Sir Hector Ross MacLennan FRCP FRCPGlas FRCOG (1 November 1905 – 6 January 1978) was a Scottish

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in the 1965 Birthday Honours. From 1963 to 1966, he was president of the

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Early life and education

Hector MacLennan was born on 1 November 1905 in Glasgow.

Honours and awards

From 1963 to 1966, he was president of the

. In 1961 MacLennan was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1970. He delivered the Dossibai J. R. Dadabhoy oration in 1966. He was President of the

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from 1967 to 1969.

Family

His son,

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was ennobled as Baron Maclennan of Rogart. His daughter was the acclaimed

Elizabeth MacLennan Elizabeth Margaret Ross MacLennan (16 March 1938 – 23 June 2015) was a Scottish actress, writer and radical popular theatre practitioner. Early life Elizabeth MacLennan was born in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of Sir Hector MacLennan and I ...

References

1905 births 1978 deaths 20th-century Scottish medical doctors British gynaecologists Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine Knights Bachelor 20th-century Scottish surgeons Office bearers of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh {{Scotland-med-bio-stub