Andrew Halliday, Kt FRCPE (1781–1839): Service in the Napoleonic Wars and West Indies, and First Physician to the Seamen's Hospital Society

Abstract

Sir Andrew Halliday (1781–1839) was domestic physician to HRH the Duke of Clarence (1765–1837) (who was later to become King William IV). He also served in the Napoleonic Wars — in Portugal, Spain and Waterloo — as well as in the West Indies, and became the first physician to the Seamen's Hospital Society. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Halliday was also a prolific author, many of his publications being on lunatic asylums in Great Britain and Ireland.