John Weir

Sir John Weir (19 October 1879 – 17 April 1971) was a Scottish physician and homeopath who served as Physician Royal to several twentieth century monarchs. Early life and education Weir was born in the town of Paisley, in Renfrewshire, son of joiner James Weir, of East Kilbride, and Agnes, née Baird. He attended Allan Glen's School in Glasgow, a school noted for its emphasis on science, and subsequently worked as an engineer until embarking on his medical education, first at Glasgow University (MB ChB 1906), following which he held several positions at the Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was awarded a Tyler scholarship to study homoeopathy at the Chicago clinic James Tyler Kent, of Hering Medical College during 1908-9, along with H. Fergie Woods (1883–1961) and Douglas Borland (1885–1961). Career Weir was appointed Consultant Physician at the London Homeopathic Hospital in 1910, and was appointed the Compton-Burnett Professor of Materia Medica in 1911; he would become President of the Faculty of Homeopathy in 1923. Weir became Physician Royal to King George V (reigned 1910–36; Weir his physician from 1918), King Edward VIII (reigned 1936), King George VI (reigned 1936–52), Queen Elizabeth II (physician 1952–68), and King Haakon VII (1872–1957) of Norway, whose wife Maud (1869–1938) was the youngest daughter of King Edward VII (1841–1910).