Patrick Small Keir Newbigging FRSE PRSSA PRCSE (1813-1864) was a Scottish surgeon. He was President of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts and President of the Royal Medical Society. Together with his father, William Newbigging he formed one of the few father-son pairs of former Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
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Life
He was born at 18 St Andrew Square in Edinbutrrgh's First New Town the son of Sir William Newbigging and his wife. His older brother was John Steuart Newbigging.
He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University. He received his doctorate (MD) in 1834. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the same year and served as their President of the College from 1861 to 1863. He was also President of the Royal Medical Society in 1835.
In 1848 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was William Pulteney Alison. In 1850 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of the Arts and served as their President 1861-62.
In his final years he lived at 29 Heriot Row in the Second New Town in Edinburgh, facing Queen Street Gardens.
He died on 10 January 1864 and is buried with his wife in Dean Cemetery. The grave lies against the wall on the south-west spur from the cemetery.
Family
Newbigging was married to Mary Anne Cockburn (1823-1909). They had twin daughters, Eleanor Letitia Newbigging (later Thompson) (1848-1875) and Alice Horsford Newbigging (1848-1911). They had one son: Alexander Cecil Newbigging (1853-1944).
His older brother was John Steuart Newbigging.