George Hoggan (1837–91)

Physician and engineer. Appointed engineer in the Indian Navy circa 1856; took part in the China war, 1860, and the Abyssinian campaign, 1868. Left the navy in 1868 and entered medical school in Edinburgh; MB 1872. Practised in London until 1885, when he retired to Nice for health reasons. Campaigner against unrestricted vivisection; gave evidence to the Royal Commission in 1875.