Chermside, Sir Robert Alexander
Owner Id00011818
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1787 - 1860
Other InformationMD, FRCP; see DNB; Munk, Physicians, III 231-2; for armorial book-plate see Howe, Book Plates, no. 5677.
From Wikipedia: Chermside was born in Dublin, the son of surgeon Robert Alexander Chermside and Annie Price Pooley.[1] In 1810, he entered the medical service of the British Army as assistant-surgeon of the 7th Hussars, served in France, Spain, Flanders and was present at the Battle of Waterloo. Immediately after Waterloo, he was promoted to surgeon of the 10th Hussars. In 1821, he was admitted as a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and later elected a Fellow in 1836. In 1817, he graduated MD at the University of Edinburgh and was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and London and the Société de Médecine Pratique in Paris. He was sometime Physician Extraordinary to the Duchess of Kent and Physician to the British Embassy at Paris.
In recognition of his war services, Chermside was appointed Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1831 and made a Knight Bachelor in 1835. He was also appointed a Knight of the Order of St John, a Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle and a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. He died at his home in Oxford on 8 September 1860.
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Activity
Start (year)1787
End (year)1860
MARC Area Codee-uk
Profession / Type of InstitutionPhysician
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