Born on May 24th, 1834, and educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He enjoyed the distinction of possessing the highest medical and surgical qualifications obtainable in the United Kingdom. He practised at 12 Frederick Place, Weymouth, and was Hon Physician to the County Hospital, Dorchester, a post he retained for thirty-two years. He was also Consulting Physician to the Weymouth Royal Hospital, the Portland Dispensary, and the Dorset Friendly Society. Lush was devoted to his profession, and was a man of simple and unaffected piety, addicted to such good works as church restoration, to which he subscribed large sums. He early formed the Dorset and West Hants Branch of the British Medical Association, was its Hon Secretary, and for many years represented it on the Central Council. After holding the Secretaryship for thirty years, he was presented by the members of the branch with a handsome testimonial consisting of a service of silver plate and a clock with chimes. As a skilled surgeon Lush was much called in consultation, his colleagues valuing also his fine character and fidelity to professional etiquette. On December 7th, 1904, while attending a committee meeting at the Dorset County Hospital, Lush, who had just spoken, fell from his chair and died almost at once. He was survived by his widow. His funeral was the largest known in Weymouth for a period of some forty years. There were about fifty mourning coaches. The clergy especially honoured a layman who had been an active member of the Salisbury Diocesan Synod and an Hon. Secretary of the Dorset Branch of the Queen Victoria Clergy Fund. Vawdrey Lush was a remarkable example of what could be done by sheer industry and conscientiousness without much outstanding mental ability. For several years he was 'coached' by Henry Power (qv), and 'come rain, come shine', as the clock struck seven he rang the door bell. Tea was provided at nine, and it was often midnight, or later, before he left, the 'coach' by that time exhausted and the 'coach's' wife fractious. Publications:- Lush was a contributor to the *Lancet*, the *Brit Med Jour*, and the *Med Times and Gaz*, from 1871 to 1898.