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Sir George Anderson Critchett, 1st Baronet, (18 December 1845 – 9 February 1925) was a British surgeon.{{cite journal, last1=Laios, first1=Konstantinos, last2=Moschos, first2=Marilita M., last3=Androutsos, first3=George, date=February 2017, title=George Critchett (1817-1882) and His Son George Anderson Critchett (1845-1925), url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27815340/, journal=Surgical Innovation, volume=24, issue=1, pages=89–91, doi=10.1177/1553350616677501, issn=1553-3514, pmid=27815340, s2cid=11676677 He was Surgeon-Oculist to Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and to George V from 1910 to 1918 and Surgeon-Oculist-in-Ordinary to George V from 1918 to 1925. Critchett was knighted in 1901, appointed CVO in 1905, and promoted KCVO in 1919. He was created a Baronet, of
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in the Borough of
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in 1908. His brother was the actor and playwright
R. C. Carton R. C. Carton (born Richard Claude Critchett, 10 May 1853 – 1 April 1928) was an English actor and playwright. Life and career Carton was born in London on 10 May 1853, a son of the oculist George Critchett and his wife Martha ''née'' Brooker. ...
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List of honorary medical staff at King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers The King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers (KEVII) was established first as Sister Agnes' hospital in 1899 by Sister Agnes, and was then formally opened as King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers in 1904 by King Edward VII, who selected and app ...
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Critchett baronets The Critchett Baronetcy, of Harley Street in the Borough of St Marylebone, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 November 1908 for Sir Anderson Critchett. He was Surgeon-Oculist to Edward VII from 1901 to ...


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