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Position of being a physician and/or surgeon to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
Physician to the King (or Queen , as appropriate) is a title (as
postnominals , KHP , QHP ) held by physicians of the
Medical Household of the
Sovereign of the
United Kingdom . Part of the
Royal Household , the Medical Household includes physicians, who treat general conditions, and extra physicians, specialists who are brought in as required.
In 1973, the position of
Head of the Medical Household was created. The occupant of that position is also a Physician to the King.
Royal households before 1901
Balthasar Guersye (died 1557), Physician to
Henry VIII and
Catherine of Aragon
[1]
Matthias de Lobel , Physician to
King James I
[2]
Martin Schöner (died 1611), Physician to
Anne of Denmark .
[3]
Sir Richard Croft , Physician to King George III,
King George IV and
Princess Charlotte Augusta .
Sir Andrew Halliday , Physician to
King William IV
[4] and to
Queen Victoria
[5]
Dr
Cornwallis Hewett , Physician Extraordinary to
William IV
[6]
Dr John Forrest (1804-1865), Honorary Physician to
Queen Victoria
[7]
Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt. ,
KCVO ,
MD , Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria (1896–1901)
[8]
Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet ,
FRCS (1820–1904), Physician to Queen Victoria
[9]
Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart ,
FRSE ,
FRCPE (1837–1900), Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Scotland from 1882
[10]
George Steward Beatson (–1874) Honorary Physician to the Queen
Sir Alexander Nisbet (d. 1874), Honorary Physician to the Queen
[11]
John Davidson , appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen in 1874
[11]
Royal Household of King Edward VII
Physician-in-Ordinary to His Majesty
Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt. , KCVO, MD 29 March 1901 – 1907
[12]
Sir James Reid, Bt. ,
GCVO ,
KCB , MD 29 March 1901 – 6 May 1910
[12]
Sir Francis Laking, Bt. , GCVO, KCB, MD 29 March 1901 – 6 May 1910
[12]
Physicians Extraordinary to His Majesty
Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Scotland
Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Ireland
Royal Households 1910–1973
Bertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn , GCVO KCB
KCMG
PC
FRCP (1864–1945), Physician to
King George V ,
King Edward VIII and
King George VI .
Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill, GCVO
CMG FRCP (1876–1957), Extra Physician to King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II .
Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder , GCVO (1871–1955), Extra Physician to
King Edward VII , King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II .
Sir John Weir GCVO
& Chain CMG MD (1879–1971), Physician to King George V, King Edward VIII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II .
Sir Arnold Stott
KBE FRCP (1885–1958), Extra Physician to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II .
Sir
Edward Mellanby (1884-1955), Honorary Physician to King George VI
[13]
Andrew Best Semple (1963–1965), Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II
[14]
Air Marshal Sir
Sidney Richard Carlyle Nelson (1961-1967), Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II.
[15]
Air Vice-Marshal
Frederick Charles Hurrell
CB ,
OBE , Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II .
[16]
Professor
Kenneth Gordon Lowe
CVO FRCP MD, Queen's Physician in Scotland .
[17]
Royal Household post-1973
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