list of presidents of the royal college of surgeons in ireland list of presidents of the royal college of surgeons in ireland this is a list of presidents of the royal college of surgeons in ireland. (additional years shown in brackets) 1700s 1784-85 samuel croker-king 1786 john whiteway 1787 robert bowes 1788 philip woodroffe 1789 william dease 1790 ralph smith o’bré 1791 francis m'evoy (1804, 1807) 1792 george stewart (1799) 1793 george renny 1794 solomon richards (1803, 1808, 1818) 1795 gustavus hume 1795 clement archer 1796 francis l'estrange 1797 william hartigan 1798 robert moore peile (1816) 1799 george stewart (1792) 1800s 1800 sir henry jebb 1801 james rivers 1802 abraham colles (1830) 1803 solomon richards (1794, 1808, 1818) 1804 francis m'evoy (1791, 1807) 1805 robert hamilton 1806 gerard macklin 1807 francis m'evoy (1791, 1804) 1808 solomon richards (1794, 1803, 1818) 1809 richard dease 1810 john armstrong garnett 1811 philip crampton (1820, 1844, 1855) 1812 john creighton (1824) 1813 richard carmichael (1826, 1845) 1814 cusack roney (1828) 1815 samuel wilmot (1832, 1846) 1816 robert moore peile (1792) 1817 andrew johnston 1818 solomon richards (1794, 1803, 1808) 1819 thomas hewson 1820 philip crampton (1811, 1844, 1855) 1821 charles hawkes todd 1822 james henthorn 1823 john kirby (1834) 1824 john creighton (1812) 1825 alexander read (1835) 1826 richard carmichael (1813, 1845) 1827 james william cusack (1847, 1858) 1828 cusack roney (1814) 1829 william auchinleck 1830 abraham colles (1802) 1831 rawdon macnamara primus 1832 samuel wilmot (1815, 1846) 1833 james kerin 1834 john kirby (1823) 1835 alexander read (1825) 1836 francis white 1837 arthur jacob (1864) 1838 william henry porter 1839 maurice collis 1840 robert adams (1860, 1867) 1841 thomas rumley 1842 william tagert 1843 james o'beirne 1844 philip crampton (1811, 1820, 1855) 1845 richard carmichael (1813, 1826) 1846 samuel wilmot (1815, 1832) 1847 james william cusack (1827, 1858) 1848 robert harrison 1849 andrew ellis 1850 thomas edward beatty