Ambrose Blacklock

Ambrose Blacklock (1816–1873) was a physician educated at Edinburgh and the son of a naval medical officer. According to the Dictionary of Indian Biography, he joined the Madras medical service in 1840 and spent much of his career in the city’s leading medical institutions.

He served as Professor of Surgery and Surgeon at the General Hospital, Madras, in 1851, and later became Professor of Medicine and Physician there in 1858. These roles suggest he was active both in clinical care and in training new medical practitioners.

By 1870 he had been appointed Deputy Inspector-General. The same source records that he died at Chitore on February 11, 1873.