Born 28 November 1874, the second son of Sir Thomas Smith, Bart, consulting surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and his wife Ann Eliza, second daughter of Frederick Parbury. Thomas Smith had been appointed surgeon to St Bartholomew's the year before Gilbert's birth. His elder son, Sir Rudolph Hamp

Born in Australia on 30 November 1871, the youngest child of Sir William Foster Stawell, afterwards Chief Justice of Victoria, and his wife, *née* Greene. An elder brother, Sir Richard Rawdon Stawell, KBE, MD (1864-1935) became consulting physician to Melbourne Hospital. Stawell was educated at Geel

The Trotter family has long been settled in Gloucestershire, where it had an honoured connexion with the Baptist Church. Wilfred Trotter was born in London on 3 November 1872, the son of Howard Birt Trotter of Coleford, Gloucestershire, and Frances Lewes, his wife. His early years were spent at Cole