Isabel Wilson


Isabel Grace Hood Wilson CBE Royal [College of Physicians|FRCP] was a Scottish psychiatrist, who was Principal Medical Officer of the Ministry of Health.

Biography

Isabel Grace Hood Wilson was born on 6 September 1895 in Lasswade, Scotland. Her parents were Susan Charlotte Sandeman and George Robert Wilson, a physician and psychiatrist. She studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1921 with an MB ChB, and MD in 1926.
In 1931, Wilson was appointed as a Commissioner of Board of Control for Lunacy and [Mental Deficiency|The Board of Control], holding the position until 1948. From 1949 to 1960 she was a Senior Commissioner, after which the Board was abolished and her position was changed to the Principal Medical Officer, Ministry of Health.
She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1947.

Awards and honours

She received a CBE in the 1961 New Year Honours for services as Medical Senior Commissioner at the Board of Control.