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Thomas Crichton Mugliston (28 February 1854 — May 1931) was a Colonial Surgeon in Singapore and Penang and a founder of the Straits Medical Association.
Career edit
Mugliston was born on 28 February 1854.[1] He served as a surgeon of the Royal Navy from 1876 to 1878. Shortly after he left the navy, he moved to Singapore. In 1887, he became a member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore.[2] On 16 July 1888, he was made the Colonial Surgeon of Singapore. From February to August 1889, he served as the Acting Principal Medical Officer of Singapore for Maximilian Frank Simon.[1] In 1890, he helped to form the Straits Medical Association.[2] He was made the Colonial Surgeon of Penang on 1 March 1901. From April to December 1901, he served as the Acting Principal Medical Officer for Thomas Sharp Kerr. He retired on pension on 5 January 1908.[1]
Following his retirement, he became the director of several companies.[2] During World War I, he was in charge of the London Ambulance Service.[3]
Personal life and death edit
In 1887, Mugliston married Emma Struder, the daughter of the American Consul-General in Singapore. They had two sons, Francis Hugh Mugliston and G. R. K. Mugliston, and a daughter, Mrs. C. V. Miles.[4] He was also a prominent cricketer, golfer and billiards player,[5] and was "among Singapore's best golfers of his day".[6]
Mugliston died in May 1931.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Braddell, Roland St. John; Brooke, Gilbert Edward; Makepeace, Walter (1921). One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919. p. 518.
- ^ a b c d "DR. T. C. MUGLISTON". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 May 1931. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "DR. MUGLISTON'S BEQUEST". The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 1 September 1931. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "DEATHS OF FORMER MALAYANS". The Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 18 March 1939. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "NOTES OF THE DAY". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 May 1931. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "DR. T. C. MUGLISTON". The Singapore Free Press. Singapore. 9 May 1931. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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