He was born in [[Westmoreland]] in 1720 to parents were named Huck, and educated at the grammar school of [[Croughland]] in Cumberland. After a five years' apprenticeship with a surgeon at [[Penrith]] named Neal, he entered as a student at [[St Thomas's Hospital]], London, where he was a pupil of [[John Girle]].<ref name="DNB"></ref>
In 1745 Huck entered the army, and was appointed surgeon to Lord Sempill's regiment, with which he served until the peace of 1748 ended the [[War of Austrian Succession]]. He moved to Penrith, and in 1749 received the degree of M.D. from [[Marischal College]], Aberdeen. In 1750 he was appointed surgeon to the 33rd regiment; he joined it at [[Minorca]], and remained there three years. From 1753 to 1755 he was quartered with his regiment at Edinburgh, attending medical classes at the university.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck next went to America under the [[Earl of Loudoun]], by whom he was promoted to the rank of physician to the army. In that capacity he served during the [[Seven Years' War]]. After the expedition against Havana, in 1762, he returned to England.<ref name="DNB"/>
In poor health, Huck made a continental tour, journeying through France, Germany, and Italy. He settled in Spring Gardens, London, as a physician, and was admitted a licentiate of the [[College of Physicians of London]] on 1 April 1765.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1768; and of the College of Surgeons, speciali gratia, in 1784.<ref name="ODNB"></ref> He was appointed physician to [[Middlesex Hospital]] in September 1766, and physician to St Thomas's Hospital on 14 December 1768, resigning his post at the former.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck held his position at St Thomas's until 1777, when he was succeeded by [[Henry Revell Reynolds]]. He died in the West Indies on 24 July 1785.<ref name="DNB"/>
==Family==
In 1777 Huck married Jane Saunders, heiress of Admiral Sir [[Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Saunders]], and acquired a large fortune. He assumed the name of Saunders in addition to his own. They had two daughters:<ref name="DNB"/>
* [[Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville|Anne]], who married in 1796 [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]]
* [[Jane Fane, Countess of Westmorland|Jane]], who married in 1800 [[John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland]].
==Notes==
==External links==
;Attribution
[[Category:1720 births]]
[[Category:1785 deaths]]
[[Category:English medical doctors]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]]
[[Category:People from Westmorland]]
==Life==
He was born in [[Westmoreland]] in 1720 to parents were named Huck, and educated at the grammar school of [[Croughland]] in Cumberland. After a five years' apprenticeship with a surgeon at [[Penrith]] named Neal, he entered as a student at [[St Thomas's Hospital]], London, where he was a pupil of [[John Girle]].<ref name="DNB"></ref>
In 1745 Huck entered the army, and was appointed surgeon to Lord Sempill's regiment, with which he served until the peace of 1748 ended the [[War of Austrian Succession]]. He moved to Penrith, and in 1749 received the degree of M.D. from [[Marischal College]], Aberdeen. In 1750 he was appointed surgeon to the 33rd regiment; he joined it at [[Minorca]], and remained there three years. From 1753 to 1755 he was quartered with his regiment at Edinburgh, attending medical classes at the university.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck next went to America under the [[Earl of Loudoun]], by whom he was promoted to the rank of physician to the army. In that capacity he served during the [[Seven Years' War]]. After the expedition against Havana, in 1762, he returned to England.<ref name="DNB"/>
In poor health, Huck made a continental tour, journeying through France, Germany, and Italy. He settled in Spring Gardens, London, as a physician, and was admitted a licentiate of the [[College of Physicians of London]] on 1 April 1765.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1768; and of the College of Surgeons, speciali gratia, in 1784.<ref name="ODNB"></ref> He was appointed physician to [[Middlesex Hospital]] in September 1766, and physician to St Thomas's Hospital on 14 December 1768, resigning his post at the former.<ref name="DNB"/>
Huck held his position at St Thomas's until 1777, when he was succeeded by [[Henry Revell Reynolds]]. He died in the West Indies on 24 July 1785.<ref name="DNB"/>
==Family==
In 1777 Huck married Jane Saunders, heiress of Admiral Sir [[Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Saunders]], and acquired a large fortune. He assumed the name of Saunders in addition to his own. They had two daughters:<ref name="DNB"/>
* [[Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville|Anne]], who married in 1796 [[Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville]]
* [[Jane Fane, Countess of Westmorland|Jane]], who married in 1800 [[John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland]].
==Notes==
==External links==
;Attribution
[[Category:1720 births]]
[[Category:1785 deaths]]
[[Category:English medical doctors]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society]]
[[Category:People from Westmorland]]
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