Born at Layham, Suffolk, on March 7th, 1836. He went to school at Wickham Market and at Ipswich, and was apprenticed to Henry Hare, of Great Baddow. He studied at Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon to John Hilton and House Physician to Dr Thomas Addison in 1859. He then went to Paris, presumably as Medical Attendant to the Comte de Paris, meanwhile attending the practice of the Paris hospitals. He particularly recalled the surgery he had seen practised there, especially the use of the tonsil guillotine. He commenced practice at Walton-on-Naze and at Felixstowe in succession to Thomas Grimwood, and was known as an ardent Volunteer and good rifle shot. In 1868 he suffered from double pleurisy, and during convalescence, on the advice of Sir William Gull, he relinquished country practice; he passed the FRCS examination, and in 1869 joined Edward Reynolds Ray in partnership at Dulwich until 1887, when Ray retired. From 1887 he had as partner G B Batten, MB. He was popular with patients and colleagues alike, owing to the charm of his open character, which earned him the title of 'honest John Rand'. He was twice President of the Sydenham District Medical Society. He helped to start the East Dulwich Provident Dispensary in 1886, which developed into one of the largest and best managed of its kind. For two years he was the representative of the Norwood Branch of the British Medical Association. When he retired from practice in 1896 his portrait was presented to him as a testimonial. He then went on a visit with Mrs Rand to their son in India, who shortly after met with a tragic death, being murdered on the night of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Rand in retirement first lived at Raynes Park, then at 'Felixstowe', Lovelace Road, Surbiton, where he served on the Committee of the Cottage Hospital, and played golf. He died on August 7th, 1912, and was buried in St Mary's Churchyard, Long Ditton. He married in 1860 Miss Fanny Hicks, of Great Holland Hall, Essex, and was survived by his wife, three sons, and a daughter. Publication:- "Treatment for Fractures of Lower End of Radius." - *Med Times and Gaz*, 1870, ii, 335.