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James Hamilton
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 1 February 1780
James Hamilton was born in 1740 in Dunbar, East Lothian. After a medical apprenticeship he served in the Royal Navy as a surgeon's mate on HMS Isis. He received an MD from King's College, Aberdeen, and practised in Dunbar while preaching as a Methodist. He was also elected as a Town Councillor, a role he held until his wife's death in 1779. After remarriage, Hamilton moved to Alnwick, Leeds, and in 1795 to London, where he became physician to the London Dispensary and helped found the Wesleyan Missionary Society. He died in London in April 1827.
Year of medical qualification
13 August 1771
Date of Licence
2 November 1779
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.