Born 14 February 1878 at Stafford House, Sutton, Surrey, the second son and second child of Thomas Hamer Dolbey, barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, and Louisa Ann Jones, his wife. She was the daughter of Robert Jones, MRCS 1842, LSA 1830, of Strefford, Craven Arms, Shropshire. Dolbey was educated at Dr Clifford's preparatory school, Sutton, and during 1890-97 at Dulwich College, where he proved himself a good athlete, and afterwards entered the London Hospital Medical School. His student career was interrupted by his acting as a dresser during the South African war, when he was rewarded for his services by receiving the King's medal with five clasps. Returning to the London Hospital he qualified, acted as house surgeon, senior resident accoucheur, assistant resident anaesthetist, clinical assistant in the throat department, and assistant pathologist. Migrating to British Columbia in 1906, he practised successfully at 553 Granville Street, Vancouver until 1914, and was elected a foundation Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. At the outbreak of the war he was attached from 12 August 1914 as medical officer to the 2nd battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, was taken prisoner and remained in Germany from November 1914 to May 1915. He was gazetted temporary captain, RAMC on 10 July 1917, served in Tanganyika and on the Italian front, and was promoted to the rank of major. In 1919 he was appointed professor of clinical surgery at the Royal School of Medicine, Cairo, and surgeon to the Kasr-el-Aini Hospital. He was also for some years surgeon to the Anglo-American Hospital at Cairo. These posts he resigned at the end of 1930 when he returned to London and, practising at 97 Harley Street, lived at Chelsworth Hall, Chelsworth, Suffolk. He married on 22 June 1925 Virginia, daughter of William Gay, of Reno, Nevada, the widow of R T Stimpson of San Francisco. She survived him with a son and a daughter. He died at Chelsworth Hall on 12 November 1937; his ashes were buried at Winstanstow, Shropshire. Dolbey was a good organizer, a popular teacher, and a ready writer. He had great personal charm and was an influence for good over all with whom he was brought into close contact. His work in organizing dressing stations in Italy is said to have been of outstanding merit. Publications:- Epidemic jaundice in South Africa. *Brit med J*. 1902, 2, 1587. Slow continuous fever in South Africa. *Ibid*. 1902, 2, 1707. Role of the lymphoid tissue in inflammatory conditions of the alimentary canal. *Surg Gynec Obstet*. 1909, 9, 339. The treatment of gunshot wounds of the lung and pleura. *J R Army med Corps*, 1916, 27, 158. Treatment of gunshot wounds involving the knee-joint. *Ibid*. 1917, 28, 35. *A regimental surgeon in war and prison*. London, 1917. *Sketches of the East Africa campaign*. London, 1918. On Bilharzial papillomatosis of the rectum, with I Fahmy. *Lancet*, 1924, 1, 487. Hydrophobia in Egypt, with Abdullah el Katib. *Ibid*. 1924, 1, 538. The incidence of cancer in Egypt, an analysis of 671 cases, with A W Moozo. *Ibid*. 1924, 1, 587. Surgical tuberculosis in Egypt, analysis of 2500 cases, with A W Moozo. *Ibid*. 1924, 1, 1153. Some notes upon blood transfusion in Egypt, with A W Moozo. *Ibid*. 1924, 2, 547. A note concerning the incidence of goitre in Egypt, with an analysis of 216 cases, with Mustafa Omar. *Ibid*. 1924, 2, 549.