Robert Gay ( - 1738 )

Death: 31 October 1738 Profession: Surgeon Education: Jesus College, Cambridge (admitted 1693) Career: Barber-surgeon; bought the manor of Walcot from William Saunders (1699); Assistant Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1708-1719, reappointed annually); Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (1719-1729); MP for Bath (1720-1722, 1727-1734); Treasurer, Christ's Hospital School; monumental inscription in St Mary the Virgin Church, Wanstead; leased part of his estate in Bath to John Wood who built Queen Square and Gay Street (named after Robert Gay) upon it Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/11/1718.