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Sir John Marnoch
First World War

Sir John Marnoch

Royal Household in Scotland,[2] Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen (1909 to 1932), and President of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
(1909 to 1910).

Early life and education

Marnoch was born on 23 May 1867 in

Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (CM) degrees with highest honours in 1891.[3]

Career

Early career

From 1891 to 1893, following graduation, he held training posts at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[3] He was appointed assistant surgeon at the Royal Infirmary in 1893, and promoted to surgeon in charge of wards in 1900.[3][4]

Alongside his medical roles, Marnoch was made a

emeritus professor.[3]

Marnoch was commissioned as a surgeon-lieutenant in the 1st Aberdeen volunteer artillery in 1895.[5] His military service continued when he was transferred in 1909 as an "a la suite" Officer to the 1st Scot. General. Hospital. Mobilised Lieut.-Col., Aug. 1914. M.O. i/c spec. mil. section (Surgery of reconstruction), 1st Scottish. General Hospital with rank of Brevet-Colonel; Inspector of Tetanus, Northern Area January 1915.[6]

There is an annual Sir John Marnoch lecture in Aberdeen University medical school.[citation needed]

Operation on the Duke of York

Marnoch had been an army surgeon in the volunteer corps for many years

Sir James Reid, received a call from the Palace asking him to go to Wick in northern Scotland. There he received Prince Albert (‘Bertie’, 1895–1952), second son of the King, and the future King George VI. Prince Albert, who was serving as a midshipman on HMS Collingwood, had suffered from abdominal problems from an early age but on this occasion appendicitis was diagnosed. Reid travelled with the prince to Aberdeen on the hospital ship Rohilla. Marnoch performed an appendectomy on Albert in the Northern Nursing Home, Albyn Place, Aberdeen on 29 August 1914. The prince made a good recovery. He later returned to serve on the ship and thereafter took part in the Battle of Jutland.[7]
[8]

Later career

Personal life

Marnoch was a keen amateur musician and through his friendship with Charles Sanford Terry, Burnett-Fletcher Professor of History and Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen, he received the bound final proof of the full score of Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto. Terry was a close friend of Elgar and had been gifted the proof for his help with the proofreading of the concerto.[9]

Honours

  • Knighted KCVO - 1928 [10]
  • Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen – 5 April 1930 Brevet Colonel Sir John Marnoch KCVO [5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
    . Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "The London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 3 September 1935. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ^
    S2CID 219997963
    . Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^
    Who Was Who
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "The London Gazette" (PDF). Thegazette.co.uk. 8 April 1930. p. 2255. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ^ Denis Larionov; Alexander Zhulin. "Read the eBook Roll of service in the great war, 1914-1919 by University of Aberdeen online for free (page 47 of 48)". Ebooksread.com. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Royal Connections - Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society". Med-chi.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  8. ^ "October Highlight - Prince Albert's operation in Aberdeen". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  9. ISBN 9781400832101
  10. ^ "No. 33390". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1928. p. 3851.
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