Dr. James Barry - Storytelling Dinner with Vivien Morgan

Dr. James Barry was posted world-wide rising to be a Surgeon-General.

His ten years in Cape Town, South Africa proved his most volatile and dramatic, fighting duels and challenging anyone who questioned his methods

and personal appearance or sexuality.

He performed a first successful Caesarean in Africa. Accused of having a homosexual affair with the governor Lord Charles Somerset, Barry defended his

lifelong friendship. On his death some 50 years later in 1865, it was found that Barry was a woman.

Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026

Time: 18h30 for 19h00 Meet in the bar.

Menu: Price includes a 2 course meal (drinks not included).

Venue: The Cape Town Club. 

Tickets: Members R300 | Guests R400.