Apprenticed at an early age to Sir William Blizard, became a Member of the College in 1803, a Member of the Council in May, 1827, in succession to Sir Everard Home, and in 1831 succeeded Richard Clement Headington as examiner. He was President twice, in 1835 and 1843, and during his office of presidency attended the funeral of his old master, Sir William Blizard. Appointed Surgeon to the London Hospital on Dec 19th, 1816, and became its Senior Surgeon. His relations with his hospital colleagues were not always harmonious, as one of his letters to Sir Astley Cooper, in the possession of the College, relates. A contemporary obituary notice in the *Lancet* (1849, ii, 139) remarks that he "had not contributed anything to the advancement of medical or chirurgical knowledge, but was a great patron of the fine arts". His collection of paintings at Glaubrydan, Carmarthen, was valued at from £15,000 to £20,000. He died at his London residence, 4 St Helen's Place, on July 25th, 1849, of rupture of the aorta. It is not known where he was buried. He probably came of a good Wiltshire family. He left his property to two gentlemen, one of whom was William Andrews, gentleman, of Reading, the other, the Rev George Andrews, Vicar of Caister, Lincolnshire. There is no mention of wife or family in his will. A fine mezzotint portrait of Andrews, engraved by Easling in 1807, after the painting by Shee, is in the College collection. Andrews did not leave any serious contribution to literature, but in old medical journals are many interesting accounts of cases occurring under his care, including cases of traumatic peritonitis in 'Mellish Ward'.