Born at Wellington, Somerset on 24 September 1864, the sixth child and fourth son of William Elworthy, woollen manufacturer, and Mary Scott Williamson, his wife. He was educated at Taunton College and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He acted as casualty officer at the Royal Northern Hospital, was assistant medical officer at the Northumberland House Asylum and practised for many years at Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire. He married Elizabeth Jones on 30 April 1924 and retiring to Jersey died there at Grive d'Azette on 12 October 1931, without children and survived by his wife. He was buried in St Clement's Churchyard, Jersey. Publications: Case of dissecting aneurysm of aorta; rupture into pericardium. *Brit med J*. 189; 1, 398. Miners' nystagmus. *Ibid*. 1910, 2, 1577. Illumination in coal mines. *Brit J Ophthal*. 1920, 4, 167. A case of traumatic tetanus treated with antitoxin; death. *Lancet*, 1903, 2, 457.