Hugh Adcock (physician)

Sir Hugh Adcock CMG (1847 – 13 April 1920)[1] was a British medical doctor and diplomat.

[3] He was educated at Guy's Hospital in London and in Cambridge, and obtained the diploma of physician (LRCP Edin.)

[1] In 1889 Adcock moved to Teheran and accepted an appointment as Chief Physician to Prince Mozaffar ad-Din, then Wāli of Tabriz and a long-time heir to the State of Persia.

[3] He accompanied the Shah on his European tours, including the visit to the United Kingdom in August 1902.

[6] From Persia, he received the first class with cordon of the Order of the Lion and the Sun in 1897, and the Gold Star from Imperial College, Teheran, in 1893 for services during the severe cholera epidemic in the country the previous year.