Lieutenant General Louis Patrick Lillywhite, CB, MBE, QHS (born 23 February 1948) is a retired British Army physician and officer.
Between January 2017 and January 2022, he served as the first Master-General of the Army Medical Services[1][2] Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School in Lichfield and the University of Wales College of Medicine and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
[4] He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, where he was mentioned in despatches.
[6] He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of St John in 2007[7] and became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009[8] and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010.
[11] In retirement, he became a member of the Bevan Commission (Wales),[12] and a Senior Consulting Fellow at the Centre on Global Health Security of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House.