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Sir William Maurice Abbot-Anderson

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Sir William Maurice Abbot-Anderson Veteran

Birth
Sandgate, Shepway District, Kent, England
Death
3 May 1938 (aged 77)
Bath, Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, Somerset, England
Burial
Lyme Regis, West Dorset District, Dorset, England Add to Map
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Dr. Sir William Maurice Abbot-Anderson, M.VO., C.V.O., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S. Medical Doctor. He preferred to use his middle name. Son of Major General Edward Abbot-Anderson and his first wife, Martha (Birkett) Abbot-Anderson. Married twice, firstly to Maud Shaw (1899). After her death he married, secondly to Muriel Porter (1929). He had no children by either marriage. He was educated at University College, London and at Durham. Served in 3rd London Rifles for seven years, retiring as Surgeon Captain. Later he served as Medical Officer to the Housing Association of Officer's Families and appointed Physician to the Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, the daughter of Edward VII. Dr. Abbot-Anderson was a member of several medical societies, Boards and Preservation Councils for Rural Scotland and Rural Wales. His knighthood was conferred in 1912. In 1922 he was made a Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.

Obituary in the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1938, Page3.
Dr. Sir William Maurice Abbot-Anderson, M.VO., C.V.O., M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S. Medical Doctor. He preferred to use his middle name. Son of Major General Edward Abbot-Anderson and his first wife, Martha (Birkett) Abbot-Anderson. Married twice, firstly to Maud Shaw (1899). After her death he married, secondly to Muriel Porter (1929). He had no children by either marriage. He was educated at University College, London and at Durham. Served in 3rd London Rifles for seven years, retiring as Surgeon Captain. Later he served as Medical Officer to the Housing Association of Officer's Families and appointed Physician to the Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, the daughter of Edward VII. Dr. Abbot-Anderson was a member of several medical societies, Boards and Preservation Councils for Rural Scotland and Rural Wales. His knighthood was conferred in 1912. In 1922 he was made a Knight of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.

Obituary in the Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald, Saturday, May 7, 1938, Page3.


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