List of honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers

The King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers (KEVII) was established first as Sister Agnes' hospital in 1899 by Sister Agnes, and was then formally opened as King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers in 1904 by King Edward VII, who selected and appointed the first honorary medical staff. In 1914, Sister Agnes compiled a list of 23 honorary physicians and surgeons just a few days before the First World War. Although open to all London consultants, at that time, the status of the medical staff on the list was considered such that patients rarely requested the service from any other London physician or surgeon. The list was abandoned in 1919 and reinstated when the new hospital opened in Beaumont Street in 1948.

Closely associated with the Royal Family, the hospital was noted around the time of its centenary, to have in its list of physicians and surgeons around 100 staff, which required the inclusion of the Royal Medical Household. In 2018 there were 300 physicians and surgeons at the hospital working under a "practising privileges agreement", granted after the consultant selection and review committee (CSRC) approve and invite a consultant.

1904 list

The King Edward VII's Hospital was established first as Sister Agnes' hospital in 1899 by Sister Agnes,Hough, 1998, p.10 and then formally opened as King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers in 1904 by King Edward VII.Hough, 1998, pp.23-25 The hospital's honorary medical staff were first selected and appointed by the King. On 6 July 1904 Buckingham palace released a list of the honorary medical staff, headed by Sir Frederick Treves, who is credited with saving the King's life by performing an operation on his appendix, and Sir Thomas Smith who was present at that operation.Brown, 2011, p.10 Both were Serjeant Surgeons to the King. Name birth/death Comments Image RefHerbert William Allingham 1862 – 1904 In 1903 whilst operating he contracted syphilis. The following year, his wife died and in the same year he was appointed to KEVII. Depressed, he travelled to Egypt and died in Marseille on 4 November 1904, from an overdose of morphine at the age of 42. Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet1845 – 1945 Barlow's disease (infantile scurvy) is named for him. Sir William H. Bennett 1852 – 1931 Surgeon at St George's Hospital. Treated sick and wounded soldiers on their return from the Boer war. Tom Bird ?–1932 Consulting Anæsthetist, Guy's Hospital and East London Hospital for Children. Bird, Tom. Who's Who 2021 & Who Was Who, Oxford University Press 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.Sir Anthony Bowlby 1855 – 1929Appointed Surgeon to the Household of King Edward VII in 1904. Sir William Broadbent 1835 – 1907 Broadbent was physician-extraordinary to Queen Victoria and physician-in-ordinary to King Edward VII and the Prince of Wales. Arthur H. Cheatle1866 – 1929 House surgeon to Joseph Lister before specialising in aural surgery. Sir G. Lenthal Cheatle1865 – 1951 Co-authored Tumours of the breast (1931). Sir Anderson Critchett 1845 – 1925 Eye surgeon to King Edward VII. Sir Alexander Crombie 1845 – 1906 Scottish surgeon who joined the Indian Medical Service and became resident surgeon at the Calcutta Medical College, where he became professor of materia medica. In 1877, he served the civil surgeoncy of Dacca, and was later joint civil surgeon of Simla. He later became joint member of the Medical Board at the India Office. David Ferrier 1843 – 1928 Scottish neurologist and psychologist. Sir Peter Freyer1851 – 1921 Irish surgeon who performed genitourinary surgery, best known at first as an Indian Medical Service (IMS) officer, for making popular the procedure for crushing bladder stones to allow them to be evacuated through the natural passages. Following retirement from the IMS after 20 years of service in India, he returned to England and popularized a procedure for benign large prostates. Sir Alfred Downing Fripp 1865 – 1930 In 1901 he was elected a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, created CB for his services in the Boer War, and made CVO. He was knighted in 1903, and was appointed KCVO in 1906. He was surgeon-in-ordinary to the Prince of Wales, and to the next Prince of Wales, afterwards King George V. Rickman Godlee 1849 – 1925 Surgeon James Frederick Goodhart 1845–1916 Frederick William Hewitt 1857 – 1916 The King's anaesthetist. Victor A. H. Horsley1857 – 1916Known for the Horsley–Clarke apparatus (developed together with Robert H. Clarke in 1908). George Henry Makins 1853 – 1933 Surgeon John Lockhart-Mummery1875 – 1957 Surgeon at St Mark's Hospital, London, who devised a classification of rectal cancer and described familial polyposis which led to the formation of the polyposis registry. He authored Diseases of the Rectum and Colon and their Surgical Treatment (1923) and The Origin of Cancer (1934). His work on colorectal surgery earned him the nickname "King Rectum". Frederick W. Pavy 1829 – 1911 Richard D. Powell William Aldren Turner 1864–1945 Henry Roe Walker M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P Sir William Hale-White1857 – 1949 Physician at Guy's Hospital, colonel in the RAMC during the First World War, and knighted in 1919.

1905 list Additions were made in 1905. Name birth/death Comments Image RefSir Watson Cheyne 1852 – 1932 Sir Alfred Pearce Gould 1852 – 1922 Sir Bruce Porter 1869 – 1948

1906 list Additions were made in 1906. Name birth/death Comments Image RefJohn Anderson Sir Charles A. Balance 1856 – 1936 Sir Malcolm Morris 1849 – 1924 T. H. Openshaw 1856 – 1929 Sir Charters J. Seymonds Herbert Tiley Cuthebert S. Wallace 1867 – 1944

1914 list A few days before the onset of the First World War, during which the hospital was located at 9 Grosvenor Gardens, Sister Agnes compiled a list of 23 honorary physicians and surgeons. Although patients could "if desired be treated by any member of the surgical staff of a London hospital", at that time, the status of the medical staff was considered such that patients rarely requested the service from any other London consultant.Hough, 1998, pp.46-48 Throughout the war, all worked at the hospital without a fee. According to historian Richard Hough "to work for the sovereign and Sister Agnes was sufficient, indeed a privilege". Arthur H. Cheatle, G. Lenthal Cheatle, John Lockhart-Mummery and Sir William Hale-White, from the 1904 list remained on the 1914 list.

Name birth/death Comments Image RefSir Bertrand Dawson1864 – 1945 Physician in ordinary to four successive monarchs. One time president of the Royal College of Physicians. Sir William Bennett1852 – 1931 Treated wounded soldiers returning from the Boer War, for which he was publicly thanked by Lord Roberts. During the First World War he served the British Red Cross and the Order of St John. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane1856 – 1943 Surgeon at Guy's Hospital and examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons. During the First World War, he served in the Aldershot command and was gazetted colonel, AMS, in 1917. He organized the Queen's Hospital at Sidcup for the treatment of facial injuries and worked with Sir Harold Gillies and Henry Tonks. Herbert J. Paterson1867 – 1940 Honorary surgeon in charge of Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Officers, before becoming surgeon to King Edward VII Hospital for Officers. James Sherren 1872 – 1945He followed Sir Frederick Treves before becoming a surgeon of the abdomen, working with Joseph Blomfield. Named for the Sherren's triangle. Sir T. Crisp English1878 – 1949 Surgeon to St George's Hospital, specialised in head injuries. Charles Arthur Morris1860 – 1942Friend of Sister Agnes, he served the hospital during the Boer War and the First World War. A surgeon, he had a general practice in London. Harold Spitta1877 – 1954Bacteriologist to Royal medical household. "Dr Harold Robert Dacre Spitta MVO (1888-92)". http://www.oldframlinghamian.comJoseph Blomfield1870 – 1948Anaesthetist who worked closely with James Sherren. E. W. Clapham Anaesthetist Richard R. Cruise1877 – 1946 Ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital who was appointed to the King Edward VII's Hospital in 1914. Invented chain curtain for helmets to reduce eye-injuries. W. H. Clayton-Greene 1874 – 1926Dean of St Mary's Medical School from 1907 to 1910, full Surgeon and Lecturer on Surgery in 1911, Consulting Surgeon in 1924, and Surgeon to the French Hospital, to the Hampstead General Hospital, and to the Radium Institute. He was an examiner in anatomy. Sir Francis Mark Farmer1866 – 1922 Dental surgeon Farquhar Buzzard1871 – 1945 Contributed to neurology as did his father Thomas Buzzard. Thomas Walker Llewelyn PowellDied 1934Anaesthetist at the National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy. Arnold Lawson1867 – 1947 Broderip scholar and later an Ophthalmologist. John Thomas-Walker

1948 at Beaumont Street In 1919, when the hospital returned to 17 Grosvenor Crescent, having been at Grosvenor Gardens throughout the war, the consultant list was abandoned. However, once located at the purpose-developed Beaumont Street in 1948, the King's Fund advised that one was necessary, and with modest charges, the consultants would acquire the prestige of being on the list. 27 physicians and surgeons were subsequently invited by the medical members of the hospital's council.Hough, 1998, p.131

Name birth/death Comments Image RefSir Clement Price-Thomas1893 – 1973 Welsh thoracic surgeon known for his 1951 operation on King George VI. Sir Henry Osmond-Clarke 1905 – 1986 Appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the London Hospital in 1946, before being appointed to King Edward VII Hospital for Officers. Cecil Fleming Ronald Furlong 1909 – 2002 Sir Cecil Wakeley 1892 – 1979 President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1949 to 1954. Sir Brian Warren 1914 – 1996 Physician to Sir Edward Heath.

1950s -1960s In 1954 there were 28 physicians and surgeons on the list of medical staff.Hough, 1998, pp.178-179 From January 1965, the use of the hospital was restricted to those consultants from the recognised list.Hough, 1998, pp.146-147 In 1969, upon the retirement of Matron Alice Saxby, eight new appointments were made.Hough, 1998, p.152

Name birth/death Comments Image RefSir Archibald McIndoe 1900 – 1960 Hough, 1998, pp.137-138Sir Anthony Michael Dawson 1928 – 1997 Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital who became physician to the Queen from 1982. Hugh Evelyn Lockhart-Mummery1918 – 1988 Son of John Lockhart-Mummery. Appointed Surgeon to the Royal Household in 1969 and later Surgeon to The Queen and then Serjeant-Surgeon. Sir Edward Muir1906 – 1973 Broderic scholar, pathologist and colorectal surgeon. He was appointed surgeon to the Royal Household in 1954, and surgeon to the Queen in 1964. Shortly before his death he became Sergeant Surgeon. John Creyghton Ainsworth-Davis1895 – 1976

Later years By the early 1990s, the hospital had increased bed capacity to 62 and its medical and surgical staff numbered 87.