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Louis Patrick Lillywhite, (born 23 February 1948) is a retired
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physician and officer. He was
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of the
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from 2006 until December 2009. Between January 2017 and January 2022, he served as the first Master-General of the
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Early life

Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School in
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and the University of Wales College of Medicine and the
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.


Military career

Lillywhite was commissioned on 1 October 1968 as a second lieutenant (on probation). He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 July 1971 and to
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on 2 August 1972. He served as a medical officer and during the
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in 1991, where he was
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. He was
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of the
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from 2006 until December 2009. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007 and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010. Lillywhite was appointed a
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in 1984, and a
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in the 2009 New Year Honours.


Later life

In retirement, he became a member of the Bevan Commission (Wales), and a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House. He was the Chief Medical Officer of St John Ambulance from 2010 – 2016, becoming a Commander of the Order of St John in 2016


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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Lillywhite, Louis 1948 births Living people British Army lieutenant generals Royal Army Medical Corps officers Officers of the Order of St John Members of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Alumni of the University of Wales Companions of the Order of the Bath British Army personnel of the Gulf War Surgeons-general of the British Armed Forces People from Lichfield People educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield