Dr William Smoult Playfair FRCP was a leading Scottish obstetric physician and academic. In 1896 a trial, Kitson v. Plafair, found against him for a breach of medical confidentiality.
William Smoult Playfair, portrait by Susanne von Nathusius (1882)
The grave of William Playfair, St Andrews Cemetery
Mrs. William Playfair (née Emily Kitson, 1841-1916), sister of James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, by John Singer Sargent, 1887
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair was a British scientist and Liberal politician who was Postmaster-General from 1873 to 1874.
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair
The grave of Lyon Playfair, East Cemetery, St Andrews
Edith, Lady Playfair (née Russell), John Singer Sargent, 1884