John G. Millingen

John Gideon Millingen (1782–1862) was a British army surgeon and author. He was the brother of James Millingen and an uncle of Julius Michael Millingen.

Born in Westminster of Irish and Dutch parents, Millingen was educated in Paris where he achieved his medical degree. He became an assistant surgeon in the British Army in 1802, serving in the Peninsular War and won a medal at Waterloo and the surrender of Paris. He retired in 1823 and was appointed as a physician to the military asylum at Chatham and Hanwell.

Works

• The Bee-hive (1818), a musical farce
• Ladies at Home, or Gentlemen, We Can Do Without You (1819)
• The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried (1827)
• Who'll Lend Me a Wife? (1834)
• The Miser's Daughter (1835)
• Borrowed Feathers (1836)
• Sketches of Ancient and Modern Boulogne (1826) (Prose)
• Adventures of an Irish Gentleman, 3 vol. (1830)
• Stories of Torres Vedras, 3 vol. (1839)^[1]
• The History of Duelling (1841)
• Recollections of Republican France from 1790 to 1801 (1848)

Further reading

• Saunders, T. B.; rev. James Falkner (2004). "Millingen, John Gideon (1782–1849)" (online ed available to subscribers). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 Feb 2009.

References

1. Millingen, John Gideon (1939). Stories of Torres Vedras. Retrieved 29 November 2012.

External links

• Works by John Gideon Millingen at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about John G. Millingen at Internet Archive