George Husband Baird MacLeod

Sir George Husband Baird MacLeod (1828–1892) was Regius Professor of Surgery at Glasgow University. He was Surgeon in Ordinary to Queen Victoria when in Scotland and was knighted by her in 1887.

Life He was born in the manse at Campsie, Stirlingshire on 21 September 1828 the son of Rev Norman MacLeod and his wife Agnes Maxwell. Both of his brothers entered the Church of Scotland, in their father's footsteps, one being Rev Norman MacLeod.

He joined the medical team serving the Crimean War acting as Senior Surgeon at the hospital in Smyrna.

He died on 31 August 1892 at his home, 10 Woodside Crescent, Glasgow.

Publications Notes on the Surgery of the War in Crimea (1858)