private eye hospital in Bombay. In 1926, Gidney founded the All India Anglo-Indian Association. He was knighted in 1931. In 1941 was elected president of the All India Arts and Crafts Society. He died in India on 5 May 1942. Recognition The Gidney House of The Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi and Bangalore is named after him. Family He married Grace Gidney. Additional achievements Civilian surgeon in Eastern Bengal and Assam. President of the Bombay branch of the Anglo-Indian Empire League (1918) (founded by Charles Palmer in 1908) Vice-president of the Central Council of the Empire League (1919) Member of the Legislative Assembly of India (1921) He formed an association called the "Anglo-Indian and Domiciled European Association". In 1937 the association split into two factions representing India and Burma, thereafter representing both Anglo-Indians and Anglo-Burmese. The Burma section became the "Anglo-Burman Union". References External links Sir Gidney Anglo-Indians in the Indian Air Force 1873 births 1942 deaths British Indian Army officers British military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion Anglo-Indian people Indian surgeons Indian ophthalmologists Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons People from Nashik district University of Calcutta alumni Indian Methodists