# Benjamin Fonseca Outram

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**Sir Benjamin Fonseca Outram** [KCB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (1774 – 16 February 1856) was an English [naval surgeon](/source/Naval_surgeon) and physician.[1]

## Life

The son of Captain William Outram, he was born in [Kilham](/source/Kilham,_East_Riding_of_Yorkshire), in the [East Riding of Yorkshire](/source/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire), and educated as a surgeon at the United Borough hospitals in London.[2] He was first employed in the naval medical service in 1794, and was promoted to the rank of surgeon in 1796. He served in [HMS *Harpy*](/source/HMS_Harpy), [HMS *La Nymphe*](/source/HMS_La_Nymphe), and [HMS *Boadicea*](/source/HMS_Boadicea_(1797)). He was surgeon in [HMS *Superb*](/source/HMS_Superb_(1798)) in the [second battle of Algeciras](/source/Second_battle_of_Algeciras), where [Sir James Saumarez](/source/Sir_James_Saumarez) obtained a victory over the French and Spanish fleets on 12 July 1801. He received war medals and clasps for his services under [Sir Richard Goodwin Keats](/source/Sir_Richard_Goodwin_Keats). Then for a period he was surgeon to the royal yacht, [HMS *Royal Sovereign*](/source/HMS_Royal_Sovereign_(1804)).[3]

In 1806, with a view to private practice, Outram went to Edinburgh, and there graduated doctor of medicine on 24 June 1809. He was admitted a licentiate of the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians) of London on 16 April 1810, and then began as a physician at [Hanover Square](/source/Hanover_Square,_London) in London, where he lived more than 40 years. He acted as physician to the Welbeck Street Dispensary. On 3 May 1838 he was elected a fellow of the [Royal Society](/source/Royal_Society); he also became an early member of the [Royal Geographical Society](/source/Royal_Geographical_Society).[3]

In 1841 Outram became medical inspector of her Majesty's fleets and hospitals. He was appointed [Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) (KCB) on 17 September 1850, and was admitted a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians on 9 July 1852. He died at [Brighton](/source/Brighton) on 16 February 1856, and was buried at [Clifton, Bristol](/source/Clifton,_Bristol). He was twice married.[3]

## Works

Outram was author of:[3]

- 'De Febre continuâ,' Edinburgh, 1809, dedicated to his uncle, Sir Thomas Outram of Kilham in Yorkshire.
- 'Suggestions to Naval Surgeons previous to, during, and after a Battle,' a pamphlet of which no copy seems accessible.

## Notes

1. ["Sir Benjamin F. Outram, C.B."](https://books.google.com/books?id=BfVfAAAAcAAJ&q=Sir+Benjamin+Fonseca+Outram&pg=PA429). *Gentleman's Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer*. Edward Cave. 1856.

1. Browne, Horace B. (1912). *Kilham, East Riding of Yorkshire*. London: A. Brown and Sons. p. 349.

1. Vol. 42.

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