Sir Benjamin Franklin KCIE

Order of the Indian Empire

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 (1844 – 17 February 1917) was a British

United Kingdom

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 surgeon

Surgeon

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After being educated at University College, London and in Paris

Paris

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, he entered the Indian Medical Service

Indian Medical Service

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, where he worked at Lucknow

Lucknow

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 and Simla

Shimla

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. In 1894 he was appointed personal physician to Lord Elgin, the Viceroy, and held this position until 1899.

He was honorary physician to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V

George V of the United Kingdom

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, and served as the British delegate to the International Sanitary Conference at Rome in 1907 and Paris in 1911–12. He was appointed KCIE in 1908.