Sir David Hamilton, FRS (1663 – 28 August 1721) was a Scottish physician to Queen Anne, during which appointment he kept a diary.
[1] Born in Scotland, he entered the University of Leiden as a medical student on 30 October 1683.
He was admitted a licentiate of the London College of Physicians in 1688, and fellow in 1703.
[2] Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708, Hamilton became a leading practitioner in midwifery, and was successively physician to Queen Anne,[3] who knighted him, and to Caroline, Princess of Wales.
He is said to have acquired a fortune of £80,000, which he lost in the South Sea Bubble.