The son of William Pettigrew, whose ancestor, the Gowan Priest ‘Clerk Pettigrew’, is mentioned by Sir Walter Scott in *Rob Roy*. The father was a Naval Surgeon who served in the *Victory* before the time of Nelson. Thomas was born in Fleet Street, London, on Oct 28th, 1791, and was educated at a pri

Was apprenticed to Mr Dawe, of Bridgwater, and was educated at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He practised for many years at Cornhill, Bridgwater, Somerset, where he founded, and was for thirty-three years Surgeon to, the Infirmary. He also practised at Taunton. He died at Torquay, after his retirement,

Entered the Army as Surgeon’s Mate, unattached, on May 26th, 1804; was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 4th Foot on Nov 7th, 1805, was promoted to Staff Surgeon in Portugal under Lieut-General S W Carr Beresford on Aug 17th, 1809, and to the rank of Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in Portugal on Oct

Was gazetted Supernumerary Assistant Surgeon on July 14th, 1804, in the Ordnance Medical Department, Assistant Surgeon on Aug 1st, 1806, and Surgeon on Nov 11th, 1811. He saw active service at the Battle of Maida in Calabria on July 4th, 1806, where the British under Major-General Sir John Stuart se

Was for fifteen years Resident Surgeon to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, where he died in 1853, some time before February 23rd.

Born on September 9th, 1805; he came of a Norfolk family and lived at 129 Harley Street. In later life, at any rate, he does not seem to have practised his profession, but engaged himself in various outside interests. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, of the Royal Botanical Society, and

Born in August, 1780, and was gazetted to the Bombay Army as Assistant Surgeon on Nov 23rd, 1805, joining up on May 7th, 1806. He was promoted to Surgeon on July 4th, 1818, to Superintending Surgeon on Jan 11th, 1826, and became a Member of the Medical Board on May 1st, 1832. He retired on May 1st,

Practised at Friargate, Derby, and was Surgeon to the Derby General Infirmary. He died on or before June 14th, 1852.

Practised as a surgeon in Pall Mall (No 9, and later No 53). His death occurred before July 19th, 1847. He was a Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. Publication: “On the United Siamese Twins,” 4to, plate, London, 1830; reprinted from *Phil. Trans*. He there dates from 3 King Street, St James

Educated at St George's Hospital, where he was entered as a six-months pupil to Everard Home in October, 1805. He practised at York, and died in or before 1861.

Born in Manchester, March 5th, 1783, the son of Jeremiah Ainsworth, an accomplished scholar and well-known mathematician, who may be regarded as founder of a Lancashire school of mathematicians, and to whom many references will be found in *Notes and Queries*, 1853, viii, 541. The family of Ainswort

Practised in Paris. He died on or before May 7th, 1852.