John Batten (physician)

Sir
John Batten
KCVO, FRCP
Born John Charles Batten
(1924-03-11)11 March 1924
Died 7 October 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 89)
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Physician

Sir John Charles Batten KCVO, FRCP (1924-2013) was a British physician, who served as physician to Queen Elizabeth II from 1974 to 1989.[1][2][3][4]

Batten was born on 11 March 1924, to Kathleen Gladys, née Charles, and Raymond Wallis Batten, the latter a business executive and justice of the peace.[5] He was educated at Mill Hill School graduated in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in 1946.[5]

He undertook two year's National Service in Germany with the Royal Horse Guards, as a surgeon captain.[5]

He was a consultant physician at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers from 1968 to 1989; and at King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst from 1969 to 1989.[6]

He served as president of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust from 1986 to 2003;[1] of the British Lung Foundation from 1987 to 1995;[5] and of the Medical Protection Society from 1988 to 1997.[7] He was life vice president of the RNLI from 2000; a member of the board of governors of the Brompton Hospital from 1966 to 1969; and a trustee of the D'Oyly Carte Trust, as had been one of his grandfathers.[5]

A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1987 New Year Honours.[8]

He died on 7 October 2013.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004), Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-086-1 http://www.histmodbiomed.org/witsem/vol20 Missing or empty |title= (help), Wikidata Q29581681
  2. ↑ London Gazette, 31 March 1970 (issue 45070), p. 3645
  3. ↑ London Gazette, 17 December (issue 46436), p. 12887
  4. ↑ "Batten, Sir John (Charles)", Who Was Who (online edition), Oxford University Press, Nov 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Munks Roll Details for John Charles (Sir) Batten". Munks Roll. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Sir John Batten". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Obituary- Sir John Batten". Medical Protection Society. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "No. 50764". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. pp. 1–28.
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