Sir Richard Powell, 1st Baronet

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Richard Douglas Powell

Sir Richard Douglas Powell, 1st Baronet,

Physician Royal to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V, president of various medical societies, etc.[1][2][3][4]

Powell studied medicine at

In 1887 he was appointed as physician-extraordinary to Queen Victoria, later succeeding Jenner as physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V.[5]

He was elected President of the

Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society (1904–1906) and the Royal College of Physicians (1905–1909). He delivered the Harveian Oration
at the Royal College of Physicians in 1914.

He was created a baronet of Wimpole Street in 1897.[5]

Family

Powell's elder daughter Dorothy Juliet Powell married in 1900 Edward Arthur Leadam, only son of W. Ward Leadam, MD.[6]

References

  1. ^ ‘POWELL, Sir Richard Douglas’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 5 June 2013
  2. ^ Sir R. Douglas Powell. Physician To The King. (Obituaries) The Times Wednesday, 16 December 1925; pg. 19; Issue 44146; col A
  3. ^ The Late Sir Douglas Powell. (Obituaries) A correspondent. The Times Thursday, 17 December 1925; pg. 18; Issue 44147; col D
  4. ^ a b c "Sir Richard Douglas Powell (1842–1925)". Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36074. London. 24 February 1900. p. 1.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Wimpole Street)
1897–1925
Succeeded by
Douglas Powell