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9 unusual facts about Westminster Hospital


Arthur Brooke Faulkner

His next two years were spent in London in attendance at the London Hospital, the Westminster Hospital, and the Surrey Dispensary.

Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram

Apart from his careers in the Army and at court he was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Zoological Society of London, President of Westminster Hospital and Governor of Wellington College and Haileybury.

Marmaduke Sheild

After leaving Cambridge Sheild held posts at St George's as anaesthetist and Westminster Hospital, culminating in a seven-year period at Charing Cross Hospital where he was assistant surgeon, aural surgeon, demonstrator of anatomy and lecturer in practical surgery.

Medical ventilator

In 1952, Roger Manley of the Westminster Hospital, London, developed a ventilator which was entirely gas driven, and became the most popular model used in Europe.

Samuel Segal, Baron Segal

He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, Jesus College, Oxford (Exhibitioner; Honorary Fellow, 1966), and Westminster Hospital (Scholar).

Tom Christie

Christie qualified as a doctor in 1950 and spent time at Westminster Hospital and St Thomas’s Hospital training in anaesthetics.

Twigg Brown Architects

Evening Standard Housing Award for the St John's redevelopment as housing of a former nurses accommodation block of Westminster Hospital

William Inwood

William Inwood (c.1771–16 March 1843) was an English architect and surveyor, whose most important works including St Pancras New Church and Westminster Hospital were done in collaboration with his sons.

In 1832 Inwood’s designs for the new Westminster Hospital in Broad Sanctuary, made in collaboration with another son, Charles Frederick Inwood (1799–1840), were chosen from a number of invited submissions .


Anthony Storr

Born in London, Storr was educated at Winchester College, Christ's College (University of Cambridge), and Westminster Hospital.

Michael Stratton

Stratton has held clinical posts at Guy’s Hospital, Westminster Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital.

Patricia Rawlings, Baroness Rawlings

She trained as a nurse at Westminster Hospital and is an active member of the British Red Cross (she was awarded the British Red Cross national Badge of Honour in 1987).


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