List of Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
List of Presidents
Source (1681–1867): Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, published by RCPE, 1867

List of Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

Section Title: List of Presidents
Table Section Text: Source (1681–1867): Historical Sketch and Laws of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, published by RCPE, 1867

President	Took office	Left office	Notes

Derek Bell	2014	Present

Neil Dewhurst	2010	2014

Neil Douglas	2004	2010

Niall Finlayson	2001	2004

James Petrie	1997	2001

John D Cash	1994	1997

Anthony Toft	1991	1994

John Richmond	1988	1991

Michael Francis Oliver	1985	1988

Ronald Haxton Girdwood	1982	1985

John Anderson Strong	1979	1982

Ronald Foote Robertson	1976	1979

John Wenman Crofton	1973	1976

John Halliday Croom	1970	1973

Christopher William Clayson	1966	1969

Sir Ian George Wilson Hill	1963	1966

Sir James Davidson Stuart Cameron	1960	1963

Andrew Rae Gilchrist	1957	1960

Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson	1953	1957

William Alister Alexander	1951	1953

Sir David Kennedy Henderson	1949	1951

William Douglas Denton Small	1947	1949

David Murray Lyon	1945	1947

Andrew Fergus Hewat	1943	1945

Charles McNeil	1940	1943

Alexander Goodall	1937	1940

William Thomas Ritchie	1935	1937

Edwin Bramwell	1933	1935	son of Byrom Bramwell (see below)

Robert Thin	1931	1933

Norman Purvis Walker	1929	1931

Robert Alexander Fleming	1927	1929

George Matthew Robertson	1925	1927

George Lovell Gulland	1923	1925

Sir Robert William Philip	1918	1923

William Russell	1916	1918

-	Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour	1914	1916

John Joseph Graham Brown	1912	1914

-	Sir Byrom Bramwell	1910	1912

William Allan Jamieson	1908	1910

John Playfair	1908	1908

Charles Edward Underhill	1906	1908	Died in office

John Playfair	1904	1906

-	Thomas Smith Clouston	1902	1904

-	Thomas Richard Fraser	1900	1902

James Andrew	1898	1900

-	John Batty Tuke	1895	1898

-	William Tennant Gairdner	1893	1895

-	Alexander Russell Simpson	1891	1893

-	Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart	1889	1891

Robert Peel Ritchie	1887	1889

-	Andrew Douglas Maclagan	1884	1887

-	George William Balfour	1882	1884

Daniel Rutherford Haldane	1879	1882

Alexander Peddie	1877	1879

Alexander Keiller	1875	1877

William Henry Lowe	1873	1875

Robert Paterson	1871	1873

Andrew Halliday Douglas	1869	1871

Dr John Moir	1867	1869

Dr John Smith	1865	1867

-	John Graham MacDonald Burt	1863	1865

Dr David Craigie	1861	1863

-	Alexander Wood	1858	1861

-	David Maclagan	1856	1857

-	James Begbie	1854	1856

-	Thomas Stewart Traill	1852	1854

Bust of Sir James Y. Simpson at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Scotland.JPG	Sir James Young Simpson	1850	1852

Dr William Seller	1848	1850

-	Robert Christison	1846	1848	2nd term

William Beilby	1844	1846

Richard Huie	1842	1844

-	Robert Graham	1840	1842

-	Sir Robert Christison	1838	1840	1st term

-	William Alison	1836	1838

John Thomson	1834	1836

Dr Joshua Henry Davidson	1833	1834	2nd term

Dr John MacWhirter	1831	1833

Dr Joshua Henry Davidson	1829	1831	1st term

-	Dr Alexander Morison	1827	1829

-	Dr Alexander Monro	1825	1827

-	Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr	1824	1825

Andrew Duncan, Jnr	1822	1824

Dr James Buchan	1819	1822

-	Dr Thomas Charles Hope	1815	1819

Dr James Hamilton (the Younger)	1812	1815

Dr James Home	1809	1812

Dr Charles Stuart of Dunearn	1806	1809

Dr Thomas Spens	1803	1806	son of Nathaniel Spens (see below)

-	Dr William Wright	1801	1803

-	Dr James Gregory	1798	1801

-	Dr Daniel Rutherford	1796	1798

Dr Nathaniel Spens	1794	1796

Dr James Hamilton the Elder	1792	1794

-	Dr Andrew Duncan, Snr	1790	1792

-	Dr Joseph Black	1788	1790

Dr James Hay	1786	1788

-	Dr John Hope	1784	1786

Dr John Gardiner	1782	1784

-	Dr Alexander Monro	1779	1782

-	Dr Gregory Grant	1777	1779

-	Dr Francis Home	1775	1777

-	Dr William Cullen	1773	1775

Dr Colin Drummond	1772	1773

Dr John Boswell	1770	1772

-	Sir Stuart Threipland	1766	1770

-	Dr Robert Whytt	1763	1766

Sir Alexander Dick, Bt	1756	1763

-	Dr John Rutherford	1752	1756

Dr William Porterfield	1748	1752

Dr William Cochran	1744	1748

Dr John Clerk	1740	1744

Dr Robert Lowis	1735	1740

Dr John Riddell	1731	1735

Dr Francis Pringle	1727	1731

Dr John Drummond	1722	1727

Dr James Forrest	1719	1722

Dr William Stewart	1716	1719

Dr Matthew Sinclare	1708	1716

Dr William Eccles	1706	1708

Dr James Halket	1704	1706

Dr Alexander Dundas	1702	1704

Dr Robert Trotter	1700	1702

Dr Matthew Sinclare	1698	1700

Sir Thomas Burnet	1696	1698

Dr Robert Trotter	1694	1698

Sir Archibald Stevenson	1694	1694	2nd term

Sir Andrew Balfour	1685	?

-	Sir Robert Sibbald	1684	1685

Sir Archibald Stevenson	1681	1684	1st term, elected ‘at the inaugural meeting of the College on 18 January 1682’

Sentence(s)

Derek Bell is the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh who took office in 2014 succeeding Neil Dewhurst.

final_sentence: Derek Bell is the current President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh who took office in 2014 succeeding Neil Dewhurst.