Christopher Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington

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Professor Christopher Richard James Woodhouse, 6th Baron Terrington (b. September 20, 1946) is a British peer and a senior urologist.

Lord Terrington was born in 1946, the son of Colonel Christopher Woodhouse. He was educated at Winchester College and Guy's Hospital Medical School. Throughout his academic career he was an avid coxswain, steering Winchester College, University of London and Leander Club crews. He became a urological surgeon in 1970. He married Hon. Anna Philipps, the daughter of Hugo John Laurence Philipps, 3rd Baron Milford, in 1975, with whom he has two children. He inherited his title when his father, Montague Woodhouse, died in 2001. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a crossbench hereditary peer in the House of Lords by-election held in May 2008.

[edit] Career

  • Senior Registrar of Urology: Institute of Urology 1977–1981
  • Senior Lecturer of Urology: Institute of Urology 1981–1997
  • Consultant Urologist: St. George's Hospital 1985–1995 and Royal Marsden Hospital 1981–
  • Hon Consultant Urologist: University College Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital 1981–
  • Chairman of the British Journal of Urology 2000–
  • President of Genito-Urinary Reconstructive Surgeons (USA) 2002–
  • Reader of Adolescent Urology: University College London Hospital 1997–
  • Hon Member of the Australasian Urological Association 1999–
  • Clinical Director of Urology: University College London Hospital 2001–
  • Professor of Adolescent Urology: University College London Hospital 2006–

[edit] Publications

With others: 'Management of Urological Emergencies' (2004) ISBN 1-84184-177-3

Preceded by
Montague Woodhouse		 Baron Terrington
1998-		 Succeeded by
Jack Woodhouse