Born 25 February 1865 at Barnstaple, Devonshire, the first child of William Mamford Riley, a civil servant, and Caroline Budd, his wife. He was educated at Eye Grammar School and at the London Hospital. He went to New Zealand in 1892, where he practised in the country for some years and ultimately s

Born in Dublin on 23 October 1865, the fourth child and second son of Commissary Major-General Latham Blacker, a member of the Co Tyrone landed and military family, and Harriette Demaine Bagot-Smith, his wife. He was educated at Cheltenham College and University College, London, where he won an exhi

Born on 25 March 1869 at Stoke Newington Green, North London, eldest of the three children of George Jesse Barnabas Stevens MRCS 1866 and his wife Charlotte Honey, he was educated at St Paul's School and Guy's Hospital where he served as house surgeon and resident obstetric officer, after qualifying