| Code | DS/UK/4544 |
| Name | Barlow; Sir; Thomas (4 November 1845-12 January 1945); 1st Baronet, KCVO, FRS, FRCP; British royal physician |
| Dates | 4 November 1845-12 January 1945 |
| Gender | Male (cisgender) |
| Place of Birth/Origin | Edgworth, Lancashire, England (born) |
| Relationships | Son of James Barlow (cotton manufacturer and Mayor of Bolton)
Spouse of Ada Helen Dalmahoy
Father of Sir James Alan Noel (spouse of Emma Nora Darwin, granddaughter of Charles Darwin), Sir Thomas Dalmahoy (businessman), Patrick Basil (killed during WWI), Helen Alice Dorothy and Gertrude Mary. |
| Biography | Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet, was a British royal physician, known for his research on infantile scurvy.
He was Royal Physician to Queen Victoria and attended her on her death, and to Edward VII and King George V. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in March 1901, and in February 1902 he was created a Baronet, of Wimpole Street in St Marylebone in the County of London. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 19101914 and delivered their Harveian Oration in 1916 on the subject of Harvey, The Man and the Physician. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918. |