Milsom Rees

Born in Neath in 1866, he studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London.

He also practised privately at 18 Upper Wimpole Street and was employed as a consultant by the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

The singers he attended included Adelina Patti, Nellie Melba, and Kirsten Flagstad.

[1] Appointed Laryngologist to His Majesty's Household in 1910, Rees also treated King George V of the United Kingdom as well as several other members of the royal family.

A memorial plaque at 18 Upper Wimpole Street was unveiled by Donald Harrison, president of the Royal Society of Medicine, in 1996.