Sir Henry Butlin, 1st Baronet explained

Sir Henry Trentham Butlin, 1st Baronet FRCS (24 October 1845 – 24 January 1912) was a British surgeon^[1] considered the "father of British head and neck surgery".^[2]

Butlin was created a Baronet of Harley Street in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone on 28 June 1911. Sir Henry was succeeded by his son, Henry Guy Trentham Butlin, upon whose death in 1916 the baronetcy became extinct.

He was also the great uncle of Sir Billy Butlin.

Notes and References

1. http://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/biogs/E000220b.htm Butlin, Sir Henry Trentham – Biographical entry – Plarr's Lives of the Fellows Online
2. 10864705. 2000. Uttley. A. R.. Sir Henry Trentham Butlin: The father of British head and neck surgery. British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 38. 2. 114–20. McGurk. M. 10.1054/bjom.1999.0272.