
Sir George Anderson Critchett, 1st Baronet, (18 December 1845 – 9 February 1925) was a British surgeon.
[{{cite journal, last1=Laios, first1=Konstantinos, last2=Moschos, first2=Marilita M., last3=Androutsos, first3=George, date=February 2017, title=George Critchett (1817-1882) and His Son George Anderson Critchett (1845-1925), url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27815340/, journal=Surgical Innovation, volume=24, issue=1, pages=89–91, doi=10.1177/1553350616677501, issn=1553-3514, pmid=27815340, s2cid=11676677] He was Surgeon-Oculist to
Edward VII from 1901 to 1910 and to
George V from 1910 to 1918 and Surgeon-Oculist-in-Ordinary to George V from 1918 to 1925.
Critchett was knighted in 1901, appointed CVO in 1905, and promoted KCVO in 1919. He was created a Baronet, of
Harley Street
Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, Central London, which has, since the 19th century housed a large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. It was named after Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer.< ...
in the Borough of
St Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary.
An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it merge ...
in 1908.
His brother was the actor and playwright
R. C. Carton
R. C. Carton (born Richard Claude Critchett, 10 May 1853 – 1 April 1928) was an English actor and playwright.
Life and career
Carton was born in London on 10 May 1853, a son of the oculist George Critchett and his wife Martha ''née'' Brooker. ...
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See also
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Critchett baronets
The Critchett Baronetcy, of Harley Street in the Borough of St Marylebone, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 28 November 1908 for Sir Anderson Critchett. He was Surgeon-Oculist to Edward VII from 1901 to ...
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Knights Bachelor
1925 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
British surgeons
British ophthalmologists
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge