Louis Lillywhite
Encyclopedia
Lieutenant-General Louis Patrick Lillywhite, CB
, MBE
, QHP
(born 23 February 1948) is a British Army
physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General
of the British Armed Forces
from 2006 until December 2009.
and the University of London
.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
, MBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, QHP
Physician to the Queen
Physician to the King and Physician to the Queen are titles of the physician who is chief officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom...
(born 23 February 1948) is a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General
Surgeon-General (United Kingdom)
The Surgeon-General is the senior medical officer of the British Armed Forces; the post is held by the senior of the three individual service medical directors....
of the British Armed Forces
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
from 2006 until December 2009.
Background
Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School and the University of Wales College of MedicineUniversity of Wales College of Medicine
The University of Wales College of Medicine was a medical school based in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, that formed a part of the University of Wales...
and the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
Appointment as CB
Lillywhite was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2009 New Year Honours.Affiliations
- Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal College of PhysiciansRoyal College of PhysiciansThe Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
- British Medical Association
- Medical Society of London (Fellow)
- Royal Society of Medicine (Fellow)
- Society of Occupational Medicine
Career
- Regimental Medical Officer 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment
- Second in Command, Commanding Officer 23 Parachute Field Ambulance
- Commander Medical I (UK) Armoured Division (Gulf War - Mentioned in Dispatches, 1991)
- Director, Medical Personnel, Training and Clinical Policy
- Consultant Occupational Physician (since 1990)