Biography of Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet 1769-1853

Paternal Family Tree: Phipps aka Waller

Before 06 Oct 1769 [his father] Joshua Phipps (age 24) and [his mother] Mary Allen (age 25) were married.

On 06 Oct 1769 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet was born to Joshua Phipps (age 24) and Mary Allen (age 25).

Around Jan 1773 [his father] Joshua Phipps (age 28) died.

Before 1795 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 25) had become Eye Surgeon to King George III (age 56) and his son the future King William IV (age 29).

In 1804 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 34) established the Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, which was the first hospital of its kind in London to treat "Egyptian Ophthalmia", a virulent eye disease contracted by many soldiers returning to Britain from the Nile Campaign.

Before 1805 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 35) and Elizabeth Slack (age 30) were married. They had four children. They were half first cousins.

On 24 Jun 1805 [his son] Thomas Wathen Phipps Waller 2nd Baronet was born to Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 35) and [his wife] Elizabeth Slack (age 31). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

On 11 Dec 1807 [his son] Reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller was born to Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 38) and [his wife] Elizabeth Slack (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.

In Jan 1809 [his wife] Elizabeth Slack (age 34) died.

In 1812 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 42) and Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. There was no issue from the marriage. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe and Mary Hartop.

In 1814 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 44) adopted the surname to inherit the estates of his maternal great-grandfather Thomas Waller.

The London Gazette 16969. Whitehall, December 27, 1814

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the following Gentlemen respectively, and the heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz.

Sir Alexander Campbell, Knt. Major-General in the Army, and Lieutenant-General and Commander of the Forces in the Isle of France.

The Right Honourable William McMahon, Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

George Buchan Hepburn, of Smeaton, in the county of Haddington, Esq. late one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

The Right Honourable John Marjoribanks (age 51), Lord Provost of the city of Edinburgh. [Baronet Marjoribanks of Lees in Berwickshire]

John Silvester, of Yardley-House, in the county of Essex, Esq. Recorder of the city of London.

Thomas Hugh Clifford, of Tixall, in the county of Stafford, Esq.

John Simeon, of Grazeley, in the county of Berks, Esq.

Guy Campbell, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, and Major in the 6th Regiment of Foot.

Gilbert King, of Charlestown, in the county of Roscommon, Esq. Colonel in the Army.

John Jackson, of Ailsey, in the county of Bodford, Esq.

Henry Steuart, of Allanton, in the county of Lanerk, Esq. with remainder to his son in law, Ranald or Reginald Macdonald, of Stalfa, and his heirs male.

George Griffiths Williams, of Llwyny Wormwood, in the county of Carmarthen, Esq.

David Dundas, of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, and of Llanelly, in the county of Carmarthen, Esq. Serjeant-Surgeon to the King.

Robert Holt Leigh, of Whitley, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. with remainder to the heirs male of Holt Leigh, of Whitley, Esq. deceased, father of the said Robert Holt Leigh.

Edmund Antrobus, of Antrobus, in the county of Chester, and of Rutherford, in the county of Roxburgh, Esq. with remainder to his nephew, Edmund Antrobus (age 22), jun. Esq. and his heirs male, and in default of such issue, to his nephew, Gibbs Crawford Antrubus (age 21), Esq. and his heirs male, both sons of his late brother, John Antrobus, Esq. deceased.

Samuel Egerton Brydges, of Denton-Court, in the county of Kent, Esq.

Jonathan Wathen Waller (age 45), of Braywick-Lodge, in the county of Berks, and of Twickenham, in the county of Middlesex, Esq.

John Compton Domville, of Santry-House, in the county of Dublin, Esq.

Thomas Preston, of Beeston St. Lawience, in the county of Norfolk, Esq.

Rose Price, of Treagwainton, in. the county of Cornwall, Esq.

On 19 Mar 1820 [his step-son] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 23) and Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan (age 50) and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan (age 50).

Death of King George IV

On 26 Jun 1830 King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland (age 67) died. His brother King William IV of the United Kingdom (age 64) succeeded IV King Great Britain and Ireland. Queen Adelaide of England (age 37) by marriage Queen Consort England. Duke Clarence and St Andrews merged with the Crown.

He was attended by Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 60).

In 1835 [his wife] Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe died. Her son [his step-son] Richard William Penn Curzon Howe 1st Earl Howe (age 38) succeeded 3rd Baron Howe. Harriet Georgiana Brudenell Countess Howe (age 36) by marriage Baroness Howe.

On 01 Jan 1853 Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet (age 83) died at Cavendish Square Marylebone. He was buried at Holy Trinity Church Marylebone. His son [his son] Thomas Wathen Phipps Waller 2nd Baronet (age 47) succeeded 2nd Baronet Waller of Braywick Lodge in Berkshire.

Penn Curzon and Sophia Howe 2nd Baroness Howe were married. She the daughter of Richard Howe 1st Earl Howe and Mary Hartop.

Ancestors of Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet 1769-1853

GrandFather: Robert Phipps

Father: Joshua Phipps

Jonathan Wathen Phipps aka Waller 1st Baronet

GrandFather: John Allen

Mother: Mary Allen