Thomas John Graham was born in London, probably in 1795. He trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Glasgow, receiving his MD from Glasgow in 1828. He married Susannah Horsman in 1821 and, during the 1830s, moved to Epsom, Surrey, where he established a medical practice. Graham published extensively, including 'The Diseases of Females' and 'A Chemical Catechism'. His most notable work, 'Modern Domestic Medicine' (1826), went through several later editions. He became a Fellow of the College in 1861 and died in Epsom in 1876.

David Christison was born in Edinburgh in 1830, the son of Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet. He obtained his MD from Edinburgh in 1851 and worked as Resident Physician at the Royal Infirmary before serving as Assistant Physician at Renkioi Hospital in the Dardanelles during the Crimean War. He became seriously ill while at Renkioi and was forced to retire from medical practice. He subsequently devoted himself to archaeology, serving as Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland from 1888 to 1904 and publishing several works including 'Early Fortifications in Scotland' (1898). He died in Edinburgh in 1912.

Lewis Quier Bowerbank was born on 26 August 1814, the son of Lewis Bowerbank, a Church of England rector in Jamaica. He received his MD from Edinburgh in 1836 and returned to Jamaica the same year to practise in Spanish Town. Following an unsuccessful application in 1858 for the post of Consulting Surgeon at Kingston Public Hospital, he published allegations of neglect and malpractice at the hospital and adjoining asylum. In the aftermath he played a key role in the foundation in 1861 of the new Jamaica Lunatic Asylum, later Bellevue Hospital, established on more progressive principles. He later served as Custos of Jamaica and was an ally of Governor Edward John Eyre during the Morant Bay rebellion of 1865. He died in Ealing, London, in 1880.

Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson was baptised in Whitby in 1833. He trained at St George's Hospital, London, and studied in Paris and Edinburgh before completing his MD in 1857. He lectured in medicine at Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, and in 1865 was appointed Physician to the Royal Infirmary. He died in Edinburgh in 1867.

Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan was born in Ayr in 1812 and graduated MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1833. He undertook further study in Berlin, Paris and London before becoming Assistant Surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1845 he began teaching chemistry at Surgeons' Hall. Maclagan published important works on poisons and, in 1862, was appointed Professor of Forensic Medicine and Public Health at the University of Edinburgh. He was instrumental in establishing public health as a subject of postgraduate research and in founding a department for skin diseases at the Royal Infirmary. He was knighted in 1886 and died in Edinburgh in 1900.

Reginald Read became a Licentiate of the College in 1859 and a Fellow in 1865, having trained at the London Hospital. He practised in Guildford Place and Jewin Street, London, with his father, Septimus Read, until their partnership was dissolved in 1865. He later practised for a time with his son, Reginald Bligh Read, before the latter emigrated to Sydney. Read served as Physician to the British National Life Assurance Association and as Surgeon and Director of the English Widows' Fund and General Life Assurance Association.

John Linton was born in 1840 and educated at George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh. He practised in Edinburgh, initially as assistant to Matthews Duncan, before focusing primarily on obstetrics. In 1868 he was appointed Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, a post he held until 1879. Although he published little, his work includes 'A case of suppuration of dermoid cyst after delivery', published in the Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society in 1874. He died in Kinghorn, Fife, on 25 October 1913.

Richard Fernandez Freeborn was born in Oxford in 1823, the son of John James Simms Freeborn, a physician practising at 38 Broad Street. He trained at Oxford and St George's Hospital, London, matriculating from Oxford in 1847 and later obtaining his MD from Erlangen in 1860. He became a Licentiate of the College in 1849 and a Fellow in 1865. By 1861 he had taken over his father's practice at Broad Street and expanded it to include number 39. He married Clara Eliza Corbett in 1849 and had six children. He died in Oxford in 1883.

Charles Robinson was born in 1820 and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1842 and a Fellow in 1857. He practised in Montague Street, Portman Square, and later near Marble Arch and in Edgware. He was made a Licentiate of the College in 1860 and a Fellow in 1865. He died suddenly at Dorking on 13 June 1873.

John Alexander Smith was born in Edinburgh in 1818. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MD in 1840, and established a general practice in Edinburgh's West End while also pursuing wide interests in archaeology, natural history and antiquities. Smith became a Fellow of the College in 1864, serving as Treasurer from 1874 until his death and also holding senior roles in several societies including the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Smith published extensively on archaeological finds, ancient artefacts and zoology. He died in Edinburgh in 1883.