Son of William a’Beckett, attorney, by his wife Sarah Abbot, a strenuous supporter of municipal reform. He came of a Wiltshire family which claimed direct descent from the father of St Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. His elder brothers were Sir William a’Beckett (1806-1869), Chief Justice

Studied at St Thomas's Hospital, and practised, first at 115 Holborn Hill, then at 10 Russell Square, London. He was for fifty years Surgeon to Newgate Prison, also for a time Medical Officer to the Western City Dispensary, to the Holborn Union, and to the West Central District Post Office. After hi

Practised at 3 South Parade, Weston-super-Mare, and was Medical Officer of the Weston-super-Mare District of the Axbridge Union. He was much respected, especially by the poor, to whom he was kind and benevolent. He died on December 4th, 1857.

Practised at St John Street, Great Broughton, Chester, and was Surgeon to the General Infirmary in succession to George Harrison, senr (? His father) (qv), whom he predeceased on or before October 26th, 1849.

Studied at the Middlesex and St George's Hospitals, and practised at 65 Grosvenor Street, London, W, where he died on April 12th, 1866.

Son of John Rowe, surgeon at Wimborne; studied at Guy's Hospital, and practised with his father in his native place, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, until the latter's death on August 20th, 1859, then alone until his own death on January 9th, 1886.

Belonged to an old county family in Herefordshire. He was the youngest of eleven children, and was educated at Hereford Cathedral School, after which he was apprenticed to John Griffiths, surgeon, of Hereford. He received his professional training at University College, London, the Middlesex Hospita

Practised at 51 Grosvenor Square, Stalybridge, Cheshire, where he died on July 1st, 1869.

Practised at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, where he was Surgeon to the Bridgnorth and South Shropshire Infirmary, and was a member of the London Pathological Society. He died in 1868.

The sixth son of John Nolloth, at one time Assistant Secretary of the Navy Board and latterly of the Portsmouth Dockyard. Edward Nolloth was the first to be appointed on the staff of the Royal Naval Hospital, Malta, the second appointment being Sir Spencer Wells (qv). He served as surgeon on HMS *Vi

Studied at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, and practised at Tunbridge Wells, where he was well known. He died there, at 1 Calverley Parade, on February 17th, 1880.

For a time he practised at 1 Montagu Street, Portman Square, London, where he was Surgeon in Ordinary to the Ottoman Embassy Resident in London. Practised later at 7 Boyne Terrace, Notting Hill, London, where he died on Feb 25th, 1891.