Medical Staff
| INSPECTOR. | ||
| Date of Commission. | ||
| 1 | Sir James Robert Grant, M.D. | 14 July, 1814 |
| DEPUTY-INSPECTORS. | ||
| Wm. Taylor | 25 July, 1811 | |
| John Gunning | 17 Sept. 1812 | |
| Stephen Woolriche | 26 May, 1814 | |
| 2 | John R.H.me | 26 May, 1814 |
| PHYSICIAN. | ||
| 3 | George Denecke, M.D., W. | 17 June, 1813 |
| SURGEONS. | ||
| 4 | David Brownrigg | 18 June, 1807 |
| Henry Gresley Emery, M.D. | 11 Aug. 1808 | |
| 5 | Thos. Draper | 1 Sept. 1808 |
| M.A. Burmeister | 4 Jan. 1810 | |
| Robert Grant | 22 Aug. 1811 | |
| John Maling | 3 Sept. 1812 | |
| 6 | John Callander | 25 Mar. 1813 |
| 7 | Andrew Halliday | 29 Apr. 1813 |
| 8 | Jas. Matthews, M.D. | 9 Sept. 1813 |
| 9 | J. Gideon Van Millingen, M.D. | 26 May, 1814 |
| 10 | Samuel Barwick Bruce | 25 May, 1815 |
| ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. | ||
| 11 | J.W. McAuley | 8 Feb. 1810 |
| James Dease | 11 Mar. 1813 | |
| Wm. Twining | 10 Mar. 1814 | |
| 12 | George Evers | 3 June, 1815 |
| APOTHECARY. | ||
| Wm. Lyons | 9 Sept. 1813 | |
Notes
1. This distinguished physician was son of Duncan Grant, of Lingeston, N.B., and brother to that equally distinguished soldier, Col. Colquhoun Grant (see Staff). Bn. at Forres, Morayshire, in 1771. Served as assistant-surgeon and surgeon in the 11th Regt. of Foot, and was one of the very few officers who served through the whole of the war with France, viz., from 1793 to 1815. C.B. and K.H. In 1814 he recd. the order of St. Anne of Russia from the Emperor for his services when with the Russian army in France. Aftds. Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals. Retd. on f. p. about 1847. Resided in Cumberland, and d. 10th Jan., 1864. (Communicated by the late Major Walter McGregor, nephew of the above.)
2. Wellington’s friend and physician for many years. “After Waterloo.—After the battle Wellington rode to Brussels, and the first person who entered his room on the morning of the 19th was Dr. Hume. ‘He had, as usual,’ says the doctor, ’taken off his clothes, but his face was covered with the dust and sweat of the previous day. He extended his hand to me, which I held in mine while I told him of Alexander Gordon’s death. He was much affected. I felt his tears dropping fast upon my hand, and, looking towards him, saw them chasing one another in a stream over his dusty cheeks. He brushed them suddenly away with his left hand, and said to me, in a voice tremulous with emotion—“Well, thank God, I don’t know what it is to lose a battle, but certainly nothing can be more painful than to gain one with the loss of so many of one’s friends.”’”—Fifty Years’ Biographical Reminiscences, by Lord William Lennox.
3. Slightly wounded at Quatre Bras, and his horse sev. wnded.
4. Served in the Pa. “Was the first surgeon to amputate with success at the hip joint.” D. in Dublin in Nov., 1836.
5. Served in Egypt, at Maida, and in the Pa. Was surgeon to Sir John Moore. Recd. the thanks of the Govt. for his services at Waterloo. Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals. D. 28th June, 1850, at Instow, Barnstaple.
6. Surgeon to the 7th Hussars, 7th May, 1816. H. p. 25th June, 1829, from Rl. Waggon Train. Living 1846.
7. Afterwards Sir Andrew Halliday, Knt., M.D., F.R.S., and K.H. Was educated for the Church, but finding he had a medical turn, adopted the latter profession. Served on the medical staff both in Spain and Portugal, and aftds. at Waterloo. Was of humble parentage, but of good blood, being descended from “Thom Halliday, my sister’s son, so dear,” mentioned by the great Sir William Wallace. D. at Dumfries, 7th Sept., 1839.
8. Hospital assistant 8th July, 1799. Assist.-surgn. Dec., 1799. H. p. before 1824.
9. D. Sept., 1852.
10. Entered the medical dept. 1804, but saw some of his earliest service afloat under Lord Nelson in 1805. Present at the capture of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John in 1807. Subsequently served at Fort Dessaix, Martinique, and Guadaloupe. Proceeded to the Pa. in 1813 and America 1814–15. Present at the attack on New Orleans and Fort Bowyer. Joined the army in the Netherlands in May, 1815. Present at Waterloo and capture of Paris. H. p. 1816. Retd. in Jan., 1833. D. in London 24th Dec., 1852. Left issue a son, Lt.-Col. Robt. C.D. Bruce, h. p. 8th Foot, to whom there is a tablet in Ripon Minster.
11. H. p. 5th Foot 22nd Aug., 1816. Living 1852.
12. Assist.-Surgn. 14th Foot 23rd Dec., 1824. H. p. 15th Dec., 1825. Living 1846.