| Authorised form of name | McGrigor; Sir; James (1771 - 1858) |
| Dates | 1771 - 1858 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Cromdale, Inverness-shire |
| Date of birth | 09 April 1771 |
| Place of death | His residence in London |
| Date of death | 02 April 1858 |
| Occupation | Soldier; Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
Grammar School, Aberdeen; Marischal College, Aberdeen. MD (1804, Aberdeen); LCP (1815)
Career:
Purchased a Surgeoncy in the 88th Regiment, or Connaught Rangers; went to India (1798); returned to England; Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, Walcheren (after 1804); Chief of Medical Staff under Wellington, the Peninsular (1811); Member of the Army Medical Board; Director of the Army Medical Department (for 34 years) retired (1851); Physician Extraordinary to the King; Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria (1837); Lord Rector of Aberdeen University (1826, 1827 and 1841)
Honours:
Kt 1814; Bt 1830; KCB 1850
Memberships:
FCP (1825)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/03/1816 |
| Relationships | Son of Colquhoun McGrigor, merchant, of Aberdeen; married (23 June 1810) Mary, daughter of Duncan Grant of Lingeistone, Morayshire |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1857-1859 vol 9 pp 532-534
References:
G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/74223678 |
| Code | NA3416 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002878 | McGrigor, Sir James | nd |
| MC/1/335 | Letter from [Sir James] McGrigor, [Director General at the] Army Medical Board, to the Royal Society | 26 October 1831 |
| EC/1815/35 | McGrigor, Sir James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/185 | Letter from [Sir James] McGrigor, 5 Berkely Street, Berkeley Square, to the Royal Society | 2 October 1835 |
| MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
| AP/13/11 | Unpublished paper, 'On the structure of the knee joint in the Echidna setosa and Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Dr [Robert] Knox | [1827] |
| AP/13/11/2 | Unpublished drawings, knee joints of Echidna setosa and Ornithorhynchus paradoxus by [Robert Knox?] | [1827] |
| AP/13/11/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the structure of the knee joint in the Echidna setosa and Ornithorhynchus paradoxus' by Dr [Robert] Knox | [1827] |
| AP/13/6 | Unpublished paper, 'Remarks, on an acrid principle pervading several genera of plants' by John Frost | May 1827 |
| HS/12/19 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir James McGrigor | undated |
| HS/12/18 | Letter, from Sir James McGrigor to Sir John Herschel, dated at London | 12 September 1836 |
| HS/12/17 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir James McGrigor, dated at [Cape of Good Hope] | 20 June 1836 |
| HS/12/16 | Letter, from Sir James McGrigor to Sir John Herschel, dated at Campden Hill | 15 October 1833 |