Dr. James Roche Verling was born in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland in 1787. He graduated in Medicine from Edinburgh University, Scotland and became a surgeon in the British Army during the Peninsular War. After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and his exile in St. Helena after 1815 the British decided that Napoleon needed a personal physician. The first to fill that post was another Irishman Barry Edward O'Meara but the British dismissed him as they felt he was too close to Napoleon. Verling had already been a surgeon on board the ship Northumberland which brought Napoleon to St. Helena and was chosen to replace O'Meara. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Irish Grid Reference W793666 Statistics Province: Munster County: Elevation: 47 m (154 ft} Population (2006)  - Town:  - Rural:   6,517  6,370 Website: www. ... Statistics Province: Munster County Town: Cork Code: C (CK proposed) Area: 7,457 km² Population (2006) 480,909 (including City of Cork); 361,766 (without Cork City) Website: www. ... The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Combatants Kingdom of Spain, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Portugal French Empire The Peninsular War or Spanish War of Independence (Guerra de la Independencia Española) was a war in the Iberian Peninsula. ... Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des... Barry Edward OMeara (1786-1836) was an Irish surgeon and founding member of the Reform Club, who accompanied Napoleon to St. ...

Dr. Verling returned home to Cobh in 1820 where he lived at Bella Vista (which is now the Bellavista Hotel) until his death in 1858. He is buried in the Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, which is the cemetery where over 100 victims of the Lusitania are buried. In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura...

External links

• Site of Verling's grave

References

• Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St Helena. Ed. by J. David Markham. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword, 2005. 178 pages. ISBN 1844152502.

• Great Island Churches. Published by Cobh Museum, The Islander Series No.1, 1998