Free Settler or Felon
James Rutherford R. N.,
Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Date of Seniority Royal Navy 2 April 1803
Naval Service
James Rutherford was appointed Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 2 April 1803.He was appointed to H.M.S. Majestic in 1808. [1]
In 1814 his name was on the List of gentlemen of the University of Edinburgh upon whom the degree of Doctor in Medicine was conferred, dated 6 January 1814 (De Febre Flava) [2]
He was entered in the Navy List of Medical Officers in 1814.
Surgeon Superintendent
He was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on four convict ship voyages to Australia:Regalia 1826
Pyramus 1832
Mangles 1833
Hooghley 1834
He was on the list of retired surgeons of the Royal Navy in 1841.
James Rutherford was a brother of surgeon George Shaw Rutherford.
References
[1] The Naval Chronicle[2] Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal