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List of doctors at Chester Infirmary in 1851
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B   Canon Aubrey Baxter, M.A Chaplain - Chester Royal Infirmary, awarded  M.B.E. 1948   Sir Henry Burdett, Editor of “The Hospital”, 1909 -strongly criticised the Infirmary . Mr. George Barbour,  Chester Royal Infirmary ward endowed in his memory 1917. Mr.E.Boden - Chester Royal Infirmary ward endowed in his memory 1917. Sister.M.S.Boumphrey children’s ward sister - over 23 years service at the hospital. Miss.Crace.M.Bowler.SRN.SCM. Assistant Matron Chester Royal Infirmary 1941-45.
C  H. Caswell- Joint Trustee -Cheshire Public House Trust, -  purchased Ellesmere Port Cottage Hospital after WW1   Dr. Cumming, l804—1863 - tireless moderniser in the face of strong opposition
D.... John Davidson, Medical Superintendent of the Asylum from 1869 for almost 30
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E  Dr.John Elliott,  one of Chester Royal Infirmary's senior honorary physicians.
F  Mr.F.FarrimondChester Royal Infirmary ward endowed in his memory 1917. Hugh Frost - Chairman - Council of Management - Chester Royal Infirmary, 1940-45+.  Mrs. Helen Finley. 6 Hunter Street. Chester.The Finley theatre at Chester Royal Infirmary was named after her - she bequeathed £3,000 in 1929. Katherine Foote, American VAD at Vernon Institute Red Cross hospital during WW1
G Miss Goodman - Matron who resigned from her post at Chester Infirmary in protest at poor nurse treatment. Lieutenant William Gladstone, Squire of Hawarden, Chester Royal Infirmary - new operating theatre opened  in his memory 1917. Mr..and the Hon. Mrs. H. N. Gladstone ran Parkgate Convalscent  Home for soldiers during WWI. Dr.W.H.Grace -Home Office Pathologist in charge of Pathology at the Infirmary and area,

H Dr. John Haygarth, 1757 to  1798, -  one of  first doctors  to use innoculation, pioneered sanitation,scientific nursing and implemented rules  to isolate  infectious patients.  Colonel Humberston   - Chairman of the Chester Infirmary Board for 25 years. Mr.G.W.Hayes  benefactor - made many gifts to Chester Infirmary, presented 1st Pathological Laboratory in 1907.  Harry Urmson Hayes - Chester Royal Infirmary ward endowed in his memory 1917,
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J  Mrs. Johnstone - trained Voluntary Aid Detachment staff working at military hospital during WW1. E. P. Jones,  Joint Trustees -Cheshire Public House Trust, -  purchased Ellesmere Port Cottage Hospital after WW1 together with Mr. Highfield Jones - owner of the Mersey Iron Works. Miss L M Jeans, Matron of Ellesmere Port & District Hospital,  1920-1937.
K  Mr T Ketland Deputy Chairman, Chester Royal Informary 1945.
L .... Alexander Lawrence Assistant medical officer then Medical Superintendent of the Asylum until 1910 - a total of 40 years service
M Mansfield family - ex-owners of Heathfield House  which became Ellesmere Port Hospital   Col Marsden, Chairman of the Chester Royal Infirmary Hospital Board 1957 Mr.Rowse Mitchell 26 years service as Secretary, Royal Infirmary - Retired 1946.
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R Mr. Robert Roberts, - distributed a pamphlet amongst the governors suggesting better training for doctors.  Mr Griffith Rowlands -  one of the most renowned of the early surgeons. Captain Francis  Rigby- Chester Royal Infirmary ward endowed in his memory 1917.  .
S E. M. Sneyd-Kynnersley, Chairman of the Board of Management in the 1920’sDr. William Stratford. his 1753 legacy of £300 was the beginning of a process that led to the opening of a hospital in 1756.
T  Dr. W. M. Thackery, 1798 to 1827, founded Infirmary library. Mrs R.Tidswell = 1903 Chester Infirmary Outpatients Department and operating theatre built with her £600 donation. Richard Tidswell. M.A. of Bank House. Heswall - Chester Royal Infirmary theatre was enlarged, reconstructed and furnished in his memory  by his wife in 1904  .Mrs. James Taylor, provided Chester Royal Infirmary with a new  operating theatre in memory of her husband, James Taylor FRCS .JP one of the Infirmary’s honorary surgeons. He was connected  with the Infirmary for 40 years.
U Miss.S,M.Underwood.SRN.SCM. Assistant Matron Chester Royal Infirmary
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W Dr. Edward Waters d 1890 -Chairman, ‘Medical Reform-Committee’, 1873 suggested starting a Nurses’ Institute.
Mr Albert Wood of Conway, £12,500 for Chester Infrmary 1912 - the Albert Wood Wings.
C. Whitridge - Joint Trustee -Cheshire Public House Trust, -  purchased Ellesmere Port Cottage Hospital after WW1
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