Misc: RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Islandwide Index Copyright ************************************************ File contributed by: Meadhbh Murphy Courtesy of the Royal Colllege of Surgeons in Ireland RCSI PRESIDENTS SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1784 * please note that some presidents served more than one term in office 1784-85 SAMUEL CROKER KING 1786 JOHN WHITEWAY 1787 ROBERT BOWES 1788 PHILIP WOODROFFE 1789 WILLIAM DEASE 1790 RALPH SMYTH O’BRÉ 1791 FRANCIS M’EVOY (1804, 1807) 1792 GEORGE STEWART (1799) 1793 GEORGE RENNY 1794 SOLOMON RICHARDS (1803, 1808, 1818) 1795 GUSTAVUS HUME CLEMENT ARCHER 1796 FRANCIS L’ESTRANGE 1797 WILLIAM HARTIGAN 1798 ROBERT MOORE PEILE (1816) 1799 GEORGE STEWART (1792) 1800 SIR HENRY JEBB 1801 JAMES RIVERS 1802 ABRAHAM COLLES (1830) 1803 SOLOMON RICHARDS (1794, 1808, 1818) 1804 FRANCIS M’EVOY (1791, 1807) 1805 ROBERT HAMILTON 1806 GERARD MACKLIN 1807 FRANCIS M’EVOY (1791, 1804) 1808 SOLOMON RICHARDS (1794, 1803, 1818) 1809 RICHARD DEASE 1810 JOHN ARMSTRONG GARNETT 1811 PHILIP CRAMPTON (1820, 1844, 1855) 1812 JOHN CREIGHTON (1824) 1813 RICHARD CARMICHAEL (1826, 1845) 1814 CUSACK RONEY (1828) 1815 SAMUEL WILMOT (1832, 1846) 1816 ROBERT MOORE PEILE (1792) 1817 ANDREW JOHNSTON 1818 SOLOMON RICHARDS (1794, 1803, 1808) 1819 THOMAS HEWSON 1820 PHILIP CRAMPTON (1811, 1844, 1855) 1821 CHARLES HAWKES TODD 1822 JAMES HENTHORN 1823 JOHN KIRBY (1834) 1824 JOHN CREIGHTON (1812) 1825 ALEXANDER READ (1835) 1826 RICHARD CARMICHAEL (1813, 1845) 1827 JAMES WILLIAM CUSACK (1847, 1858) 1828 CUSACK RONEY (1814) 1829 WILLIAM AUCHINLECK 1830 ABRAHAM COLLES (1802) 1831 RAWDON MACNAMARA primus 1832 SAMUEL WILMOT (1815, 1846) 1833 JAMES KERIN 1834 JOHN KIRBY (1823) 1835 ALEXANDER READ (1825) 1836 FRANCIS WHITE 1837 ARTHUR JACOB (1864) 1838 WILLIAM HENRY PORTER 1839 MAURICE COLLIS 1840 ROBERT ADAMS (1860, 1867) 1841 THOMAS RUMLEY 1842 WILLIAM TAGERT 1843 JAMES O’BEIRNE 1844 PHILIP CRAMPTON (1811, 1820, 1855) 1845 RICHARD CARMICHAEL (1813, 1826) 1846 SAMUEL WILMOT (1815, 1832) 1847 JAMES WILLIAM CUSACK (1827, 1858) 1848 ROBERT HARRISON 1849 ANDREW ELLIS 1850 THOMAS EDWARD BEATTY 1851 LEONARD TRANT 1852 EDWARD HUTTON 1853 WILLIAM HARGRAVE 1854 CHARLES BENSON 1855 PHILIP CRAMPTON (1811, 1820, 1844) 1856 ROBERT CARLISLE WILLIAMS 1857 HANS IRVINE 1858 JAMES WILLIAM CUSACK (1827, 1847) 1859 CHRISTOPHER FLEMING 1860 ROBERT ADAMS (1840, 1867) 1861 WILLIAM JAMESON 1862 THOMAS LEWIS MACKESY 1863 WILLIAM COLLES 1864 ARTHUR JACOB (1837) 1865 SAMUEL GEORGE WILMOT 1866 RICHARD GEORGE HERBERT BUTCHER 1867 ROBERT ADAMS (1840, 1860) 1868 GEORGE HORNIDGE PORTER 1869 RAWDON MACNAMARA secundus 1870 ALBERT JASPER WALSH 1871 JAMES HENRY WHARTON 1872 FREDERICK KIRKPATRICK 1873 JOHN DENHAM 1874 JOLLIFFE TUFNELL 1875 EDWARD HAMILTON (1892-94) 1876 GEORGE HUGH KIDD 1877 ROBERT M’DONNELL 1878 PHILIP CRAMPTON SMYLY 1879 EDWARD DILLON MAPOTHER 1880 ALFRED H. M’CLINTOCK 1881 SAMUEL CHAPLIN 1882 JOHN KELLOCK BARTON 1883 WILLIAM IRELAND WHEELER 1884 EDWARD HALLARAN BENNETT 1885 SIR CHARLES ALEXANDER CAMERON 1886 SIR WILLIAM STOKES 1887 ANTHONY HAGERTY CORLEY 1888 HENRY FITZGIBBON 1889 AUSTIN MELDON 1890-92 HENRY GRAY CROLY 1892-94 EDWARD HAMILTON (1875) 1894-96 SIR WILLIAM THORNLEY STOKER 1896-98 SIR WILLIAM THOMSON 1898-1900 ROBERT LAFAYETTE SWAN 1900-02 SIR THOMAS MYLES 1902-04 SIR LAMBERT HEMPENSTALL ORMSBY 1904-06 SIR ARTHUR CHANCE 1906-08 SIR HENRY ROSBOROUGH SWANZY 1908-10 SIR JOHN LENTAIGNE 1910-12 SIR ROBERT HENRY WOODS 1912-14 RICHARD DANCER PUREFOY 1914-16 SIR FREDERICK CONWAY DWYER 1916-18 SIR WILLIAM TAYLOR 1918-20 JOHN BENJAMIN STORY 1920-22 EDWARD H TAYLOR 1922-24 SIR WILLIAM IRELAND DE COURCEY WHEELER 1924-26 R. CHARLES B MAUNSELL 1926-28 ANDREW FULLERTON 1928-29 THOMAS EAGLESON GORDON 1930-32 RICHARD ATKINSON STONEY 1932-34 FRANK CRAWLEY 1934-36 SETON PRINGLE 1936-38 ADAMS ANDREW MCCONNELL 1938-40 WILLIAM DOOLIN 1940-42 HENRY STOKES 1942-44 THOMAS OTTIWELL GRAHAM 1944-46 EDWARD LEO SHERIDAN 1946-48 FREDERICK GILL 1948-50 HENRY SORDS MEADE 1950-52 WILLIAM PEARSON 1952-54 MICHAEL PLUNKETT BURKE 1954-56 SIR IAN FRASER 1956-58 ANTHONY BURTON CLERY 1958-61 THOMAS GEORGE WILSON 1961-63 NIGEL ALEXANDER KINNEAR 1963-66 TERENCE MILLIN 1966-68 EDWARD NEALE MCDERMOTT 1968-70 DOUGLAS MONTGOMERY 1970-72 JOHN PAUL LANIGAN 1972-74 FRANCIS ARTHUR JOSEPH MARY DUFF 1974-76 JOHN MCAULIFFE CURTIN 1976-78 STANLEY THOMAS MCCOLLUM 1978-80 KEITH SHAW 1980-82 JA O’CONNELL 1982-84 EOIN O’MALLEY 1984-86 VICTOR LANE 1986-88 REGINALD AE MAGEE 1988-90 DESMOND V KNEAFSEY 1990-92 WILLIAM P HEDERMAN 1992-94 J DERMOT O’FLYNN 1994-96 THOMAS PJ HENNESSY 1996-98 PETER MCLEAN 1998-2000 BARRY O’DONNELL 2000-02 GEORGE PARKS 2002-04 MICHAEL R BUTLER 2004-06 NIALL J O’HIGGINS 2006-08 GERALD C O’SULLIVAN 2008-10 FRANK BV KEANE 2010-12 EILIS MCGOVERN 2012-14 PATRICK J BROE 2014- DECLAN MAGEE