The office of State Surgeon of Ireland, or State Chirurgeon, was created by patent, on 1 July 1774, and was first filled by Archibald Richardson, who resided in Stafford Street, Dublin. The salary was fixed at £131 13s. 4d. In 1784 George Stewart succeeded Richardson, who became Chirurgeon General; and in 1787, Stewart having become Chirurgeon-General, John Neill, or Neile, of Dominick Street, succeeded him. In 1791

Gustavus Hume Gustavus Hume (1730 – 7 February 1812) was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the first part of 1795. He specialised in the diseases of children. He was one of the surgeons who examined the body of the journali ...

and

Clement Archer Clement Archer (December 21, 1748-1803) was a surgeon and president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). Clement Archer was born in County Wexford on December 21, 1748. He was educated as a surgeon, and on February 4, 1772, was ...

were appointed joint State Surgeons. Archer being dead, and Hume having resigned, Gerard Macklin was appointed State Surgeon, on 22 October 1806 and he was the last holder of the office. Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886
''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''
Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 106.

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