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
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 ...
*1564–1567
*1568
Thomas Francis
*1569
John Symings
*1570
Richard Caldwell
*1571
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 ...
*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
*1628
*1629–1633
John Argent
*1634–1640
Simeon Fox
*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
*1667–1669
Francis Glisson
*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
*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
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*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
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 ...
*1795
Sir George Baker, Bt.
*1796–1803
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 ...
*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
Sarah Clarke
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References
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