David Maclagan MD, FRSE, FRCSEd, FRCPE (8 February 1785 – 6 June 1865) was a prominent Scottish medical doctor and military surgeon, serving in the Napoleonic Wars.

[1] Maclagan was born in Edinburgh on 8 February 1785, the son of Robert MacClaggan (d.1785), surgeon, and Margaret Smeiton, his second wife.

[2] His father changed his name to Maclagan some time before David was born, to disassociate himself from various Jacobite connections.

Too young to join the army as a surgeon, he travelled to London and studied and practiced at St George's Hospital.

[4] In 1811 he was appointed surgeon-major and began his service in the Peninsular War, serving with the 9th Portuguese Brigade until 1814.

The substantial grave lies against the north wall of the original cemetery (backing onto the northern extension).