Dr Margaret Hawksley
27/12/1905 to 12/06/1985
Place of birth: Southsea, Hampshire, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 723668
Also known as: Peggy, nee Skelton
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Hall School, Weybridge; University College Hospital, London |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP 1930 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
MBBS, London, 1932
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Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
Early appointments included house officer in obstetrics & anaesthesia, both at University College Hospital, and in surgery at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. During WW2 she was in general practice with Dr Katherine Lloyd-Williams, and also worked part-time as an anaesthetist. She was 1st assistant anaesthetist at Great Ormond Street Hospital from 1950 and later became a consultant there, retiring in 1969.
Professional interests and activities
A specialist paediatric anaesthetist, she was awarded LVO in 1970 for services to the Royal Family.
Other biographical information
Eldest daughter of Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Skelton, engineer in chief to the fleet, who had explored Antarctica in 1901-4. Married Dr John Callis Hawksley (a physician) in 1933, they had four children: Jane Margaret (1934-2006), Nicholas Skelton (1937), Thomas Joseph (1945) and Mary Elizabeth - Polly (1950). Interests: gardening, walking, music (piano, oboe, cor anglais) and needlework, including patchwork & tapestry.
Author and sources
Author: Professor D J Hatch, Dr W J Glover and Mrs M E Kaufmann (daughter)
Sources and any other comments: Personal reminiscences, Medical Directory