Louis Lillywhite

Lieutenant-General Louis Patrick Lillywhite, CB, MBE, QHS (born 23 February 1948) is a British Army physician and officer. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009.

Career
Born to William Henry Lillywhite and Annie Kate (née Vesey), Louis Lillywhite attended King Edward VI School and the University of Wales College of Medicine and the University of London.

Lillywhite was commissioned on 1 October 1968 as a second lieutenant (on probation). He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 July 1971 and to captain on 2 August 1972. He served as a medical officer and during the Gulf War in 1991, he was mentioned in dispatches. He was Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces from 2006 until December 2009. He became an Honorary Member of the Society of Medical Consultants to the Armed Forces (of the USA) in 2009 and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2010. In retirement he became a member of the Bevan Commission (Wales).

Awards
Lillywhite was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1984 and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2009 New Year Honours.