Andrew Kenney obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh on 24 June 1812, with a dissertation on pulmonary tuberculosis. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College on 5 May 1818 and elected a Fellow on 4 May 1819. In 1832 he relocated with his family to the Concordia estate in Tobago, where plantation records list 131 enslaved people. He died in Tobago in 1835.

James Thomas Brown Watt was born on 4 October 1784 in Trelawny, Jamaica, the son of John Lindsay Watt I, a medical practitioner and plantation owner. He obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh on 24 June 1809. Between 1817 and 1826 he owned the Woodlands estate in St Mary, Jamaica, where up to 120 enslaved people were registered. He also acted as estate attorney for several neighbouring plantations. Watt was admitted a Licentiate of the College on 19 December 1818 and elected a Fellow on 4 May 1819, and later became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1828.

Walter Adam obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1816. He was admitted a Licentiate of the College on 3 November 1818 and elected a Fellow on 2 November 1819. He joined the Royal Medical Society in 1813 and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London on 16 March 1818. His publications include 'The osteological symmetry of the camel', published in 1832.

Sir Augustus West was born in 1788. He entered the Royal Army Medical Corps on 26 May 1804 as a surgeon's mate and was promoted to assistant surgeon in 1805 and to staff surgeon in Portugal in 1809. He served in Hanover, Copenhagen, Walcheren, Portugal and Spain. West obtained his MD from the University of St Andrews on 5 December 1818 and was admitted a Licentiate of the College on 3 August 1819 and elected a Fellow on 2 November 1818. He was promoted to Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in 1819 and later to Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals in 1824, after which he retired on half pay. He was knighted on 24 November 1824 and later lived in Portugal and Paris. He died at Montfermeil on 16 August 1868.

Edward Turner was born in Jamaica and came to Edinburgh as a child. He received his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1819 and in the same year obtained his licence to practise and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He then studied at Göttingen for two years, developing a particular interest in chemistry and mineralogy. On returning to Edinburgh he instituted a course of lectures on chemistry. In 1828 he was appointed to the chair of chemistry at the newly founded University College London, a position he held until his death. Turner was concerned that chemistry relied too heavily on hypothesis and devoted himself to establishing analytical methods for determining atomic weights. His 'Introduction to the Study of the Laws of Chemical Combination and the Atomic Theory' proved highly influential and ran to eight editions. 

Legacy of Slavery

Turner’s father, Dutton Smith Turner, was a slave-owner. Whilst Turner did not himself make a claim through the Slave Compensation Commission, he held power of attorney for his brother, William Dutton Turner, aiding him during the claims process.
 

Alexander Kennedy was born on 22 June 1764. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1780 to 1786 and received his certificate from the Corporation of Surgeons in 1787. In 1788 he joined the Indian Medical Service as an assistant surgeon and moved to Madras, later serving as surgeon from 1795 and superintending surgeon from 1808 to 1812. Kennedy returned to Scotland in 1819, received his MD from Aberdeen on 30 January 1819, and began practising as a physician in Edinburgh. He was elected an ordinary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 25 January 1819 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 May 1820. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Kennedy died at 6 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on 27 March 1827.

James Millar was born in Ayr in 1762. He received an MA from the University of Glasgow in 1788 and subsequently worked in Jamaica as a tutor. After returning to Scotland he obtained his MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1795. He later served as a physician at the Edinburgh Dispensary and lectured on chemistry and natural history. Millar died in Edinburgh in 1827.

Stephen MacMullen received his MD from the University of St Andrews in 1815. He obtained his licence to practise and was admitted a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1820.

James Gillies received his MD from the University of Aberdeen in 1816. He obtained his licence to practise and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1820.

James Robert Grant received his MD from the University of Aberdeen in 1814. He obtained his licence to practise and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1820.