Thomas Mackesy

Thomas Lewis Mackesy FRCSI (1790 – 8 April 1869) was an Irish doctor and politician who was Mayor of Waterford, and the first President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (1862) from outside Dublin.^[1]

Thomas Lewis Mackesy
Born	1790 Waterford, Ireland
Died	8 April 1869 Waterford, Ireland
Nationality	Irish, British
Alma mater	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Occupation(s)	Doctor, politician
Known for	Mayor of Waterford

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

His son Joseph Poulter Mackesy (1816–1866) followed in his father's footsteps and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and an Alderman of Waterford Corporation.^[4]

Arms

Coat of arms of Thomas Mackesy

Notes Granted 8 May 1861 by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms[5] Crest Out of a mural crown Proper a demi-eagle Or charged on the breast with a sword entwined with a snake in pale as in the arms. Escutcheon Argent a dexter arm couped in fess from the sinister side Proper sleeved Gules cuffed Azure holding a sword entwined with a snake also Proper all between two flaunches of the fourth each charged with a demi-eagle displayed couped Or. Motto In Deo Manuque Fides