Physician to the King

Physician to the King (or Queen, as appropriate) is a title (as

In 1973, the position of Head of the Medical Household was created. The occupant of that position is also a Physician to the King.

Postholders

Royal households before 1901

• Balthasar Guersye (died 1557), Physician to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon^[1]
• King James I^[2]
• Martin Schöner (died 1611), Physician to Anne of Denmark.^[3]
• Princess Charlotte Augusta
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• 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]
• FRCS (1820–1904), Physician to Queen Victoria^[9]
• 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

• Surgeon-General Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bt., KCSI, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]
• Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bt., KCVO, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]
• Sir Edward Henry Sieveking, MD 29 March 1901 – 1904^[12]
• Sir Felix Semon, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]
• John Lowe, MD 29 March 1901 – 1904^[12]

Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Scotland

• Sir William Tennant Gairdner, KCB, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]
• George William Balfour, MD 29 March 1901 – 1903^[12]

Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Ireland

• Sir John Thomas Banks, KCB, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]
• William Moore, MD 29 March 1901–?^[12]

Royal Households 1910–1973

• PC FRCP (1864–1945), Physician to King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI
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• 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

• see Heads of the Medical Household.

References