McGrigor, Sir James (1771-1858), Army Surgeon, and his son Charles McGrigor (1811-1890)

Sir James McGrigor:

1. Letter to an unnamed recipient regarding supplies of medicines to the army, currently in the hands of Dr Calvert Clarke, assistant to the late Mr Garcia, Apothecary General to the army, 17 August 1821.
2. Letter to an unnamed recipient concerning a committee meeting, 25 May 1824.

3. Letter to Dr James Lind, written in the third person, about a book he published previously that mentions Dr Lind in the sketches, 24 December.

4. Letter to an unnamed recipient regarding a history of diseases in the British army, 8 August 1838.

5. Letter to William Pirie, surgeon, providing a testimonial in his favour for the post of Anatomical Chair at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 12 June 1839.

6. Note to an unnamed recipient thanking them for sending a pamphlet on Stammering, 29 April 1841.

7. Letter (in another hand) to the Secretary of the Royal College of Surgeons thanking them for supplying a catalogue of their library, 27 May 1840.

8. Letter to an unnamed recipent thanking them for portraits, and commenting on his health, 25 April 1854.

9. Letter to an unnamed recipient praising their paper on cholera, 17 November 1831.

Charles McGrigor:

10. Letter to Lieutenant General Sir R. J. Harvey stating that his application should be addressed to the Inspector-General of Fortifications, Whitehall, 19 January 1858.

Sir James McGrigor was an army surgeon who studied medicine at Aberdeen and Edinburgh. As surgeon to the Connaught Rangers (the 88th Regiment of Foot) he saw service in Flanders, the West Indies, India and Egypt. In 1911 he was appointed chief of medical staff to Wellington's army in the Peninsula. McGrigor was knighted in 1814, after which he went on to work as director general of the army medical department until 1851. His other roles included inspector general of hospitals. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.

Sir James McGrigor is credited with both the introduction of the stethoscope and laying the foundations of the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Charles McGrigor became Baron McGrigor of Campden Hill on the death of his father in 1858.