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Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig FRCPE FRCP FRSE CBE (29 July 1926 – 16 September 2015) was a Scottish physician, educator, academic and former President of the General Medical Council.

Life

The grave of Lord Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Dean Cemetery

Kilpatrick was educated at Buckhaven High School, and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1949 with a Bachelor of Surgery (ChB).

Having suffered from tuberculosis when he was younger and been one of the first patients to be treated with the antibiotic streptomycin, Kilpatrick was a patron of the charity TB Alert.[citation needed]

He died in 2015 at the age of 89.[1] He is buried in Dean Cemetery immediately to the south-west of the main entrance.

Career

He served as lecturer and dean at Sheffield, Leicester, Dundee and Edinburgh Universities.[2]

Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1979,[3] he was knighted in 1986.[4] Announced in the 1996 New Year Honours,[5] he was created life peer as Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, of Dysart in the district of Kirkcaldy on 16 February 1996.[6] He sat as a crossbencher.

Family

Kilpatrick married Elizabeth (Bette) Gibson Page Forbes (1927-2019) in 1950. The couple had two sons and a daughter.

Honours and arms

  • Hon DUniv Edinburgh, 1987
  • Hon LLD Univ of Dundee, 1992
  • Hon DSc Univ of Hull, 1994
  • Hon DSc Univ of Leicester, 1994
  • Hon LLD Univ of Sheffield, 1995
  • Hon FRCPath, 1994
  • Hon FRCS, 1995
  • Hon FRCP (Dublin), 1995
  • Hon FRCSEd, 1996
  • FRCPE, 1963
  • FRCP, 1975
  • FRCP (Glasgow), 1991
  • FRSE, 1998[2]
Coat of arms of Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig
Crest
A swan’s head neck erased Proper holding in the beak a veronica flower slipped Proper.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Sable and Or in chief a plate charged with a saltire Gules accompanied by two swans respectant with wings expanded Proper and in base in a sea undy Azure and Argent a three masted ship Sable sails Proper and flagged of Scotland.
Motto
Laborare Semper Laborare [7]

Sources

References

  1. ^ "KILPATRICK - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements".
  2. ^ a b Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig profile at Debretts.com
  3. ^ "No. 47888". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1979. p. 52.
  4. ^ "No. 50444". The London Gazette. 28 February 1986. p. 2927.
  5. ^ "No. 54255". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1995. p. 1.
  6. ^ "No. 54323". The London Gazette. 21 February 1996. p. 2621.
  7. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
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