Statement of circumstances respecting the removal of Dr. Benjamin Browning, from the situation of surgeon, to the prison at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on the 17th day of March, 1845 / [Benjamin Browning].

  • Browning, Benjamin.
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[1845]
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Credit: Statement of circumstances respecting the removal of Dr. Benjamin Browning, from the situation of surgeon, to the prison at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, on the 17th day of March, 1845 / [Benjamin Browning]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATEMENT, &c. On the first establishment of the Prison at Parkhurst, in the year 1838, I became a Candidate for the situation of Surgeon to that Institution, and transmitted to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, Her Majesty’s then Secretary of State for the Home Department, testi¬ monials of my services and professional qualifications from the various Flag Officers and Captains in the Navy under whom I had served, as well as from various influential Members of the Medical Profession, to whom I was well known ; in consequence of which, I had the honor to re¬ ceive the Appointment of Surgeon to the Establishment, of which the following is a copy Whereas, by an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled “ An Act for Establishing a Prison for young Offenders,” it it amongst other things enacted, “ That it shall be lawful for “ one of her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, to appoint for “ Parkhurst Prison, a Governor, a Chaplain, a Surgeon, a Matron, “ and such other Officers, Assistants, and Servants, as may be neces- “ sary for the Service and Discipline of the said Prison.” Now know . ye, that I Lord John Russell, one of her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, being satisfied of the fitness of Benjamin Browning, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby in pursuance of the Provisions of the said recited Act, appoint him the said Benjamin Browning, to be Surgeon of Parkhurst Prison, in the Isle of Wight* In witness whereof, I have signed these Presents, at Whitehall this 11th day of October, 1838, and have affixed my Seal thereun J. RUSSELL, Benjamin Browning, M.D., Surgeon of Parkhurst Prison.