# Sir James Clark — Queen Victoria character guide

> Sir James Clark in Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir James, Clark

**First appearance:** 0013-iii-lord-melbourne

## Who they are

Royal physician involved in the Lady Flora Hastings scandal.

## In the story

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/vi)

The royal physician who consults Lady Flora and behaves rudely during her medical examination. He is not dismissed despite the Hastings family's demands.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/ii)

Mistakenly diagnoses Victoria with measles; later appointed as Albert's physician despite his collapsed practice.

### [Last Years of Prince Consort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/queen_victoria_se/chapters/vi-last-years-of-prince-consort)

Sir James Clark is the principal physician who fails to diagnose Albert's typhoid fever in time, dismissing concerns until it is too late.

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