Dr William Adolphus Frederick BATEMAN MCRS [559]

   Cause of his death was a malignant tumor of the bowel.

   Another name for William was CAUDLE.

  General Notes:

Williams was baptised William A F Caudle, he then took the surname Bateman after he entered the home of Frederick Julius as a trainee doctor. Frederick Julius his future father-in-law had a rather judgemental religious attitude and may well have disapproved of his son-in-law's father, William Caudle who had been prosecuted for bigamy in 1831 and served 18 mths in Horsham Jail SSX.
Trevor Ralph points out in 2020 that as result William was not legally a Caudle, although in the Smethurst Trial of 1859 the Court used Caudle as his name.

Willm Adolphus Frederic Caudle
Baptism Date 06 Apr 1834
Baptism Place Selsey, Sussex, England
Father William Caudle
Mother Issabella Maria
FHL Film Number 1041562
Household Members
Issabella Maria
William Caudle
Willm Adolphus Frederic Caudle

Proceedings of the Old Bailey
William Adolphus Frederick Caudle
Court Date: 15 Aug 1859
Court Place: London, England
Role: Witness
ID: t18590815-name-412
Reference Number: t18590815-785
See below.

William Adolphy Frederick Bateman
Age: 27
Birth Year: abt 1836
Marriage Date: 23 Jun 1863
Marriage Place: Richmond, St Matthias, Surrey, England
Father: William Caudle
Spouse: Annie Ellan Julius

Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The following gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the College at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 8th inst. . . . . . William Adolphus Frederick Bateman LSA . . . . .
London Daily News 9 May 1863.

9th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps.
William Adolphus Frederick Bateman , Gent, to be Assistant-Surgeon . Dated 15 June, 1872.

William with Dr E L Fenn carried on the Richmond Practice started by George Charles Julius in 1809, until 19 ?. (Sir Geo Julius records the date as 1912, however Fenn left c1891, in poor health and returned to Suffolk).

William is said to have rather discouraged suitors for his daughters, as they were accomplished musicians and had a family quartet which he greatly enjoyed!

  Research Notes:

NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS
DR THOMAS SMETHURST (48), was indicted for the wilful murder of Isabella Bankes; Smethurst was found guilty and was to be hanged Friday 2 September 1859 at Surrey County Gaol. William prepared the drugs that treated Isabella Banks and gave extensive evidence below.
Following the conviction there ensued a vigorous campaign in the press to the effect that the chemical analyses presented by the prosecution were highly suspect, the medical evidence was equivocal at best and the judge, Sir Frederick Pollock, was prejudiced against the prisoner and had misdirected the jury. Accordingly Smethurst was pardoned

This was a sensational case creating much public attention and many books since. The latest the researcher knows of is "Smethurst's Luck" by Peter Maggs 2013, written by Peter with the support of data from this website.

William Bateman, using what must have been considered his lawful name, Caudle, gave extensive evidence as did Frederick Julius. See https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18590815-785

WILLIAM ADOLPHUS FREDERICK CAUDLE . I am assistant to Dr. Julius, and have been so for about a year and a half-I had studied medicine before entering upon my employment with Dr. Julius-I made up the whole of the medicines sent from Dr. Julius's surgery for Miss Bankes-the first I made up was an ordinary chalk mixture, on 3d April, consisting of prepared chalk, aromatic confection, tincture of catechu, and compound tincture of camphor-the following day there were three pills of grey powder and compound ipecacuanha powder; I put two grains of the grey powder into each pill; they were to be repeated every four hours, one to be taken at a time-on 5th April, by Dr. Julius's direction, I made up a quinine mixture; that consisted of eight grains of quinine, a sufficient quantity of dilute sulphuric acid to dissolve the quinine, two drachms of chloric ether, and infusion
of gentian to make up six ounces; there were also fifteen drops of dilute hydrocyanic acid the next medicine sent was a few more of the pills similar to those on 4th April; four of them, I think, or six there was also a draught containing powdered rhubarb, tincture of cardamums, and magnesia on the 7th of April the quinine mixture was repeated the same as before on the 9th the same mixture was sent again on the 12th six more of the grey-powder pills were sent, the same as those sent on the 4th of April; "the pills as before" was directed to be put on the box; I do not know how many were to be taken; it was one every 4 hours on the 14th of April I made up another bottle of the quinine mixture as before on the 17th another bottle of quinine mixture as before on the 18th I had to make up a prescription with 12 drops of prussic acid of Scheel's strength; Scheel's acid is stronger than the ordinary Pharmacopoeia acid; I had not Scheel's acid in the surgery at the time, and instead of the 12 drops of Scheel's, I used the Pharmacopoeia acid, 4 drops in each dose, instead of 2 drops of Scheel's; that would be 24 drops in the mixture, instead of 12; my reason for that was, partly because we had none of Scheel's; I could have got Scheel's with a very little trouble; but the 4 drops of the Pharmacopoeia acid was not quite so strong as Scheel's would be, and I thought 2 drops a very large dose, and was rather nervous at giving it; I thought it rather safer to give under the dose than over it; Dr. Julius was not at home at the time, and I wished to send it at once, and I thought it the safest thing to do; the rest of the prescription I made up precisely as Dr. Julius had prescribed it; there were 6 powders to go with it to cause effervescence, to take with each dose of the mixture; those powders were citric acid, simply to cause effervescence on the 22d of April Mr. Bird prescribed for Miss Bankes; the first prescription of Mr. Bird's that I made up contained bismuth, carbonate of soda, hydrocyanic acid, and water, and, I think, a small quantity of the solution of acetate of morphia (referring to the book); there were 7 grains of bismuth for a dose, 42 grains in the mixture; it was a 6-oz. bottle; the sixth part was to be taken at a time; there were 20 drops of the Pharmacopoeia dilute hydrocyanic acid, 20 drops of the acetate of morphia, 2 drachms of carbonate of soda, 2 drachms of gum-powder, containing bismuth in solution, and water; that mixture was to be taken 3 times a-day on the 24th that mixture was repeated on the 25th I made up 8 pills of acetate of lead and powdered opium; the dose in each pill was 1 grain of acetate of lead, and half a grain of powdered opium; one pill to be taken every 6 hours on the next day, Tuesday, the 26th, I made up 4 pills of nitrate of silver; there was a quarter of a grain of nitrate of silver in each pill; the prisoner saw me make them up, and saw me weigh the nitrate of silver; he appeared to be very particular how I did it, unnecessarily so; I used great caution, and mixed them very well, and he requested me to do it more, with my hand; I asked him whether Mrs. Smethurst was better or no, and he said no, he thought she was in a very critical state; that was on Tuesday; at that time he also obtained some laudanum from me; he gave me a bottle that had had laudanum in it before; as nearly as I can remember, I filled it I did not see Dr. Todd when he came on the 28th on the next morning I made up some sulphate of copper pills; I sent 4; I beg your pardon, I sent 6 sulphate of copper pills; there was a quarter of a grain of sulphate of copper in each pill, and a quarter of a grain of powdered opium; one pill was to be taken 3 times a-day, about every 4 hours on that same day there was some tincture of catechu sent, 4 ounces, and another quantity of laudanum; they were sent separately; I suppose they were sent for injections on the morning of the 29th, Dr. Julius brought to the surgery a bottle, apparently containing an evacuation; it was a 6-oz. bottle; it was not marked then; subsequently it was marked No. 1; I put that bottle in a cupboard, locked it, and kept the key in my own possession on the following day, Mr. Bird brought a tumbler containing part of an evacuation; he gave it to me, and I put it in a bottle; I was very careful in the selection of the bottle, in the first place, and very careful to wash it as well; it had contained simply liquorice-water before I put the evacuation into it; I took the liquorice out, and washed the bottle, and then poured the evacuation into it from the tumbler; that bottle, and the one I had received from Dr. Julius, were then labelled; Mr. Bird was present; he wrote the labels, and I put them on; Dr. Julius's bottle was labelled No. 1, and Mr. Bird's No. 2; and I sealed them with Mr. Bird's seal, in his presence; it is a Turkish seal, with his name on it, I believe, in Turkish letters; when they were sealed, they were placed in a small basket, and given to young Mr. Julius, with directions to take it to Mr. Buzzard On Monday, 2d May, I called on Mrs. Chetwood, the nurse, and took her to Alma-villas; I called at the surgery with her in a cab on the way, and took with me some medicine that had been made up; some hydrate of magnesia; that is an antidote to arsenic: I believe that was ordered by Dr. Taylor; if I remember rightly, Dr. Buzzard said so; I left that with Mrs. Chetwood at Alma-villas, with instructions how to use it after the 29th of April, either Dr. Julius or Mr. Bird were always present when I made up the prescriptions; I must except the hydrate of magnesia; Dr. Buzzard was present on that occasion; I helped Dr. Buzzard to make it we have two preparations of arsenic in our surgery; they are Donovan's solution and Fowler's solution; they are kept in a cupboard by themselves entirely, with other poisons, in a cupboard apart from other drugs we have also antimony in the surgery, in the form of tartarized antimony, what is called tartar emetic, and antimonial wine; the tartarized antimony is placed on a shelf in a small bottle, with a small row of bottles of a peculiar shape, on a very high shelf; it is a row of bottles quite different from any other bottles in the surgery, and very small.

Q. In any one of the prescriptions which you made up, and which were sent to Miss Banker's house, was there any arsenic, or antimony, or bi-chloride of mercury? A. Most certainly not after the death of Miss Bankes I gave some specimens of the bismuth, the sulphate of copper, the nitrate of silver, and the acetate of lead to Inspector McIntyre they were taken from the same stop-bottles of those drugs from which the medicines had been taken that were administered to Miss Bankes a boy named William Marchant took out the chief of the medicines from the surgery; another boy took a note, I believe, and I think one bottle of medicine; I am not quite sure; I delivered one or two myself in the early part of the illness.

Cross-examined by MR. SERJEANT PARRY. Q. Give me the date when you delivered the specimens of bismuth and other things to McIntyre? A. I really cannot remember; I did not make a note of it I should think it must have been about a week after the death, but I really could not say; it might have been a fortnight I gave it him when he asked for it.

Q. You have said something about Dr. Smethurst coming for these nitrate of silver pills; did not he come because you would have been unable to send for some time, and he wanted them as speedily as possible? A. I did not ask what he came for, and did not know I do not make the mixing of the pills a matter of complaint; they are not difficult to mix, perfectly easy I really mean what I say I did not know what the laudanum was for that I furnished to Dr. Smethurst Mr. Bird lent him an enema I sent it to him I did not weigh the quantity of bismuth that I gave to the inspector; I gave him perhaps about two drachms, and I should think about the same quantity of the others I don't remember weighing any of them I gave fully sufficient to analyze no doubt Dr. Taylor will know.
A verbatum record of the case can be found on https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18590815-785

  Medical Notes:

Williams death after surgery is mentioned in a letter dated 14 Mar 1907 from E L Fenn to H L Fenn.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 7 Jun 1841, Stoke by Guildford SRY. William is recorded as aged 7 not born in Surrey.

2. Census: England, 30 Mar 1851, Brighton SSX. William is recorded as aged 16 an assistant chemist & druggist in the home of Edward White chemist & druggist unmarried born Selsea SSX

3. Census: England, 8 Apr 1861, Richmond SRY. William F A Caundle is recorded as aged 25 a boarder in the home of George F H Julius unmarried a medical pupil born Selsea SSX

4. Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, Rothsay House Richmond. William is described as head of house aged 37 married a surgeon MRCS LSA LM born Selsey SSX
Additional to the family in the house was Louisa Pilcher described as a boarder a widow aged 53 and a lunatic, plus six staff including an attendant on the lunatic and a wet nurse.

5. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, Rothsey House Richmond. William is described as head of house aged 47 general practitioner born Selsey SSX

6. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Rothsay Lodge Richmond. William is described as head of house aged 57 married a surgeon born Selsey SSX

7. Census: England, 31 Mar 1901, Bridge House Richmond SRY. William is described as head of house aged 67 married a surgeon born Selsea SSX

8. William A F Bateman: Will, 6 Jun 1881.
THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me WILLIAM ADOLPHUS FREDERIC BATEMAN of Rothsay House Richmond in the county of Surrey Surgeon I hereby revoke all testamentary writings heretofore executed by me and declare this to be my last will I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate unto my dear wife Annie Ellen absolutely (but as to estates vested in me upon trust or by way of mortgage subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively)
And I appoint my said wife sole EXECUTRIX of this my will and the guardian of my infant children
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set may hand this sixth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighty one
W A F BATEMAN
Signed by the said William Adolphus Frederick Bateman as his last Will in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his sight and presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as attesting witnesses
C E DAVIS Ringsfield House Richmond Surrey Gentleman
JOHN CARRINGTON Foxton Mews Richmond Coachman.
ON the 26th day of March 1907 Probate of this Will was granted to Annie Ellen Bateman the sole Executrix.

Bateman William Adolphus Frederick of Bridge House Richmond Surrey died 11 March 1907. Probate London 26 March 1907 to Annie Ellen Bateman widow. Effects L8461 2s 7d National Probate Calendar

William married Annie Ellen JULIUS [54] [MRIN: 166], daughter of Dr Frederick Gilder JULIUS MD FRCS [50] and Ellen Hannah SMITH [49], on 23 Jun 1863 in St Mathias Richmond SRY. (Annie Ellen JULIUS [54] was born on 29 Jul 1843 in Richmond SRY, baptised on 30 Aug 1843 in St Mary Magdalen Richmond SRY and died on 12 Mar 1927 in Durdans St Margarets.)