Physician to the Sovereign

Physician to the King (or Queen, as appropriate) is a title (as postnominals, KHP, QHP) held by physicians of the Medical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Part of the Royal Household, the Medical Household includes physicians, who treat general conditions, and extra physicians, specialists who are brought in as required. In 1973, the position of Head of the Medical Household was created. The occupant of that position is also a Physician to the King. Postholders Royal households before 1901 Balthasar Guersye (died 1557), Physician to Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Matthias de Lobel, Physician to King James I Martin Schöner (died 1611), Physician to Anne of Denmark. Sir Richard Croft, Physician to King George III, King George IV and Princess Charlotte Augusta. Sir Andrew Halliday, Physician to King William IV and to Queen Victoria Dr Cornwallis Hewett, Physician Extraordinary to William IV Dr John Forrest (1804-1865), Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria Sir William Henry Broadbent, Bt., KCVO, MD, Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria (1896–1901) Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet, FRCS (1820–1904), Physician to Queen Victoria Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, FRSE, FRCPE (1837–1900), Physician-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Scotland from 1882 George Steward Beatson (–1874) Honorary Physician to the Queen Sir Alexander Nisbet (d. 1874), Honorary Physician to the Queen John Davidson, appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen in 1874