Peter Squire – President of the Pharmaceutical Society 1849–1850 and 1861–1863

Portrait in oils of Peter Squire (1798–1884), President of the Pharmaceutical Society 1849–1850 and 1861–1863.
Painted by an unknown artist.

In 1837 Squire was appointed Chemist-in-Ordinary to Queen Victoria, a post he held for over 40 years.
He was the author and publisher of “Squire’s Companion to the British Pharmacopoeia”.