A student of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.R.C.S. Eng. and L.S.A. 1870; Hon. Surgeon Liskeard Cottage Hospital, Medical Officer of Health for Liskeard Urban and Rural Districts, formerly House Surgeon Royal Cornwall Infirmary; Surgeon-Lieut.-Colonel 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry and to the British Medical Reserve (V.D.); Member of the British Medical Association, Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health and of the Royal Institute of Public Health; J.P. for co. Cornwall and the borough of Liskeard. 1
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In 1887 William Nettle of Liskeard, surgeon, was sole executor of the will of his sister Emily Nettle of Liskeard, spinster.
Named in the 1920 Will of his cousin John Clymo Trewren.
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William Nettle of Parade House died aged 77 years (burial record).
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THE LATE DR. WILLIAM NETTLE.....
Great regret has been occasioned not only in Liskeard, but over a wide area in East Cornwall by the death of Dr. William Nettle, of Parade House, Liskeard. Dr. Nettle, who was in his 78th year met with a seizure about six months ago, from which he rallied in a remarkable manner, and many friends were pleased to see him out driving again. His heart, however, was affected and about three weeks ago he became seriously ill and despite the devoted care and attention of his medical colleagues he gradually sank, and on Wednesday afternoon in last week he breathe[d] his last. Mrs. Nettle survives him with one daughter (Mrs. B. B. Metcalfe) and several grandchildren.
Dr. Nettle who was well-known and highly esteemed by all classes because of his very kindly and generous disposition—he was a great friend of the poor—was for more than half a century a leading figure in the public life of the town, of which he was a native. In his youth he became a pupil of the late Dr. Alfred Prideaux, of Liskeard, whose daughter he married. In 1871 he entered into partnership with Dr. Prideaux and practised in the borough up to the end of 1919. He was a member of the Town Council for ten years from 1881 and was Mayor on four occasions. He was then appointed medical officer of health for the borough as well as of the Rural District. He held the former office up to the time of his death, while his post under the District Council he resigned about a month before his death, after 45 years' honoured service. Dr. Nettle was both a borough and country magistrate, a member of the Board of Guardians, a surgeon-lieutenant-colonel in the old 2nd Volunteer Battalion D.C.L.I., and was associated with many educational and philanthropic bodies. As vicar's churchwarden for many years he took a prominent part in the management of church affairs, and acted as correspondent for the church schools. A member of the Masonic Order, he was a past G. Warden of Cornwall, P.M. of St. Martin's Lodge, Liskeard, and a Past Principal of the Royal Arch Chapter. He celebrated his golden wedding in August, 1923....
Cornish Guardian, Friday, 1 Jan 1926, p. 4
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Probate Bodmin 15 Feb 1926 to Brian Bentley Metcalfe, surgeon, Frederick Temple Roberts, bank manager, and Frederick Lyde Caunter, solicitor. 4
Marriage Information:
William married his 6th cousin Kathleen Vivian Prideaux, daughter of Alfred Prideaux of Liskeard and Anne Vivian, on 11 Aug 1873 in Liskeard, Cornwall 1 2. (Kathleen Vivian Prideaux was born on 24 May 1851 in Liskeard, Cornwall 1, christened 30 Jun 1851 in Liskeard, Cornwall, died on 21 Oct 1933 in Liskeard, Cornwall 6 and was buried on 24 Oct 1933 in Liskeard, Cornwall 5.)
Marriage Notes:
NETTLE — PRIDEAUX — At the parish church, St. Martin's, Liskeard, August 11, by the Rev. J. Lakes, B.A., vicar, assisted by the Rev. W. A. Prideaux, brother of the bride, Wm. Nettle, Esq, surgeon, to Kathleen Vivian, youngest daughter of A. Prideaux, Liskeard.
Royal Cornwall Gazette, Saturday Morning, 16 Aug 1873, p. 10
