List of presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

This is an incomplete list of the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, which was granted its Royal Charter by Charles II in 1681.

List of presidents[]

Source (1681–1867): Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, published by RCPE, 1867

	Took office	Left office	Notes
Andrew Elder	2021
Angela Thomas	2020	2021	Acting President
Andrew Elder	2020	2020
Derek Bell	2014	2020
Neil Dewhurst	2010	2014
Neil Douglas	2004	2010
Niall Finlayson	2001	2004
James Petrie	1997	2001
John D Cash	1994	1997
Anthony Toft	1991	1994
John Richmond	1988	1991
Michael Francis Oliver	1985	1988
Ronald Haxton Girdwood	1982	1985
John Anderson Strong	1979	1982
Ronald Foote Robertson^[1]	1976	1979
John Wenman Crofton^[2]	1973	1976
	1970	1973
Christopher William Clayson	1966	1969
Sir Ian George Wilson Hill^[3]	1963	1966
Sir James Davidson Stuart Cameron	1960	1963
Andrew Rae Gilchrist	1957	1960
Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson^[4]	1953	1957
^[5]	1951	1953
Sir David Kennedy Henderson	1949	1951
William Douglas Denton Small	1947	1949
David Murray Lyon^[6]	1945	1947
Andrew Fergus Hewat	1943	1945
Charles McNeil	1940	1943
Alexander Goodall^[7]	1937	1940
William Thomas Ritchie^[8]	1935	1937
Edwin Bramwell	1933	1935	son of Byrom Bramwell (see below)
Robert Thin	1931	1933
Norman Purvis Walker^[9]	1929	1931
Robert Alexander Fleming	1927	1929
^[10]	1925	1927
George Lovell Gulland^[11]	1923	1925
Sir Robert William Philip^[12]	1918	1923
William Russell^[13]	1916	1918
Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour	1914	1916
	1912	1914	son of Thomas Brown Free Church moderator. Lecturer on Neurology in University of Edinburgh, born 6 September 1853; died 1925
Sir Byrom Bramwell	1910	1912
William Allan Jamieson^[14]	1908	1910
John Playfair	1908	1908
Charles Edward Underhill	1906	1908	Died in office
John Playfair	1904	1906
Thomas Smith Clouston	1902	1904
Thomas Richard Fraser	1900	1902
James Andrew^[15]	1898	1900
John Batty Tuke	1895	1898
William Tennant Gairdner^[16]	1893	1895
Alexander Russell Simpson	1891	1893
Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart	1889	1891
Robert Peel Ritchie	1887	1889
Andrew Douglas Maclagan	1884	1887
George William Balfour	1882	1884
Daniel Rutherford Haldane	1879	1882
Alexander Peddie^[17]	1877	1879
Alexander Keiller^[18]	1875	1877
William Henry Lowe	1873	1875
Robert Paterson^[19]	1871	1873
Andrew Halliday Douglas^[20]	1869	1871
Dr John Moir	1867	1869
Dr John Smith	1865	1867
John Graham MacDonald Burt	1863	1865
Dr David Craigie	1861	1863
Alexander Wood	1858	1861
David Maclagan	1856	1857
James Begbie	1854	1856
Thomas Stewart Traill	1852	1854
Sir James Young Simpson	1850	1852
Dr William Seller	1848	1850
Robert Christison	1846	1848	2nd term
William Beilby	1844	1846
Richard Huie	1842	1844
Robert Graham	1840	1842
Sir Robert Christison	1838	1840	1st term
William Alison	1836	1838
John Thomson	1834	1836
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson	1833	1834	2nd term
Dr John MacWhirter	1831	1833
Dr Joshua Henry Davidson	1829	1831	1st term
Dr Alexander Morison	1827	1829
Dr Alexander Monro	1825	1827
Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr	1824	1825
Andrew Duncan, Jnr	1822	1824
Dr James Buchan	1819	1822
Dr Thomas Charles Hope	1815	1819
Dr James Hamilton (the Younger)	1812	1815
Dr James Home	1809	1812
Dr Charles Stuart of Dunearn	1806	1809
Dr Thomas Spens	1803	1806	son of Nathaniel Spens (see below)
Dr William Wright	1801	1803
Dr James Gregory	1798	1801
Dr Daniel Rutherford	1796	1798
Dr Nathaniel Spens	1794	1796
Dr James Hamilton the Elder	1792	1794
Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr	1790	1792
Dr Joseph Black	1788	1790
Dr James Hay	1786	1788
Dr John Hope	1784	1786
Dr John Gardiner	1782	1784
Dr Alexander Monro	1779	1782
Dr Gregory Grant	1777	1779
Dr Francis Home	1775	1777
Dr William Cullen	1773	1775
Dr Colin Drummond	1772	1773
Dr John Boswell	1770	1772
Sir Stuart Threipland	1766	1770
Dr Robert Whytt	1763	1766
Sir Alexander Dick, Bt	1756	1763
Dr John Rutherford	1752	1756
Dr William Porterfield	1748	1752
Dr William Cochran	1744	1748
	1740	1744
Dr Robert Lowis	1735	1740
Dr John Riddell	1731	1735
Dr Francis Pringle	1727	1731
Dr John Drummond	1722	1727
Dr James Forrest	1719	1722
Dr William Stewart	1716	1719
Dr Matthew Sinclare	1708	1716
Dr William Eccles	1706	1708
Dr James Halket	1704	1706
Dr Alexander Dundas	1702	1704
Dr Robert Trotter	1700	1702
Dr Matthew Sinclare	1698	1700
Sir Thomas Burnet^[21]	1696	1698
Dr Robert Trotter^[22]	1694	1698
Sir Archibald Stevenson^[23]	1694^[24]	1694	2nd term
Sir Andrew Balfour^[25]	1685	?
Sir Robert Sibbald^[26]	1684	1685
^[27]	1681	1684	1st term, elected ‘at the inaugural meeting of the College on 18 January 1682’^[28]

References[]

^ "Notable Fellows-Dr RF Robertson (1920–1991)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Interview: Sir John Crofton". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ http://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-ian-hill-19051982-professor-of-medicine-91045
^ "Interview: Sir Stanley Davidson". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Interview: William Alister Alexander". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1976
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ "Sir Robert Philip". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1976
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^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Lee, Thomas Alexander. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 143.
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^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
^ Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076
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^ McCrae, M. Physicians and Society - A History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.25

Charter and regulations of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. RCPE. 1789. p. 97.

[1] "Notable Fellows-Dr RF Robertson (1920–1991)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[2] "Interview: Sir John Crofton". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[3] ttp://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-ian-hill-19051982-professor-of-medicine-91045

[4] "Interview: Sir Stanley Davidson". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[5] "Interview: William Alister Alexander". Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[6] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1976

[7] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[8] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[9] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[10] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[11] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[12] "Sir Robert Philip". The Scotsman. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[13] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1976

[14] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[15] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[16] Lee, Thomas Alexander. Seekers of Truth: The Scottish Founders of Modern Public Accountancy. p. 143.

[17] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[18] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[19] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[20] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[21] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[22] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[23] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[24] McCrae, M. Physicians and Society - A History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.36

[25] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[26] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[27] Craig, W. S. History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.1076

[28] McCrae, M. Physicians and Society - A History of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, p.25

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