The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Charles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Havelock
Charles, Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Havelock, K.C.V.O., 1906; I.M.S., M.D., R.U.I., F.R.C.S.I.; Serjeant-Surgeon to King George V.; formerly Physician in Ordinary to Prince of Wales; Member Medical Board, India Office; Consulting Physician to Convalescent Home for Officers, Osborne; b. 1858; 6th s. of late D. H. Charles, M.D., J.P., Co. Tyrone, Ireland; m. 1886, Gertrude Seton, y.d. of late Adam Annand Gordon of Aberdeen, and Cromwell Road, London; two s. Educ.: Queen’s College, Cork; Dublin; London; Paris; Berlin; Vienna; Gold Medal and 1st class Honours with M.D., R.U.I., 1881; presented with Hon. Gold Medal of R.C.S., England, 1906; Arnot Memorial Gold Medal, 1907; passed 1st into I.M.S., 1881, obtaining at Netley the Herbert Prize, the Montefiore Prize, and Parkes Medal charge of C Field Hospital and Escort with Afghan Boundary Commission, 1884-86; formerly Professor of Surgical and Descriptive Anatomy, Medical Colleges, Lahore and Calcutta; also Professor of Surgery, Medical College, Calcutta; with Prince and Princess of Wales on Indian tour, 1905-6; formerly Prefessor of Anatomy and Comparative Anatomy, Lahore Medical College, and Surgeon, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Publications: Medical Report of the Hospital Service connected with the Escort which accompanied the Afghan Boundary Commission; numerous papers on Anatomy, Anthropology, Craniology, and Surgery, in Journal of Anatomy and physiology journal of Asiatic Society; Scientific Memoirs of Medical officers of Army in India, Indian Medical Gazette, British Medial Journal. Address: 9, Manchester Square, W. T.: 1048 Mayfair. Clubs: Marlborough, East India United Service, Savage.