The Dorset County Hospital Staff Database will include every known honorary or paid member of staff who trained or worked at Dorset County Hospital from 1841 to 1948. Entries give the person’s name, the post(s) held, their age (if known), career events, and details of the data source.
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There are also detailed individual RECORDS for the hospital’s medical staff, matrons, chaplains, clerks and dispensers. These are listed below (if ‘Record’ is not showing, this is because it has not been completed yet).
In addition, a few images of honorary and paid staff have survived – click on the ‘Image’ link below to access these. This site does not own the copyright for any of these images, so please contact the copyright holder if you wish to use a particular image.
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| Surname | First names | Lived | Hospital posts | ||
| ADAMS | Percy Edward | 1872-1952 | House Surgeon (1896-97) | Record | |
| ALLAN | Alexander William | 1868-1954 | House Surgeon (1892-93) | Record | |
| ARDEN | Christopher | 1788-1861 | Consulting Surgeon (1841-61) | Record | |
| BARTLETT | Ralph Clarke | 1870-1938 | House Surgeon (1894) | Record | Image |
| BENNETT | William James | 1845-67 | House Surgeon (1867) | Record | |
| COLLEY | Thomas | 1894-1983 | Honorary Ophthalmologist (c 1827- ?) | Image | |
| COOPER | Christopher | 1772-1842 | Consulting Physician (1841-42) | Record | |
| COWDELL | Charles | 1815-71 | Honorary Physician (1849-71) | Record | Image |
| CUMBERBATCH | Elkin Percy | 1880-1939 | House Surgeon (1909-10) | Record | Image |
| CURME | George | 1807-87 | Honorary Surgeon (1841-68). Consulting Surgeon (1868-87) | Record | |
| DANCY | Susannah | 1797 -1888 | Matron (1847-69) | Record | |
| DAY | Edward Joseph | 1852-1933 | House surgeon (1875-76) | Record | |
| EDWARDS | Jane Elizabeth | 1857-1934 | Nurse (c 1892-99). Matron (1899-1912) | Record | |
| EMSON | Alfred | 1817-87 | House Apothecary (1843-45). Honorary Surgeon (1868-87). Consulting Surgeon (1887) | Record | |
| ENSOR | Alfred | 1841-67 | House Surgeon (1865-67) | Record | |
| FEEK | Thedora Sophia | 1844-87 | Matron (1874-82) | Record | Image |
| GOODWIN | Doris Mary | 1899-1976 | Matron (1939- ?) | Image | |
| HAMILTON | James Oliver | 1886-1938 | Honorary Pathologist (1921-25) | Record | Image |
| HILL | Edith Sarah | 1883-1942 | Matron (1917-31) | Record | Image |
| LAWRENCE | Henrietta Amelia Eliza | 1853-?1926 | Matron (1888-93) | Record | |
| LUSH | William George Vawdrey | 1834-1904 | Honorary Physician (1872-1904) | Image | |
| MESSUM | Julian Alexander Broker Galsworthy | 1849-1906 | House Surgeon (1879-80) | Record | |
| MORGAN | Frederick Francis | 1847-1906 | Chaplain (1873-74) | Record | |
| MOULE | George Evans | 1828-1912 | Chaplain (1855-57) | Image | |
| NICOLAY | Mary Ann | 1850-1939 | Matron (1887-88) | Image | |
| NORBURY | William | 1869-1956 | House Surgeon (1895-96) | Record | |
| PRIDEAUX | Charles Sydney | 1870-1934 | Honorary Dental Surgeon (1896-1925). Consulting Dental Surgeon (1925-?34). | Record | Image |
| TAPP | William Denning | 1796-1877 | Honorary Surgeon (1841-61). Consulting Surgeon (1861-68) | Record | |
| WOOD | Susan | 1803-99 | Matron (1841-47) | Record | Image |
| WYKESMITH | Pelham | 1872-1912 | House Surgeon (1896) | Record | |
| WYNN WERNINCK | Pelham Vansittart | 1884-1955 | House Surgeon (1915-17) | Record | Image |
The History of Dorset County Hospital 