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Gimlette
editHow long has this office existed? Only since 1991?
I ask because Gimlet (cocktail) tells me: "Another theory is that the drink was named after British Royal Navy Surgeon General Sir Thomas D. Gimlette, KCB (served 1879 to 1913), who allegedly introduced this drink as a means of inducing his messmates to take lime juice as an anti-scurvy medication".
Was Gimlette's office a different one with a similar name, or do we need to develop a longer list of Surgeons-General than the one we have now? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 20:25, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
- I think this office belonged much earlier than 1991: perhaps with a different function: see for example the Royal Army Medical CollegeCj1340 (talk) 22:23, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
Acting Surgeon General
editAfter Walker is Major General Martin Bricknell
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-medical-services#hq-surgeon-general
"The acting Surgeon General is Major General Martin Bricknell"
Now he's Surgeon General
edithttps://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-medical-services
"The Surgeon General is Major General Martin Bricknell"
Back to Acting Surgeon General
editEarlier Surgeon-Generals
editSome names for earlier Surgeon-Generals (there was a sort-of-gap from 1810 to 1874):
- John Knight 1664-1680
- Paul Buissière 1689 (to the British forces in Ireland)
- Robert Adair 1786-1790
- John Hunter 1790-1793
- John Gunning 1793-1798
- Thomas Keate 1798-
- James McGrigor 1811-
- James Mouat 1864-
See also here. Carcharoth (talk) 00:24, 31 December 2022 (UTC)