Herbert Lightfoot Eason

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Herbert Lightfoot Eason CB, CMG, MD, MS, FRCS. (15 July 1874 – 2 November 1949)) was an ophthalmic surgeon who served in the Great War as a Lieutenant Colonel and Consultant Surgeon to the Forces in Egypt and at Gallipoli. He was appointed Superintendent at Guy's Hospital, London, in 1920, Vice Chancellor from 1935 to 1937 (and later Principal) of the University of London. President of the General Medical Council from 1939 and was Knighted in 1943 for his services to medicine.