Researching William Nisbet
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3162 people with the Nisbet surname? In that year Nisbet was ranked number 1295 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Nisbet on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Nisbet and the Nisbet Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 3648 people with the Nisbet surname in the UK? Nisbet is now ranked number 1561 for popularity in the UK. |
Nisbet Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called William Nisbet
William Hamilton Nisbet
William Hamilton Nisbet (1747 – 17 July 1822) was a British politician.
He was the eldest son of William Nisbet of Archerfield House, Dirleton and his wife Mary, the daughter and heiress of Alexander Hamilton of Pencaitland, Haddington and Dechmont Linlithgow, and also the heiress of James, 5th Lord Belhaven to the estates of Biel and Presmennan. He was educated at Eton School.
He served in the British Army, initially as a cornet and then as sub-lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, retiring in 1774. He was very well to do from his own and his wife's inheritances and entered Parliament in 1777 as the member for Haddingtonshire, sitting until 1780. Ten years later he entered Parliament again as the MP for East Grinstead (1790–96) and Newport, Isle of Wight (1796-1800).
On 31 January 1777, he married Mary Manners, daughter of Lord Robert Manners. They had one child, Mary Nisbet (bef. 1784–1855), who married Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin on 11 March 1799, divorcing in 1808.
Source: William Hamilton Nisbet, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Nisbet (physician)
William Nisbet (1759–1822) was a Scottish physician notable for having authored many widely used medical books that emphasized practice. Nisbet earned his MD degree at Aberdeen (1785) and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1786). He eventually moved to London where he practised in Fitzroy Square after 1801. Aside from his publications, there is very little historical record of his life.
Among his books were:* First Lines of the Theory and Practice in Venereal Diseases (1787)* An Inquiry into the Cure of Scrophula and Cancer (1795)* The Clinical Guide (1800)* On the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood (1800)* A Practical Treatise on Diet (1801)* A Medical Guide for the Invalid to the Principal Watering Places of Great Britain (1804)
Source: William Nisbet (physician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nisbet
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