Doctor. Son of Gilbert and Agnes (McFadzen) Gilbert. Married Elizabeth Gardner on July 11, 1786. They were the parents of five sons and one daughter. Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet Blane, was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and Glasgow University (MD 1778) before moving to London. He saw action against both the French and Spanish fleets, and later served as a Commissioner on the Sick and Wounded Board of the Admiralty. He served as Physician in Ordinary to King George IV and William IV. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784. By virtue of these court and hospital appointments, he built up a good practice for himself in London, and the government constantly consulted him on questions of public hygiene. In 1809 Dr. Blane provided expert medical advice with regards to the Walcheren expedition. This involved a British occupation of Walcheren Island with 40,000 men. The island was surrounded by marshland and many troops were struck down with 'Walcheren Fever', most likely malaria. The General Staff heeded Blane's advice that the occupying forces should be evacuated due to the likelihood of sickness. In reward for his services to the Walcheren expedition and his other Naval contributions he was made baronet, of Blanefield in the County of Ayr, on 26 December 1812. He was a member of the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP). The Gilbert Medal was established in 1803. The Medal is awarded annually to this day, alternately by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Physicians, upon the recommendation of the Medical Director General (Navy). The medal was last awarded in 2020 to Surgeon Commander Anton Fries, consultant plastic surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, for his work on reconstructive transplantation surgery.

Doctor. Son of Gilbert and Agnes (McFadzen) Gilbert. Married Elizabeth Gardner on July 11, 1786. They were the parents of five sons and one daughter. Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet Blane, was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University and Glasgow University (MD 1778) before moving to London. He saw action against both the French and Spanish fleets, and later served as a Commissioner on the Sick and Wounded Board of the Admiralty. He served as Physician in Ordinary to King George IV and William IV. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1784. By virtue of these court and hospital appointments, he built up a good practice for himself in London, and the government constantly consulted him on questions of public hygiene. In 1809 Dr. Blane provided expert medical advice with regards to the Walcheren expedition. This involved a British occupation of Walcheren Island with 40,000 men. The island was surrounded by marshland and many troops were struck down with 'Walcheren Fever', most likely malaria. The General Staff heeded Blane's advice that the occupying forces should be evacuated due to the likelihood of sickness. In reward for his services to the Walcheren expedition and his other Naval contributions he was made baronet, of Blanefield in the County of Ayr, on 26 December 1812. He was a member of the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE), Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP). The Gilbert Medal was established in 1803. The Medal is awarded annually to this day, alternately by the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal College of Physicians, upon the recommendation of the Medical Director General (Navy). The medal was last awarded in 2020 to Surgeon Commander Anton Fries, consultant plastic surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, for his work on reconstructive transplantation surgery.

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