Thomas Mackesy

Thomas Lewis Mackesy FRCSI was an Irish surgeon who was Mayor of Waterford. He was at the Battle of Waterloo and in 1862 was elected the first President of the Royal [College of Surgeons in Ireland] from outside Dublin.

Life

Mackesy was born in Waterford, Ireland, the son of an apothecary. After some involvement in the Battle of Waterloo, he went on to train in Dublin for the office of assistant-surgeon in the army.
He spent seven years abroad with the army before returning to Waterford where he was appointed Surgeon to the Leper and Fanning Hospitals in Waterford and took an interest in the public life of his native city. He married Mary Poulter.
He was elected Mayor of Waterford in 1841 having served on Waterford Corporation.
His son Joseph Poulter Mackesy followed in his father's footsteps and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and an Alderman of Waterford Corporation.