• Born: 9 May 1901, Kensington, London, England
• Marriage (1): Lesley Frances RONALDSON on 26 April 1933 in Kensington, London, England
• Died: 1970, Marylebone, London, England at age 69

   Another name for Douglas was Douglas H. MACLEOD.

  General Notes

Douglas Hamilton, M.S., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.O.G., ...was born on 9th May 1901 and died in 1970. He entered Haileybury College, where he proved himself a keen Rugby player, later playing for his Hospital, Middlesex County and the Harlequins.

The call of the blood in him was strong with a great-grandfather as Surgeon-General in the Madras Presidency of the Honourable East India Company, a grandfather, father and brother, all Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons. He entered Middlesex Hospital in 1920 and qualified in 1925. He served as house-surgeon to the then Mr. Alfred Webb-Johnson, followed this with a house Physiciancy and the resident obstetric post. In 1927, he obtianed the M.R.C.P. and became the Medical Registrar to the Middlesex Hospital. In 1928, he became the R.M.O. at Chelsea Hospital for Women and in 1929 the Obstetric and Gynaecololgical Registrar at the Middlesex Hospital.

In is Obituary Notice in THE TIMES (February 4th 1970), to which the writer is indebted for these particulars on this outstanding gynaecologist, appeared the following statement. "Not many gynaecologists can claim the triple crown of the three Royal Colleges although some may acquire these in later life by election; MacLeod was awarded his Fellowships of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons by industry and examination. To these he added the M.S. He was one of the star pupils of Victor Bonney's, the master of abdomino-pelvic surgery. He graduated via the Hospital for Women, Soho Square, to a full consultancy at St. Mary's Hospital. Here he worked with Alec Bourne and Leslie Williams to form one of the most remarkable gynaecological triumvirates in London. His wise and experienced opinion was eagerly sought not only in this country but as far afield as the Middle East.

Douglas MacLeod was not only a beautiful gentle and meticulous operator but he also possessed that rare surgical virtue of using his head in conjunction with his hands. He became a member of the Highland Society of London in 1938 and was a Past Hon. Vice-President of the London Branch of the Clan MacLeod Society in 1939. He wrote widely on his speciality and was the co-author of TEN TEACHERS' MIDWIFERY AND DISEASES OF WOMEN, QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S TEXTBOOK OF OBSTETRICS and BONNEY'S GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGERY. In addition, "he found time for the arduous and ill-rewarded task of examining." Douglas Hamilton MacLeod married on 26th April 1933 Lesley Frances, elder daughter of the late T. Martine Ronaldson, Esq., Portrait Painter, and his wife Dorothy Gertrude Louise Milner, with issue.

SOURCE: Rev. Dr. Donald MacKinnon and Alick Morrison, THE MACLEODS: THE GENEALOGY OF A CLAN, Section III, "MacLeod Cadet Families", Edinburgh, The Clan MacLeod Society, 1970, p. 241.

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  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1911 England Census on 2 April 1911 in Kensington, London, England.

Douglas married Lesley Frances RONALDSON, daughter of Thomas Martine RONALDSON and Dorothy Gertrude Louisa MILNER, on 26 April 1933 in Kensington, London, England. (Lesley Frances RONALDSON was born in 1911 in Kensington, London, England.)