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Life Summary

Name	Sir Richard Rawdon Stawell
Born	14 March, 1864 Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	18 April, 1935 (aged 71) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Stawell, Mary Frances (mother) Stawell, William Foster (father) Hawker, Mary Letitia (sister) Stawell, Florence Melian (sister) Stawell, Jonas Molesworth (brother) Stawell, William (brother) Browne, Sylvester John (brother-in-law) Hawker, Edward William (brother-in-law) Greene, Molesworth Richard (uncle) Greene, George Henry (uncle) Browne, Roderic Stawell (nephew) Simpson, Helen de Guerry (niece by marriage) Greene, William Pomeroy (cousin) Burnet, Frank Macfarlane (pupil) McInnes, William Beckwith (artist)
Education *	Marlborough College (England) (student, 1870-1875) Hawthorn Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1876-1881) University of Melbourne (student, 1884-1890)
Occupation or Descriptor *	physician (1888-1935) Victoria, Australia army medical officer (1915-1917) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army doctor) 3rd Australian General Hospital (army doctor, 1915-1916)
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1929)
Clubs *	Melbourne Club (member, ?-1935) Royal Melbourne Golf Club (member, ?-1935) Melbourne Club (president, 1920-1920)
Legacies *	Sir Richard Stawell Oration (eponym)
Key Organisations *	National Mutual Life Assurance Society (director) Trinity College (University of Melbourne) (councillor, ?-1935) Royal Melbourne Hospital (board member, 1905-1935) Royal Australasian College of Physicians (founding president, 1930-1932) Victorian Council of Mental Hygiene (founding chairman, 1930-1935) Royal College of Physicians (fellow, 1935-1935)
Workplaces *	Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne (honorary physician, 1893-1914) Royal Melbourne Hospital (honorary physician, 1903-1919) Royal Melbourne Hospital (physician, 1919-1924)

* Dates are approximate