Epsom college 1855-1899: general practitioners, medical officers of health, some dental surgeons, and military doctors

William Aubert Montgomery (1869-1945) [Epsom College 1884-1888. Entrance Scholarship. Prefect] was the son of Dr E. C. Montgomery, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, and brother of Dr Edwin Cecil Montgomery [Epsom College 1886-1890], Cuthbert Elliot Montgomery, M.C. [Epsom College 1894-1895], and James Montgomery, R.D. [Epsom College 1897-1900]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Ambrose Henry Palmer (1869-1917) [Epsom College 1881-1882] was the son of Dr Clement Palmer, of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire. He received his medical education at Birmingham University and Guy’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Barton-under-Needwood (from 1895). He was Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for the Barton district and surgeon to the Barton Cottage Hospital. During the First World War he served in the Staffordshire Yeomanry with the rank of Major. He died of wounds received at Cairo in 1917.

Francis Robert Snuggs Gaman (1869-1910) [Epsom College 1881-1888. prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. Harvey and Brande Essay Prizes. Carr Exhibition] was the son of John Gaman, surgeon, of Hambledon, Hampshire, and brother of Ernest John Gaman [Epsom College 1886-1891]. He won an Open Scholarship to University College Hospital, and after qualification went into general practice at Caistor, Lincolnshire, where he was Medical Officer of Health for Caistor, Medical Officer for the No 1 District and Workhouse of the Caistor Union, and Surgeon for Druid’s Lodge, the Post Office and the Great Central Railway.

William Martyn Thomas (1869-1897) [Epsom College 1882-1887] was the son of F. J. Thomas, surgeon, of Swaffham, Norfolk, and brother of Thomas Lewis Thomas [Epsom College 1876-1878]. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital. He emigrated to South Africa, and died there in 1897, aged 28 years. No details known.

Ernest Llewellyn Davey (1869-1927) [Epsom College 1883-1886. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr R. S. Davey, of Walmer, Kent, and brother of Frederick George Davey [Epsom College 1886-1891]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Walmer, Kent, where he was also Medical Officer of Health for Walmer, and Medical Officer of Health for the Eastry Union and Ringwould Division, 2^nd St James District, Dover Union.

Alan Jasper Heath (1869-1900) [Epsom College 1883-1883] was the son of Christopher Heath, F.R.C.S., of Cavendish Square, London, and brother of Christopher Reginald Walter Heath [Epsom College 1880-1881]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and entered the Indian Medical Service at Bombay with the rank of Captain. He died in 1900, aged 31 years. No further details known.

Francis Seymour Jackson (1869-1935) [Epsom College 1883-1888. Rugby XV. Captain of Cricket XI. MacFarlane Cup. Forest Exhibition. Watts Science Prize] was the son of F. M. Jackson, merchant, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital and went on to Owen’s College (Manchester University). He entered general practice at Wilmslow, Cheshire. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918) at a Base Hospital in France.

John Edmund Knox (1869-1932) [Epsom College 1883-1886] was the son of Dr John Knox, of Bakewell, Derbyshire, and brother of Dr James Jenkinson Knox [Epsom College 1880-1883]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was appointed Medical Officer of Health for East and West Molesey U.D.C., Surrey, and Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Molesey District of the Kingston Union. He was also Honorary Surgeon for the East Molesey and Hampton Court Hospitals, and Medical Superintendent of the West Molesey Isolation Hospital.

Ernest William James (1869-1958) [Epsom College 1881-1887] was the son of Dr Arthur James, of Forest Hill, South London. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital, where he was awarded the Clinical Prize for Surgery. He went into general practice at Hingham, Norfolk, and remained there for 55 years. He was also Assistant Medical Officer and Pathologist at the Kent County Asylum, Maidstone; Medical Officer of Health for the Mitford and Launditch Union, and Chairman of the East Norfolk Division of the British Medical Association in 1928-1929. He was President of the Norfolk and Norwich Medico-Chirurgical Society.

Tom Armstrong Bowes (1869-1954) [Epsom College 1881-1888. head prefect. Watts Science, Engledue and Martin Science Prizes] was the son of John Bowes, surgeon, of Herne Bay, Kent, and brother of William Henry Bowes [Epsom College 1873-1880]. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He then went into general practice at Herne Bay, where he was Surgeon to the Herne Bay Hospital, and an Admiralty Surgeon at Herne Bay. Tom Bowes was a noted local historian, antiquarian and collector, who founded the Herne Bay Museum (1930).

Courtney Mansel Rhodes (1969-1895) [Epsom College 1883-1888. prefect. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr Charles Rhodes, of Weymouth, Dorset, and brother of Sydney Gerald Rhodes [Epsom College 1887-1889], Lieutenant Commander Montague John Rhodes [Epsom College 1883-1886], and Berkeley Cecil Rhodes [Epsom College 1890-1891]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital. He died in 1895, aged 26 years, shortly after qualifying as a doctor. No further details known.

Henry Acton Noakes Hall (1869-1947) [Epsom College 1883-1886] was the son of Dr H. J. Hall, of Mayfield, and brother of John Noakes Hall [Epsom College 1883-1889]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Rotherfield, Sussex, where he was also Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Rotherfield District and Uckfield Union.

John Douglas Seller (1869-1906) [Epsom College 1883-1887. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr J. L. Seller, of Nantwich, Cheshire. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Dartford, Kent. He died in 1906, aged 37 years. No further details known.

Francis Parris Piper (1869-1930) [Epsom College 1885-1888. prefect] was the son of William Piper, licensed victualler, of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Whitstable, Kent, where he was also Medical Officer of Health for Whitstable U.D.C.

Robert John Hillier (1869-1927) [Epsom College 1881-1886] was the son of Dr J. T. Hillier, of Ramsgate, Kent, and brother of Richard George Hillier [Epsom College 1884-1886]. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Sheffield. He was also Senior Anaesthetist at the Jessop Hospital for Women, Sheffield. “His characteristic thoroughness, care, and accuracy led to his becoming so safe and reliable an anaesthetist that his services were much sought after, especially in difficult cases. He was a perfect exponent of the Shipway method of giving ether, which in his hands, appeared to banish shock even after prolonged and difficult abdominal operations.”

Samuel Reginald Wright (1869-1947) [Epsom College 1881-1885. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr John Wright, of Leicester, and brother of Dr Alfred John Wright [Epsom College 1878-1880]. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, and went into general practice at Romford, Essex. He was a member of the Leicestershire County Cricket XI.

Thomas Buxton Flint (1869-1940) [Epsom College 1880-1882] was the son of Dr W. H. Flint, of Buxton, Derbyshire. He received his medical education at Owen’s College, Manchester (Manchester University), and went into general practice at Buxton. He was also Consulting Physician to the Devonshire Royal Hospital, Buxton, Medical Officer of Health for Buxton U.D.C., and a J.P. for Buxton. “He was one of the earliest medical motorists, and owned his first car at the end of the last [19^th] century”.

William Freer Lucas (1870-1893) [Epsom College 1883-1888. prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. Brande G.C. and Wakley Prizes] was the son of William Lucas, farmer, of Petworth, Sussex, and brother of Richard Clement Lucas, T.D. [Epsom College 1888-1890]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholar to the Middlesex Hospital, where he won the Senior Broderip Scholarship and the Lyell medal for surgery. William Freer Lucas was Resident Medical Officer at the Middlesex Hospital when he died of diphtheria contracted from one of his patients at the early age of 23 years. “In administering chloroform during tracheotomy, the child coughed up into his face. Lucas developed diphtheria four days afterwards. The disease spread to his lungs and terminated fatally in ten days”. His parents endowed the Freer Lucas Entrance Scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital in memory of him.

Ernest Hamilton Kay (1870-1933) [Epsom College 1881-1886] was the son of Dr J. H. Kenny, of Birmingham. He received his medical education at Owen’s College (Manchester University), and went into general practice at Heaton Mersey, Manchester. He was also Surgeon to the American Line Steamship Company. During the First World War he served as a Lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. (1914-1918).

Edward Rigby Stephenson Hale (1870-1936) [Epsom College 1883-1886] was the son of Dr T. F. Hale, of Stavely, Derbyshire. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and went into general practice at Ossett, Yorkshire, where he was also Deputy Medical Officer of Health for Ossett.

John Burnet Yelf (1870-1926) [Epsom College 1885-1886] was the son of Dr L. K. Yelf, of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. He was Medical Officer of Health for the No 1 Shipston-on-Stour District and Union, and Surgeon to the Ellen Badger Cottage Hospital, Shipston. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. on Hospital Ships.

Edward Henry James Danaher (1870-1933) [Epsom College 1884-1885] was the son of Dr J. W. Danaher, of Plaistow, East London. He received his medical education at the London Hospital, and went into general practice at Rainham, Essex.

Thomas Fentem (born 1870) [Epsom College 1883-1887] was the son of Dr P. S. Fentem, of Bakewell, Derbyshire. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and was then appointed Assistant Demonstrator in Natural History and Pathology at Edinburgh University, and then Resident Medical Officer for the Croydon Borough Hospital for Infectious Diseases. Following this he was appointed Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for the Bakewell and Baslow U.D.C. He was also Honorary Physician for the Bakewell Dispensary, and a Barrister at Law of the Middle Temple. He was a member of the General Council of Edinburgh University.

Edward Shirley Jones (born 1870) [Epsom College 1886-1889] was the son of E. W. Jones, produce broker, of Hoylake, Cheshire. He received his medical education at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Hoylake.

Charles William Lanphier (1870-1899) [Epsom College 1887-1889. prefect. Rugby XV. Cricket XI. MacFarlane Cup] was the son of Dr Richard Lanphier, of Alford, Lincolnshire, and brother of Richard Austen Lanphier [Epsom College 1882-1887]. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital. He died in South Africa in 1898, aged 29 years. Further details not known.

George Francis Longbotham (1870-1958) [Epsom College 1885-1887. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr G. L. Longbotham, of Middlesbrough, and brother of Dr William Ferrand Longbotham [Epsom College 1891-1891], James Stansfeld Longbotham [Epsom College 1891-1892], and Joseph Currer Busfeild Longbotham [Epsom College 1891-1892]. He received his medical education at Edinburgh University, and then went into general practice at Middlesborough, North Yorkshire. He was previously a Surgeon at Catterick Military Hospital.

Thomas Hill Bailey (1870-1920) [Epsom College 1884-1887] was the son of Dr C. T. Bailey, of Crewe. He received his medical education at King’s College Hospital, and then went into general practice at Crewe, where he was Honorary Surgeon at Crewe Hospital, and Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for the Haslington District of the Nantwich Union. During the South African War he was a Civil Surgeon with the South African Field Force (1899-1902).

Francis Kenneth Wilson (1870-1913) [Epsom College 1888-1889] was the son of E. W. Wilson, farmer, of Ganarew, Herefordshire, and brother of Albert Harcourt Wilson [Epsom College 1886-1891]. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, where he was a Scholar and Prizeman, and then went into general practice at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, where he was Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for the 6^th District of the Stow Union.

Francis James Worth (1870-1916) [Epsom College 1880-1885. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr E. J. Worth, of Devonport, Plymouth, and brother of Edwin Leonard Worth [Epsom College 1880-1884]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital and Durham University. He passed the M.B., B.S. Examination with 1^st Class Honours, and was appointed Assistant Demonstrator of Anatomy at St Mary’s Hospital. He then went into general practice at Edenbridge, Kent. He died in South Africa in 1916, aged 46 years.

Arthur Allen Foster (1870-c. 1948) [Epsom College 1885-1887] was of unknown parentage. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital. There are no details known of his medical career or later life.

Milward Cecil Hayward (1870-1916) [Epsom College 1884-1889] was the son of Henry Hayward, dentist, of Torrington Square, London, and brother of Edwin Leonard Hayward [Epsom College 1888-1889]. He received his medical education at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and St Mary’s Hospital. He then went into general practice at Abingdon, Berkshire. During the First World War he served as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. with the 3^rd Home Counties Field Ambulance, and died of wounds received.

John William Ensor (1870-1934) [Epsom College 1885-1889. Rugby XV] was the son of Dr J. A. Ensor, of Tisbury, Wiltshire, and brother of Dr Cecil Arthur Ensor [Epsom College 1887-1889]. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Birmingham (1899), but in 1911 joined a new practice at Hendon and Golders Green, London. During his time in general practice he saw Hendon develop from a rural village to a borough of over 100,000 inhabitants. He was a member of the Medical Staff of the King Edward Memorial Hospital, Hendon, and Chairman of the Hendon Division of the British Medical Association. On retirement, in 1970, he was presented with a motor car by his patients. He played for the United Hospitals Rugby XV.

Savignac Bell Stedman (born 1871) [Epsom College 1881-1882; re-entered 1886—1889] was the son of Dr Arthur Stedman, of Great Bookham, Surrey, and brother of Dr Frederick Osmund Robert Stedman, M.D., J.P. [Epsom College 1875-1881]. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, where he was Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for the Binbrook Division of the Louth District Union, Lincolnshire. Later, he appears to have retired from medicine, emigrating to Ceylon, and taking up tea planting (Rosehaugh Tea Company).

David Gerald Kennard (1871-1944) [Epsom College 1887-1888. Cricket XI] was the son of Dr David Kennard, of Lambourne, Berkshire. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and went into general practice at Faringdon, Berkshire, where he was Honorary Surgeon to Faringdon Cottage Hospital, and Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Faringdon District of the Faringdon Union. The Epsom College Register for 1855-1924 gives his residence as Port Said, Egypt, but no details are known.

George Frederick Saunders Genge (born 1871) [Epsom College 1889-1890] was the son of Richard Genge, farmer, of Puddletown, Dorset. He received his medical education at the Westminster Hospital, and went into general practice at Andover, Hampshire.

Richard Burrows Sephton (1871-1936) [Epsom College 1884-1886] was the son of Dr Robert Sephton, of Culcheth, Lancashire. He received his medical education at Edinburgh and Manchester Universities, and then went into general practice at Culcheth, Warrington. He was a Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health, Medical Officer of Health for Warrington, and a Poor Law Medical Officer in Lancashire, for over 50 years. He was also a J.P. for the County of Lancashire. “He did his rounds on horseback and many of the older inhabitants of Culcheth will remember his short figure mounted on his grey mare. Later on he used a gig and brougham, and about ten years ago he reluctantly gave up his seven horses and took to motoring. He was extremely fond of horses and had many exciting times with his racing stud at the local meetings”

Clifford Charles Worts (1871-1949) [Epsom College 1881-1884] was the son of C. J. Worts, surgeon, of Colchester, Essex. He received his medical education at Guy’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Fordham, Essex.

John Noakes Hall (1871-1907) [Epsom College 1883-1889] was the son of Dr H. J. Hall, of Mayfield, Sussex, and brother of Henry Acton Noakes Hall [Epsom College 1883-1886]. He received his medical education at St Mary’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Mayfield, where he was Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the Mayfield District of the Uckfield Union. He died in 1907, aged 36 years.

William Herbert (1871-1940) [Epsom College 1886-1890]. His parentage has not been ascertained. He received his medical education at St Thomas’s Hospital, and went into general practice at Foulsham, Norfolk, where he was Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator for the 3^rd District of the Aylsham Union.

Edwin Cecil Montgomery (1871-1951) [Epsom College 1886-1890. head prefect. Cricket XI. Wakley Prize] was the son of Dr E. C. Montgomery, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, and brother of Dr William Aubert Montgomery [Epsom College 1884-1888]. He was awarded an Entrance Scholarship to Charing Cross Hospital, and went into general practice at Maidenhead, Berkshire. During the First World War he served as Medical Officer at the Prisoner of War Camp at Holyport, Berkshire.

Arthur William Jenkins (1871-1931) [Epsom College 1884-1891. prefect. Watts Science Prize] was the son of Dr Evan Jenkins, of Llansawel, Carmarthenshire. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and then went into general practice at Hinckley, Leicestershire, where he was Medical Officer of Health and Public Vaccinator for Hinckley U.D.C., Leicestershire, and Medical Officer for Hinckley Cottage Hospital.

Percy Ridley Gange (1871-1946) [Epsom College 1887-1888] was the son of Dr F. A. Gange, of Faversham, Kent, and brother of Dr Osmund Whitechurch Gange [Epsom College 1886-1887]. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and went into general practice at Earlestown, Lancashire.

George Valentine Miller (1871-1947) [Epsom College 1886-1887] was the son of G. A. Miller, steward, of Paddington, London. He received his medical education at University College Hospital, and went into general practice at Hyde Park, London.

Edward Fielden (1871-1949) [Epsom College 1885-1886] was the son of Dr Samuel Fielden, of Darlington, County Durham. He received his medical education at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Owen’s College, Manchester [Manchester University], and Charing Cross Hospital. He went into general practice at Bracknell, Berkshire.

Lyttleton Francis Forbes-Winslow (1871-1934) [Epsom College 1884-1885] was the son of L. S. F. Winslow, M.D. of Cavendish Place, London, and brother of Ashton Forbes-Winslow [Epsom College 1884-1885]. He received his medical education at Charing Cross Hospital, and served in the South African War (1899-1901). During the First World War he enlisted as a Captain in the R.A.M.C. No further details known.