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Major-General '''Sir Patrick Hehir''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR||KCIE|CB|CMG|FRSE|FRCPE|FRCSE|}} (17 May 1859 – 1 May 1937) was a British military surgeon. He served in the Indian Medical Service (IMS) and as the Principal Medical Officer to the army of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. During the 148 day [[Siege of Kut]] he suffered alongside the troops and wrote extensively on the topic of prolonged starvation.

==Life==
He was born on 17 May 1859, the son of Robert Martin Hehir of [[Ennis]] in [[County Clare]], Ireland.

He studied at [[Calcutta University]], qualified as a doctor in Brussels's, became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians at the [[University of Edinburgh]], obtained a Diploma in Public Health from the [[University of Cambridge]] and then received a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the [[University of Liverpool]].<ref name="G. Crawford pages 208 & 209">Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615–1930 by D. G. Crawford, pages 208 & 209</ref>

In 1893 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Patrick Doyle]], [[Joseph Fayrer|Sir Joseph Fayrer]], [[Byrom Bramwell|Sir Byrom Bramwell]] and [[Thomas Annandale]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}</ref>

During his years in [[India]] he appears to have become an [[opium]] addict. Back in Britain, when this was made illegal in 1894, he wrote he rued not being addicted to legal activities.<ref>Opium for the Masses, Jim Hogshire, p.41</ref>

He saw active service in many military campaigns and was highly decorated. In the [[First World War]] he served in Mesopotamia as the Principal Medical Officer. He was present at the [[Battle of Ctesiphon (1915)|Battle of Ctesiphon]] and the ill-fated [[Siege of Kut]] under General [[Charles Townshend (British Army officer)|Charles Townshend]].<ref name="G. Crawford pages 208 & 209"/> He was captured when the garrison surrendered on 29 April 1916 but was released 25 September 1916.<ref>List of British Officers taken prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August, 1914, and November 1918 by Cox & Co.</ref> He went on to see service in [[Waziristan]] in 1917 and lastly [[Afghanistan]] (1919).<ref name="cambridge">{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-royal-society-of-edinburgh/article/sir-patrick-hehir-cb-cmg-kcie-md-dtm-frcpe-frcse-major-general-ims-knight-of-grace-of-the-order-of-st-john-of-jerusalem/B414AFD87FD42C6FEC00DDF6961414A4|title=Sir Patrick Hehir, C.B., C.M.G., K.C.I.E., M.D., D.T.M., F.R.C.P.E., F.R.C.S.E., Major-General, I.M.S., Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | Cambridge Core|website=cambridge.org|accessdate=2018-04-10}}</ref>

He retired 9 December 1919.<ref name="G. Crawford pages 208 & 209"/>

He died on 1 May 1937.
[[File:Kut1915.jpg|260px|thumb|The Siege of Kut, 1915.]]

==Honours==
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*Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB)
*Companion of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG)
*Knight Commander of [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE)
*Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem
*Campaign Medal, Burma 1886–1887
*Campaign Medal, North-West Frontier 1897–1898
*Campaign Medal, North-West Frontier 1908, Afghanistan NWF 1919

==Publications==

*''Outlines of Medical Jurisprudence for India'' (1892)
*''The Medical Profession in India'' (1923)
*''Malaria in India'' (1927)

==Family==

In 1908 he married Dora Lloyd and together they one daughter.<ref>Who's Who, 1935</ref>

==References==
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