Fourth Generation

8. Dr, Sir Andrew Douglas MACLAGAN MD+ was born on 17 Apr 1812 in Edinburgh. Between 1869 and 1896 he was a Professor of Medical Jurisprudence & Public Health in Edinburgh University. He died on 5 Apr 1900 in Edinburgh. He was living in Edinburgh. He was a President of both the Royal College of Physicians & of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Knighted in 1880 He was Established Church of Scotland. Either he or his brother Dr Philip Whiteside(1) Maclagan is likely to have been the original owner of the Maclagans' Laennec Style Stethoscope, made from the timbers of the Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, which was revamped in 1879. It is now displayed in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh thanks to the generosity and thoughtfulness of present day Dr Jimmy Mitchell, to whom it was passed on at the instigation of the younger generation after Dr P W Maclagan MD MC died in 1975.

This was the style of the original wooden stethoscope about 9" long, invented by French Physician Laennec in 1819.

He composed a number of songs, chiefly for social gatherings; researched and wrote about Gaelic history & antiquities.

Arms & Crest.
On 22 Oct. 1876 Arms were registered by Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagaan thus: Argent two chevronels sable, on a bordure vert three martlets or. Crest, a beaver Statant proper. Motto, "Principiis Obsta". These were granted with remainders to all the descendants of Dr David Maclagan and Jane Whiteside, but the sole right in 1936 was vested in Douglas Philip Maclagan. All descendants are, however, entitled to matriculate the said arms in Scotland, which a grandson Sir Eric (Robert Dalrymple) Maclagan did on 19th Feb. 1935.

Dr, Sir Andrew Douglas MACLAGAN MD+ and Elizabeth Allan THOMSON were married in 1836. Elizabeth Allan THOMSON was born in 1812. She died in 1865 in Edinburgh. Dr, Sir Andrew Douglas MACLAGAN MD+ and Elizabeth Allan THOMSON had the following children:

15	i.	Dr? David(3) Philip MACLAGAN was born in 1837. He died in 1860.
+16	ii.	Dr Robert(4) Craig MACLAGAN VD+.
17	iii.	Elizabeth MACLAGAN was born in 1842. She died in 1842.
18	iv.	Georgina Gordon MACLAGAN was born in 1843. She died in 1850.
19	v.	Jane Helen (Nellie) MACLAGAN+ was born in 1844. She died in 1892. She was a lady of high scientific attainments and helped in the publcation of the results of the scientific expedition of HMS Challenger (1872-76).