Serjeant Surgeon

The Serjeant Surgeon is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, dating from 1253.

Pre-twentieth century

• Claudius Amyand 1715-1740^[1]
• Robert Keate FRCS 1841
• Benjamin Travers 1857–1858
• Sir William Lawrence, Bt FRCS FRS 1858

List of Serjeant Surgeons from the beginning of the twentieth century

• Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM, FRS 1901^[2]
• Colonel Sir Frederick Treves, Bt GCVO CB 1902-1910^[3]
• Major-General Sir Richard Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet 1910-1928
• Colonel Sir Hugh Rigby, Bt KCVO 1928-1932
• Wilfred Trotter, MD MS FRCS FRS 1932-1939
• Sir Thomas Dunhill, KCVO CMG c.1944
• Brigadier Sir Arthur Porritt, Bt KCMG KCVO CBE MA MB MChir FRCS 1946-1966
• Sir Ralph Marnham, KCVO MChir FRCS 1967-1971
• Sir Edward Muir, KCVO MS FRCS 1972-1973
• Sir Edward Tuckwell, KCVO MCh FRCS 1973-1975
• Sir Hugh Lockhart-Mummery, KCVO MD MChir FRCS LRCP 1975-1983
• Sir William Slack, KCVO MD MCh BM FRCS 1983-1990
• John Leonard Dawson, CVO MS FRCS 1990-1991
• Sir Barry Jackson, MS FRCS 1991-2001
• Adam Lewis, CVO 2001-2006
• Sir Roger Vickers, KCVO ^[4]FRCS 2006-10
• George Hamilton, MD FRCS 2010-

Honorary Serjeant Surgeons

• Sir William MacCormac, Bt., KCB, KCVO 1901 ^[2]
• Sir Thomas Smith, Bt. 1901-1909 ^[2]
• Sir Frederick Treves, Bt., GCVO, CH, FRCS 1901^[5] (he was appointed Serjeant Surgeon the following year)

References

1. "Claudius Amyand". The Twickenham Museum.
2. The London Gazette: no. 27289. p. 1414. 26 February 1901. Retrieved 14-10-2012.
3. The London Gazette: no. 27457. p. 4738. 25 July 1902.
4. London Gazette 12 June 2010
5. The London Gazette: no. 27300. p. 2194. 29 March 1901.