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Fernando Mendez

Categories: Medicine

Physician. Born Fernando Moses Mendez (or Mendes) in Beira, Portugal. Came to the assistance of Catherine of Braganza when she was taken ill in Spain, on her way to Portsmouth to become the wife of King Charles II. She made him a member of her household, and he travelled to England with her arriving in 1662. Under King James II, he was created a fellow of the College of Physicians, but fell from favour when Wiillam III and Mary II came to the throne. It is thought that he built Eagle House in Merton. He was buried in the Old Velho Cemetery.

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