Alexander Lockhart Ogston

 

Alexander Lockhart Ogston
headstone
Oystermouth Cemetery
credit: Findagrave
Alexander Lockhart Ogston, who is buried at Oystermouth Cemetery, died February 1919.

Alexander was born June 1887, Aberdeen.  He was the son of Alexander Ogston and Margaret Isbella nee Matthews.  Having been privately educated, Alexander was an architect.  At the time of the 1911 Census, Alexander, 23, is a boarder residing at Annie Orr’s Boarding House, 32 Brunswick Square, London.  His occupation is listed as Architect.  Also, residing at the same address, is his younger brother, Rannald Frederick Logie, 21.  His occupation, Stockbroker.






1911 Census
Annie Orr’s Boarding House, 32 Brunswick Square, London

Navy Lists
1888-1970
November 1914 was gazette 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Marine Artillery having enlisted for active service. 

The Royal Marine Artillery were formed as a separate unit during 1804, they were to man the artillery in bomb ketches, they were previously by the Army Royal Regiment of Artillery, but a lawsuit by a Royal Artillery officer resulted in a court decision that Army officers were not subject to Naval orders.  The uniforms worn by the RMA were blue, of that of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. 

October 1914, Alexander married Gertrude Conway Jones, at Chelsea.  Gertrude was the daughter of Mr. Conway Jones, of 29 Mirador Crescent.

UK British Army, Navy
Birth, Marriage and Death Records
1730-1960
1916 Jean their daughter was born and Alexander who by this time has been posted to St. Helena had been promoted to Captain.  It was here that Alexander saw the rest of the war.  Whilst returning home to Swansea, Alexander came down with pneumonia which resulted in influenza.  February 1919, Alexander died.

Scotland National Probate Index 
1876-1936

The Cambria Daily Leader
Son of King's Surgeon
13th February 1919
The Cambria Daily Leader refers to his death in an article entitled “Son of King’s Surgeon”, 13th February 1919.  The article states that the funeral was strictly private and who was in attendance.

So, who was Alexander Ogston?

Alexander Ogston

Alexander was born 1844, Aberdeen.  He was the son of Professor Francis Ogston and Amelia Cadenhead. Alexander started his medical training at Marischal College, Aberdeen, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery, 1862.  Obtaining a MD during 1866.  1882, was appointed as Regius Professor of Surgery.

Alexander is, however, famous for the discovery of Staphylococcus, in a laboratory in his garden, 252 Union Street, Aberdeen.  Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, remains one of the top five causes of hospital-acquired infection

Queen Victoria appointed Alexander during 1892 as the Surgeon in Ordinary, a post which he held under the reigns of both Kings Edward VII and George V.

Like his son, Alexander, also served during the First World War.  Aged 70, he was sent out to assist with the management of severe trauma.  Prior to this, Alexander had seen action during the Egyptian and Boer Wars.   He had also been instrumental in the establishment of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1898.  Alexander died February 1929.

Alexander had been married twice.  With his first wife, Mary Jane Molly Hargrave, they were to have three children.  After Mary’s death, 1873, Alexander, remarried Isabella Margaret Matthews.  They were to have five children. 

Helen Charlotte Elizabeth Ogston
Helen Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of the above was a suffragette.  She was best known for the interruption of David Lloyd George meeting on the 5th December 1908, at Royal Albert Hall.  It was here at this time that Elizabeth was holding the stewards with a dog whip.

What stories headstones can tell!

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