CRAMPTON

Sir Philip , 1 Baronet ( 3 son of John Crampton of Merrion sq. Dublin 1732–92 ). b. Dublin 7 June 1777; a istant surgeon in army; surgeon to Meath hospital, Dublin 1798; M.D. Glasgow 1800; taught anatomy in private lectures and maintained a di ecting room behind his own house; surgeon general to the forces in Ireland to his death, the last who held that appointment; surgeon in ord. to the Queen for Ireland; a member of senate of the Queen’s Univ.; pres. of Royal college of surgeons, Dublin 3 times; F.R.S. 16 April 1812; created baronet 14 March 1839. d. Merrion sq. Dublin 10 June 1858. Dublin Univ. Mag. xv , 613 (1840), portrait ; Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. iii , 52–53 (1861).