Thomas Dimsdale
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Baron Thomas Dimsdale was an English medical doctor, banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1780 to 1790. He was created Baron Dimsdale of the Russian Empire by Catherine the Great
Cartoon showing Edward Jenner, Thomas Dimsdale and George Rose seeing off opponents of vaccination.
Hertford (constituency)
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Hertford was the name of a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire, which elected Members of Parliament from 1298 until 1974.
Thomas Dimsdale
…successfully recovered, and Banks wrote in a letter "Omai has now gone through all danger from inoculation [and] he fears nothing." He was elected as MP for Hertford in two successive parliaments in 1780 and 1784. In 1781 he and Nathaniel returned to Russia to carry out further royal inoculations. He had married…
Arthur Balfour was MP for Hertford between 1874 and 1885, and later Prime Minister.
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