Major-GeneralSir Arnold Walmsley Stott,KBE,FRCP (7 July 1885 – 15 June 1958) was a British physician, specialising incardiovascular disease.

Stott was born on 7 July 1885 inBardsley, Lancashire, England.^[1] He was educated atRugby School, an all-boyspublic school.^[2] He studied atTrinity College, Cambridge and then trained in medicine atSt Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.^[2][1] He qualifiedMember of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 1912.^[3] He was an assistant to the noted cardiologistSir Thomas Lewis, and worked in the pathology and children's departments ofSt Bartholomew's Hospital as ahouse physician.^[2][4]

During theFirst World War, he served as a pathologist with theRoyal Army Medical Corps, seeing active service in France.^[3][4] He was commissioned into theBritish Army as alieutenant on 5 September 1914.^[5] After the end of the war, in 1919, he joined the staff ofWestminster Hospital and theRoyal Chest Hospital.^[4]

On 18 September 1939, with the outbreak of theSecond World War, Stott re-joined the British Army, and was granted thesubstantive rank of lieutenant and theacting rank ofcolonel.^[6] He served as a consulting physician to theBritish Expeditionary Force from 1939 to 1940.^[4] He served in France until theDunkirk evacuation,^[1] and then worked with the British Army and theEmergency Hospital Service in theMidlands.^[4] He was granted thelocal rank ofbrigadier on 1 March 1942^[7] and the local rank ofmajor general on 12 August 1942.^[8]

After the end of the war, he returned to Westminster Hospital as aconsulting physician.^[2][1] He practised as a physician and taught medical students, in addition to acting as an administrator of the hospital in the run up to the creation of theNational Health Service and during its early years.^[1][3] He retired in 1950,^[1] and that year became chairman of theBritish Cardiac Society.^[4]

In November 1948,King George VI appointed him anExtra Physician to the Household.^[9] With the succession ofElizabeth II to the throne in 1952, he was re-appointed to the role inher Household.^[10]

After a long illness, Stott died on 15 June 1958 at his home nearGuildford, Surrey, England; he was 72 year old.^[1]

In 1911, Stott married Emily "Lily" Holland. Together they had two daughters and one son, the evangelistJohn Stott (1921–2011).^[2]

For his service in the First World War, he was awarded the1914–15 Star, theBritish War Medal and theVictory Medal. In the1946 New Year Honours, he was appointedKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).^[11]

• Portraits of Sir Arnold Walmsley Stott at theNational Portrait Gallery, London
• Generals of World War II