List of Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

This is an incomplete list of the Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Formally incorporated as a Craft Guild of Edinburgh in 1505 (as the Barber Surgeons of Edinburgh), the society was granted a new charter by King George III in 1778, giving it the title of "The Royal College of Surgeons of the City of Edinburgh". Prior to 1778 the President was referred to as the Deacon or Kirkmaster.

The President is normally elected in November and now serves for 3 years.

List of Presidents

Source:^[1]

• 2015 Mike Lavell-Jones ^[2]
• 2012–15 Ian Ritchie^[3]
• 2009–12 David Tolley^[3]
• 2006–09 John D. Orr
• 2003–06 John Allan Raymond Smith
• 2000–03 Sir John Temple
• 1997–2000 Arnold George Dominic Maran
• 1994–97 Sir Robert Shields ^[4]
• 1991–94 Patrick Stewart Boulter^[5]
• 1989–91 Sir Terence English
• 1988 Geoffrey Duncan Chisholm
• 1985–88 Thomas Jaffray McNair^[6]
• 1979–82 Francis John Gillingham
• 1976–79 Andrew Wilkinson
• 1973–76 James Alexander Ross
• 1970–73 Sir Donald Douglas
• 1967–70 James R. J. Cameron
• 1964–67 George Ian Scott
• 1957–62 Sir John Bruce ^[7]
• 1951–56 Walter Mercer^[8]
• 1949–51 Walter Quarry Wood
• 1947–49 Francis Jardine
• 1945–47 James Methuen Graham
• 1943–45 Robert William Johnstone
• 1942–43 John Struthers
• 1939–41 Harry Moss Traquair
• 1937–39 William James Stuart
• 1935–37 Sir Henry Wade
• 1933–35 Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair
• 1931–33 John Dowden
• 1929–31 James Haig Ferguson
• 1927–29 Alexander Miles
• 1925–27 Arthur Logan Turner
• 1923–25 Sir Harold Jalland Stiles
• 1921–23 Sir David Wallace
• 1919–21 George Mackay
• 1917–19 Robert Johnston
• 1914–17 Sir James Hodsdon
• 1912–14 Francis Mitchell Caird
• 1910–12 Sir George Andreas Berry
• 1907–10 Joseph Montagu Cotterill
• 1905–07 Charles MacGillivray
• 1903–05 Sir Patrick Heron Watson
• 1901–03 Sir John Halliday Croom
• 1899–1901 John Dunsmure
• 1897–99 John Chiene^[9]
• 1895–97 John Struthers
• 1893–95 Peter Maclaren
• 1891–93 Robert James Blair Cunynghame
• 1889–91 John Duncan
• 1887–89 Joseph Bell
• 1885–87 Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson
• 1883–84 John Smith
• 1882–83 Sir William Turner
• 1879–82 Francis Brodie Imlach
• 1877–79 Sir Patrick Heron Watson
• 1875–77 Sir Henry Littlejohn
• 1873–75 James Simson
• 1872–73 William Walker
• 1869–72 James Gillespie
• 1867–69 James Spence
• 1865–67 James Dunsmure
• 1863–65 Benjamin Bell
• 1861–63 Patrick Small Kier Newbigging
• 1859–61 Andrew Douglas Maclagan
• 1857–59 Robert Ormond
• 1855–57 Andrew Wood
• 1853–55 Archibald Inglis
• 1851–53 James Scarth Combe
• 1849–51 James Syme
• 1848–49 John Argyll Robertson
• 1846–48 Samuel Alexander Pagan
• 1844–46 James Simson
• 1842–44 Andrew Fyfe
• 1840–42 Richard Huie
• 1838–40 Adam Hunter
• 1836–38 George Ballingall
• 1834–36 William Brown
• 1832–34 John Campbell
• 1830–32 John Gairdner
• 1828–30 William Wood
• 1826–28 David Maclagan
• 1824–26 David Hay
• 1822–24 William Wood
• 1820–22 John Henry Wishart
• 1818–20 Alexander Gillespie
• 1816–18 James Bryce
• 1814–16 Sir William Newbigging
• 1812–14 James Law
• 1810–12 Alexander Gillespie
• 1808–10 Andrew Inglis
• 1806–08 William Farquharson
• 1804–06 John Rae
• 1802–04 John Bennet
• 1800–02 James Law
• 1798–1800 Andrew Wood
• 1796–98 James Russell
• 1778–80 James Gibson

Deacons (to 1778) (partial list)

• 1776–78 Alexander Hamilton
• 1774–76 Andrew Wood
• 1772–74 William Inglis
• 1770–72 David Wardrobe
• 1768–70 Robert Smith
• 1766–68 James Brodie
• 1764–66 James Rae
• 1762–64 Alexander Wood
• 1760–62 John Balfour
• 1758–60 William Chalmer
• 1756–58 Thomas Young
• 1754–56 Robert Walker
• 1752–54 James Russell
• 1750–52 George Cunningham
• 1736–37 John Lauder
• 1730–32 John Lauder
• 1718–20 John Lauder
• 1714–16 John Lauder
• 1712–13 John Monro
• 1631–32 John Ker

See also

• List of Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

References

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2. "New RCSEd President Elected". Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
3. "Office Bearers". Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
4. "Sir Robert Shields: Surgeon-administrator knighted for service to healthcare in Liverpool". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
5. "Boulter, Patrick Stewart (1927 - 2009)". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
6. "Collection of Thomas Jaffrey McNair". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
7. "Bruce, Sir John (1905 - 1975)". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
8. "Mercer, Sir Walter (1890 - 1971)". Royal College of Surgeons. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
9. "John Chiene (1842-1923) Sportsman & PRCSEd" (PDF). Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 November 2015.