Background
Born in London, he was the ninth son of Richard Warren, physician to George III, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Shaw. Frederick Warren was his elder brother.
Born in London, he was the ninth son of Richard Warren, physician to George III, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Shaw. Frederick Warren was his elder brother.
He was educated at Doctor Thompson"s school at Kensington and at Westminster School. Warren graduated Bachelor of Medicine in 1800 and Doctor of Medicine
He went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1796. on 2 July 1805. He started a medical practice in London immediately after he had taken his first degree in medicine, and on 6 April 1803 was elected physician to Saint George"s Hospital, a post which he resigned in April 1816. His patients included Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne and George William Lefevre.
Admitted a candidate of the Royal College of Physicians on 30 September 1805, Warren became a fellow 30 September 1806.
He was censor in 1810, Harveian orator in 1826, and elect 11 August 1829. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society on 8 April 1813.
On 24 July 1830 he was gazetted physician extraordinary to William IV, but he declined the honour. He enjoyed one of the largest practices in London, despite manners that were cold and abrupt.
Warren died at Worting House, near Basingstoke, on 2 December 1835.
He left £100,000, and, according to Sydney Smith, reckoned £30,000 of it was from treating gout. Warren married on 3 May 1814, Penelope, daughter of William Davies Shipley, who, with seven children, survived him.
Royal Society.