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William Syndenham

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1893 text

Colonel William Sydenham had been an active officer during the Civil Wars, on the Parliament side; M.P. for Dorsetshire, Governor of Melcombe, and one of the Committee of Safety. He was the elder brother of the celebrated physician of that name.—B.

This text was written as a footnote in the 1893 Wheatley transcription of the diary, the same one that is used for the diary entries on this site.

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  • N David Quidnunc on Sun 16 Feb 2003, 02:56pm

    “Sydenham, [Col. William]”

    That’s the name and spelling Robert Latham has in his index volume to the Latham & Matthews edition of the diary.

    Sydenham/Syndenham appears once in the diary, according to the index. His brother doesn’t appear at all.

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References in the diary

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Jan: 17