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| James Ormiston McWilliam R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Brought up in Dalkeith, Edinburgh. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1808 | Born. | ||
| 1827 | Licentiate of the Edinburgh College of Surgeons. | ||
| 183? | Won Blaine gold medal for his journal in Scout. | ||
| 1840 | M.D., Edinburgh. | ||
| 1843 | Published 'Medical History of the Niger Expedition'. | ||
| 18?? | Sent to Cape de Verde Islands to investigate if Eclair had been responsible for yellow fever epidemic at Boa Vista. | ||
| 1847 | Medical Officer to Custom House. | ||
| 9 June 1848 | Fellow of the Royal Society. | ||
| 1858 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath). | ||
| 1858 | Presented a service of plate by the medical naval officers in recognition of his exertions on behalf of their rights. | ||
| 1859 | Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London. | ||
| 4 May 1862 | Died (after a fall downstairs in his own house). | ||
| Literature: (DNB). | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1829 | Assistant Surgeon | ||
| 23 February 1837 | Surgeon | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1836 | Surgeon in Scout on the West African station | ||
| September 1840 | 19 November 1841 | Senior surgeon in Albert for 1841 Niger expedition | |
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