Blackerby Fairfax ( fl. 1728) was an English physician.

Life

Blackerby Fairfax was the son of

Nathaniel Fairfax Nathaniel Fairfax (1637–1690) was an English divine and physician. Life Fairfax was born on 24 July 1637, the third and youngest son of Benjamin Fairfax, the ejected incumbent of Rumburgh, Suffolk, by his wife Sarah, daughter of Roger and Joa ...

. He was educated at

Woodbridge School Woodbridge School is an independent school in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, founded in 1577, for the poor of Woodbridge. It was later supported by the Seckford Foundation. Woodbridge School has been co-educational since September 1974. Histor ...

and

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

, where he took the two degrees in arts, B.A. 1689, M.A. 1693, and was created M.D. ‘comitiis regiis’ in 1728. After leaving Cambridge he studied medicine at the

university of Leyden Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a reward to the city of Le ...

, of which he was admitted M.D. on 18 April 1696.''Leyden Students'', Index Soc., 34 He was appointed a physician in the navy, but had retired by 1717.

Works

He wrote a number of philosophical works reflecting his wide range of scientific and political interests: * (anon.) ''A Discourse upon the Uniting Scotland with England: containing the general advantage of such an Union to both Kingdoms'', &c., 8vo, London, 1702 * ''In Laudem Botanices Oratio ... On the Praise of Botany, a speech, &c. ... To which is added a præfatory discourse for establishing a lecture on botany'', 4to, London, 1717, in both Latin and English. * ''Oratio Apologetica pro Re Herbaria contra Medicos Mathematicos. ... A Speech ... wherein is given the idea of vegetation and a plea for the use of botany in physick against the neglect of it in favour of mathematicks'', in both Latin and English, 4to, London, 1718 * ''A Treatise of the Just Interest of the Kings of England, in their free disposing power'', &c., 12mo, London, 1703, a tract attributed to Matthew Hale, the foremost 17th-century jurist of English procedure. The dispensing power advocated by

Judge Jeffries George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, PC (15 May 1645 – 18 April 1689), also known as "the Hanging Judge", was a Welsh judge. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor (and serving a ...

as belonging entirely to the King, residing in his absolute right to determine justice, was in direct contravention of Hale's insistence on precedence, within an organic developing legal system independent of political interference. To this Fairfax added ''a prefatory discourse in answer to a discourse on grants and resumptions'' * ''The Letter which

Pope Gregory XV Pope Gregory XV ( la, Gregorius XV; it, Gregorio XV; 9 January 15548 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 9 February 1621 to his death in July 1623. Biography Early life Al ...

wrote to

Charles I of England Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until Execution of Charles I, his execution in 1649. He was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of ...

concerning his marriage to the Infanta of Spain, and that Prince's Answer'', which drew forth some ''Observations'' (4to, Ipswich, 1729) from William Matthews.

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