Sir James Paterson Ross, 1st Baronet, (26 May 1895 – 5 July 1980) was a British

general surgeon General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid ...

, who was surgeon to

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...

and, from 1952, Surgeon to the Queen. Ross' son, Sir (James) Keith Ross, 2nd Baronet (1927–2003), was also a surgeon.

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