Viscount Bertrand Edward Dawson Dawson

Born in 1864, Bertrand Edward Dawson became one of Britain's most prominent doctors. He built a distinguished career in medicine and was later known as Viscount Dawson of Penn. Records from the Wellcome Collection describe him as a royal physician who served four monarchs, from Edward VII to George VI.

Dawson also held major professional posts, including serving as President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1931 to 1938. His reputation in his own time was that of a highly influential clinician and medical adviser, closely connected with both the royal household and the medical establishment.

He died in 1945. Today, Dawson is remembered both for his achievements and for the debate surrounding his account of King George V's death, which has kept his name in historical discussions of medicine, ethics, and public life.