Physician to the King (orQueen, as appropriate) is a title (aspostnominals,KHP,QHP) held by physicians of theMedical Household of theSovereign of theUnited Kingdom. Part of theRoyal Household, the Medical Household includes physicians, who treat general conditions, and extra physicians, specialists who are brought in as required.

In 1973, the position ofHead of the Medical Household was created. The occupant of that position is also a Physician to the King.

• Balthasar Guersye (died 1557), Physician toHenry VIII andCatherine of Aragon^[1]
• Matthias de Lobel (1538–1616), Physician toJames I^[2]
• Martin Schöner (died 1611), Physician toAnne of Denmark.^[3]
• Martin Lluelyn (1616–1682), Physician Extraordinary toCharles II 1660.^[4][5]
• SirRichard Croft (1762–1818), Physician toGeorge III,George IV andPrincess Charlotte Augusta.
• SirAndrew Halliday (1782–1839), Physician toWilliam IV^[6] and toQueen Victoria^[7]
• DrCornwallis Hewett (1787–1841), Physician Extraordinary to William IV^[8]
• SirJames Paget, 1st Baronet (1814–1899), Surgeon Extraordinary toQueen Victoria (1858)^[9]
• Dr John Forrest (1804–1865), Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria (1859)^[10]
• SirWilliam Moore (1828-1896), Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria^[11][12][13]
• Sir William Broadbent, 1st Baronet (1835–1907) Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria (1896–1901)^[14]
• Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet (1820–1904), Physician to Queen Victoria^[15]
• SirThomas Grainger Stewart (1837–1900), Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Scotland from 1882^[16]
• George Steward Beatson 1814–1874), Honorary Physician to the Queen
• SirAlexander Nisbet (1796–1874), Honorary Physician to the Queen^[17]
• John Davidson (died 1881), appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen in 1874^[17]
• William James Moore (1828–1896), Honorary Physician to the Queen^[18]

Physician-in-Ordinary to His Majesty

• Sir William Broadbent, 1st Baronet 29 March 1901 – 1907^[19]
• Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet 29 March 1901 – 6 May 1910^[19]
• SirFrancis Laking, 2nd Baronet 29 March 1901 – 6 May 1910^[19]

Physicians Extraordinary to His Majesty

• SirJoseph Fayrer, 1st Baronet 29 March 1901–?^[19]
• Sir Richard Powell, 1st Baronet 29 March 1901–?^[19]
• SirEdward Henry Sieveking 29 March 1901 – 1904^[19]
• SirFelix Semon 29 March 1901–?^[19]
• John Lowe 29 March 1901 – 1904^[19]

Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Scotland

• SirWilliam Tennant Gairdner 29 March 1901–?^[19]
• George William Balfour 29 March 1901 – 1903^[19]

Honorary Physicians-in-Ordinary to His Majesty in Ireland

• SirJohn Thomas Banks 29 March 1901–?^[19]
• William Moore 29 March 1901–?^[19]

• Bertrand Edward Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864–1945), Physician toGeorge V,Edward VIII andGeorge VI.
• Sir Thomas Peel Dunhill (1876–1957), Extra Physician to King George V, Edward VIII, George VI andElizabeth II.
• Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder (1871–1955), Extra Physician toEdward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II.
• SirJohn Weir (1879–1971), Physician to George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II.
• SirArnold Stott (1885–1958), Extra Physician to George VI and Elizabeth II.
• SirEdward Mellanby (1884–1955), Honorary Physician to George VI^[20]
• Andrew Best Semple (1963–1965), Honorary Physician to Elizabeth II^[21]
• Air Marshal SirSidney Richard Carlyle Nelson (1961–1967), Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II.^[22]
• Air Vice-MarshalFrederick Charles Hurrell Honorary Physician to Elizabeth II.^[23]
• ProfessorKenneth Gordon Lowe Queen's Physician in Scotland.^[24]

• seeHeads of the Medical Household.

• Physician to the President

• Positions within the British Royal Household
• Court physicians

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