Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan

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Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan, KCB, KCMG, (2 October 1865-7 September 1936), known as Sir Berkeley Moynihan 1st Baronet, from 1922 to 1929, was a noted British surgeon.

Moynihan was the son of the Victoria Cross recipient Andrew Moynihan. He was educated at the Leeds School of Medicine and later served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1926 to 1932. Moynihan was knighted in 1912 and created a Baronet, of Carr Manor, in 1922. In 1929 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Moynihan, of Leeds in the County of York. Lord Moynihan died in September 1936, aged 70, and was succeeded in his title by his son Patrick Berkeley Moynihan.

Peerage of the United Kingdom
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New Creation		 Baron Moynihan Succeeded by
Patrick Berkeley Moynihan

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