John Floyer (Tamworth MP)
John Floyer may refer to: * John Floyer (physician) (1649–1734), English physician and author * John Floyer (Tamworth MP) (''c''1681–1762), English politician, MP for Tamworth 1741–42 * John Floyer (Dorset MP) John Floyer (26 April 1811 – 4 July 1887) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1832 to 1833. He was later a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1846 and 1885. Lif ...

John Floyer (physician)
Sir John Floyer (3 March 1649 – 1 February 1734) was an English physician and author. Early life John Floyer was born on 3 March 1649. He was the third child and second son of Elizabeth Babington and Richard Floyer, of Hints Hall, a since demolished country house. Hints is a quiet village lying a short distance from Lichfield in Staffordshire. He was educated at the University of Oxford. Career He practised in Lichfield, and it was by his advice that Dr Johnson, when a child, was taken by his mother to be touched by Queen Anne for the king's evil on 30 March 1714. As a physician, Floyer was best known for introducing the practice of pulse rate measurement, and creating a special watch for this purpose. He was an advocate of cold bathing, and gave an early account of the pathological changes in the lungs associated with emphysema. Personal life Floyer was married to Mary Fleetwood of Lichfield, a widow, in April 1680. Their son John Floyer (1681–1762) was a Tory Member of ...
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John Floyer (Tamworth MP)
John Floyer may refer to: * John Floyer (physician) (1649–1734), English physician and author * John Floyer (Tamworth MP) (''c''1681–1762), English politician, MP for Tamworth 1741–42 * John Floyer (Dorset MP) John Floyer (26 April 1811 – 4 July 1887) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1832 to 1833. He was later a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1846 and 1885. Lif ...