Aldington George Curphey

Colonel Sir Aldington George Curphey CBE MC ED (24 August 1880 – 28 November 1958) was an Anglo-Jamaican surgeon, medical officer and politician who served as President of the island's Legislative Council from 1952 to 1958.

His father had earlier emigrated from his native Isle of Man to become a chemist; Curphey's mother was the daughter of an English police officer.

[1][3] He was held a number of posts at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, and was coroner for Wentworth County, but in 1912 he entered the Jamaica Medical Service to become medical officer for health for Saint Ann Parish;[4] he also began work at Spanish Town Hospital and Lepers' Home.

[2] He had been president of the Jamaica branch of the British Medical Association in 1937 and had held a range of other public and philanthropic offices.

[2] Curphey was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1944 and promoted to Commander (CBE) in 1952; he was knighted six years later.