Humphry Sandwith (1792–1874)

Humphry Sandwith (1792–1874), or Humphrey Sandwith III, was an English physician and prominent Methodist.

Life

He was the son of Humphr(e)y Sandwith II (1746–1809), another medical man, and brother of Thomas Sandwith (1789–1867).^[1] He went into medical practice as a surgeon at Bridlington, in 1816.^[2]

In 1834 Sandwith moved to London. The reason was that he took the chance to become the first editor of The Watchman, a new Wesleyan Methodist journal, initially published in January 1835. He had made a reputation among Wesleyan Methodists, both as a controversialist, and as someone concerned to circulate their news. The Watchman became a significant and independent voice for them.^[3][4][5]

In 1841, Sandwith moved on to Kingston upon Hull, where he became physician to Hull General Infirmary. He graduated M.D. and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.^[2] He was replaced as editor of The Watchman in 1842.^[3]

Sandwith died on 25 July 1874, at Todwick Rectory.^[6]

Works

• A History of the Epidemic Fever which prevailed in Bridlington and the Neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 (1821)^[7]
• A Reply to Lord John Russell's Animadversions on Wesleyan Methodism, in his "Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe", London 1830, pamphlet^[8]
• Remarks on the theory and treatment of scarlet fever: with brief notices of the disease as it prevailed epidemically at Bridlington, in 1831 (1835)^[9]
• Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Powell (1852)^[10]

Family

Sandwith married Jane Ward, daughter of the merchant Isaac Ward. Humphry Sandwith, Thomas Backhouse Sandwith, the Rev. Henry Sandwith and Geoffrey Sandwith M.D. were their sons.^[1][2] Their daughter Jane married Henry Ward, and was the mother of Humphry Ward.^[11]

Notes

1. J. McDonnell; Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Helmsley and Area Group (1963). A History of Helmsley Rievaulx and District. Stonegate Press. pp. 260–1.
2. British Medical Journal. British Medical Association. 1874. p. 190.
3. Telford, John. "The Life of James Harrison Rigg, D.D., 1821–1909". Internet Archive. London: R. Culley. p. 56. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
4. Memoir of the Rev. William Shaw: Late General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Missions in South-Eastern Africa. Sold at the Wesleyan Conference Office. 1874. p. 347.
5. Kennedy, Dane. "Sandwith, Humphry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24647. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Physiology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, Public Health and News. Elsevier. 1874. p. 181.
7. "A History of the Epidemic Rever, which prevailed in Bridlington and the neighbourhood, in the years 1818 and 1819 : Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh". Internet Archive. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
8. Leslie Mitchell (15 July 2006). The Whig World: 1760-1837. A&C Black. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8264-2201-9.
9. Humphry Sandwith (1835). Remarks on the theory and treatment of scarlet fever: with brief notices of the disease as it prevailed epidemically at Bridlington, in 1831. Highley.
10. Humphry Sandwith; Thomas Powell (1852). Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Powell.
11. John Sutherland (1990). Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-19-818587-1.