The president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the elected head of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

of England, which was founded by letters patent from King Henry VIII in 1518. The president is elected annually late in the year.

Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians

*1518–1524 Thomas Linacre *1526 Thomas Bentley *1527–1528 Richard Bartlot *1529–1530 Thomas Bentley *1531 Richard Bartlot *1541–1543 Edward Wotton *1544 John Clement *1545–1546 William Freeman *1547 John Burgess *1548 Richard Bartlot *1549–1550 John Fryer *1551–1552 *1553–1554 George Owen *1555–1560

John Caius John Caius (born John Kays ; 6 October 1510 – 29 July 1573), also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of the present Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Biography Early years Caius was ...

*1561 Richard Masters *1562–1563

*1564–1567 *1568 Thomas Francis *1569 John Symings *1570 Richard Caldwell *1571

*1572 John Symings *1581–1584 *1585–1588 Richard Smith *1589–1600 William Baronsdale (died in office) *1600 William Gilbert *1601–1603 Richard Forster *1604–1606 Thomas Langton (died in office) *1606–1608 Henry Atkins *1609–1611 Sir William Paddy *1612–1614 Thomas Moundeford *1615 Richard Forster (died in office) *1616–1617 Henry Atkins *1618 Sir William Paddy *1619 Thomas Moundeford *1620 *1621–1623 Thomas Moundeford *1624 Henry Atkins *1625–1627

John Argent John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

*1628 *1629–1633

*1634–1640

Simeon Fox Simeon Fox (or Foxe), M.D. (1568–1642) was an English physician, who became President of the College of Physicians. Life He was the youngest son of John Foxe, and was born in the house of the Duke of Norfolk. He was educated at Eton College, an ...

*1641–1644 *1645–1650 John Clark *1650–1654

Sir Francis Prujean Sir Francis Prujean (also Pridgeon) M.D. (1593–1666) was an English physician. Life The son of Francis Prujean, rector of Boothby, Lincolnshire, he was born at Bury St Edmunds, and educated by his father. He entered Caius College, Cambridge ...

*1655–1666

Edward Alston Sir Edward Alston (1595–24 December 1669), was the president of the College of Physicians. Alston was born in Suffolk, son of Edward Alston of Edwardstone, and was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. 1615, M.D. 1626. ...

*1667–1669

Francis Glisson Francis Glisson (1597 – 14 October 1677Guido Giglioni'Glisson, Francis (1599?–1677)' ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006, accessed 31 December 2008) was a British physicia ...

*1670–1675 Sir

George Ent George Ent (6 November 1604 – 13 October 1689) was an English scientist in the seventeenth century. Biography Ent was born on 6 November 1604 in Sandwich, Kent. He was the son of a Belgian immigrant, Josias Ent (sometimes called John Ent) ...

*1676–1681 Sir John Micklethwaite *1682

Thomas Coxe Thomas Coxe (1615–1685) was an English physician. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA in 1635 and an MA in 1638. He was among the initial fellows of the Royal Society, but ran into money difficulties in old age. L ...

*1683 Daniel Whistler *1684–1687 Sir Thomas Witherley *1688 *1689–1691

Walter Charleton Walter Charleton (2 February 1619 – 24 April 1707) was a natural philosopher and English writer. According to Jon Parkin, he was "the main conduit for the transmission of Epicurean ideas to England".Jon Parkin, ''Science, Religion and Politics ...

*1692–1693 *1694 John Lawson *1695 Samuel Collins *1696–1703

Sir Thomas Millington Sir Thomas Millington FRS (1628 in Newbury – 5 January 1703/04 in Gosfield), the son of Thomas Millington, was an English physician. Greatly respected in his day, he was eulogised by Samuel Garth under the name of ''Machaon'' in his poem "Th ...

(died in office) *1704–1707 Edward Browne (died in office); his replacement

Josiah Clerk Josiah Clerk, M.D. (1639–1714) was an English physician, briefly president of the College of Physicians. Life Clerk was matriculated as a pensioner of Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1656, and took the two degrees in medicine, M.B. in 1661, M ...

then stood down because of bad health *1708–1712 (died in office) *1712–1716

William Dawes William Dawes Jr. (April 6, 1745 – February 25, 1799) was one of several men who in April 1775 alerted colonial minutemen in Massachusetts of the approach of British army troops prior to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the outset ...

*1716–1718 John Bateman *1719–1735

Sir Hans Sloane Sir Hans Sloane, 1st Baronet (16 April 1660 – 11 January 1753), was an Irish physician, naturalist, and collector, with a collection of 71,000 items which he bequeathed to the British nation, thus providing the foundation of the British Mu ...

, Bt. *1735–1739 *1740–1745 *1746–1749 (died in office) *1750

James Jurin James Jurin FRS FRCP (baptised 15 December 168429 March 1750) was an English scientist and physician, particularly remembered for his early work in capillary action and in the epidemiology of smallpox vaccination. He was a staunch proponent o ...

*1750–1753 *1754–1763

Thomas Reeve Sir Thomas Reeve (1673January 19, 1737) was a British justice. Life He was the son of Richard Reeve, and was matriculated to Trinity College, Oxford in 1688 at the age of 15, joining Inner Temple in 1690. In 1698 he was called to the Bar, migr ...

*1764

William Battie William Battie (sometimes spelt Batty;) 1 September 1703 – 13 June 1776) was an English physician who published in 1758 the first lengthy book on the treatment of mental illness, ''A Treatise on Madness'', and by extending methods of treatment ...

*1765–1766 Sir William Browne *1767–1774

Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at ...

*1775–1784 William Pitcairn *1785–1790 Sir George Baker, Bt. *1791

Thomas Gisborne Thomas Gisborne (31 October 1758 – 24 March 1846) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, who fought for the abolition of the slave trade in England. Life Gisborne was born at Bridge Gate, Derby, the ...

*1792–1793 Sir George Baker, Bt. *1794

*1795 Sir George Baker, Bt. *1796–1803

*1804–1810 Sir Lucas Pepys Bt *1811–1812 Sir Francis Milman, Bt. *1813–1819 John Latham *1820–1843 Sir Henry Halford, Bt. *1844–1856

John Ayrton Paris John Ayrton Paris, FRS (178524December 1856) was a British physician. He is most widely remembered as a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825. Life Paris was a medical researcher of distincti ...

*1857–1861 Thomas Mayo *1862–1866 Sir Thomas Watson, Bt. *1867–1870 Sir James Alderson *1871–1875 Sir George Burrows, 1st Baronet *1876–1880 Sir

James Risdon Bennett Sir James Risdon Bennett (29 September 1809 – 24 December 1891) was an English physician. Life The eldest son of the Rev. James Bennett, a nonconformist minister, he was born at Romsey on 29 September 1809. He received his education at Rot ...

*1881–1887 Sir William Jenner, Bt. *1888–1892

Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet (28 October 18266 November 1893), was a Scottish physician and pathologist. Early life and education He was born in Aberdeen, the illegitimate son of Bob Anderson and Jeremy Clarkson. His mother died at his birth ...

*1893–1895

Sir John Russell Reynolds, 1st Baronet Sir John Russell Reynolds, 1st Baronet (22 May 1828 – 29 May 1896) was a British neurologist and physician. Reynolds was born in Romsey, Hampshire, as son of John Reynolds, an independent minister, and grandson of Dr. Henry Revell Reynolds. ...

*1896–1898 Sir Samuel Wilks, Bt. *1899–1904 Sir William Selby Church, Bt. *1905–1909 Sir Richard Douglas Powell, Bt. *1910–1914

Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet, (4 November 1845 – 12 January 1945) was a British royal physician, known for his research on infantile scurvy. Life Barlow was the son of a Lancashire cotton manufacturer and Mayor of Bolton, James Barlow (1 ...

*1915–1917 Sir Frederick Taylor, Bt. *1918–1921 Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet *1922–1925 Sir Humphry Rolleston *1926–1930 Sir John Bradford *1931–1937 The Viscount Dawson of Penn *1938–1940 Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet *1941–1949 The Lord Moran *1950–1957 Sir Walter Russell Brain, Bt. *1957–1962 Sir Robert Platt, Bt. (later Lord Platt) *1962–1966 Sir Edward Charles Dodds, Bt. *1966–1972 Lord Rosenheim of Camden *1972–1977 Sir Cyril Astley Clarke *1977–1983 Sir Douglas Andrew Kilgour Black *1983–1989 Sir Raymond Hoffenberg *1989–1992 Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick DBE *1992–1997 Sir Leslie Arnold Turnberg (later Lord Turnberg) *1997–2002 Sir Kurt George Alberti *2002–2006 Dame Carol M. Black DBE *2006–2010 Sir Ian Gilmore *2010–2014 Sir Richard Thompson KCVO *2014–2018 Dame Jane Dacre DBE *2018–2022 Sir Andrew Goddard *2022–present

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References

Roll of the Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

Notes

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