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General First nameSir Thomas Jenner
LastnameVerrall
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1852-10-13
Place of birthBrighton, Sussex, England
Date of death1929-10-04
Place of deathLeatherhead, Sussex, England


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From The Times, 5 October 1929:

Obituary – Sir Thomas Jenner Verrall

General medical practitioners throughout England, and the British Medical Association especially, lose a staunch supporter by the death of Sir Thomas Jenner Verrall, which occurred yesterday, at East Lodge, Leatherhead, at the age of 77. Coming of an old Sussex family long connected with Brighton, he was born in 1852, the son of Henry Verrall, J.P., and married a daughter of Charles Catt, of Lindfield, whose family, some of whom took the name of Willett, was equally well-known in Brighton and the neighbourhood.

Educated at Marlborough, Verrall began his medical training at the Sussex County Hospital and finished it at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, obtaining his qualification as M.R.C.S. in 1876. He was soon elected surgeon to the Sussex County Hospital, and served it faithfully and well until he was elected consulting surgeon in 1912. Being then set free from professional work and having a competence, he retired for a time to Bath and turned his attention to public work in the interest of his fellow-practitioners.

He had already been elected by a vote of the profession a direct representative on the General Medical Council, and he now devoted himself to the British Medical Association, where he took an active part in the management. He became chairman of the representative meetings from 1912-15, and was elected a vice-president of the Association. In this position he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Aberdeen. He was also a member of the General Nursing Council.

From 1915 to 1918 he was chairman of the Central Medical War Committee, which was entrusted by the War Office with the important duty of deciding who should be given a commission for medical service abroad and who should be retained in England to serve the needs of the civil population. He made an admirable chairman, and for his services was rewarded with a knighthood in 1919.

In all these positions his honesty of purpose and his fluency of speech made him an admirable ally, while his level-headedness carried weight in every discussion. He was always listened to with respect, for it was known that he had at heart the best interests of the general practitioner. As a young man he held a commission as captain in the Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Of late years he lived at Leatherhead, that he might the more readily reach London.

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