John Batten (physician)

Sir John Charles Batten KCVO, FRCP (11 March 1924 – 2013) was a British physician, who served as physician to Queen Elizabeth II from 1974 to 1989.[2][3][4][5]

Sir John Batten

KCVO, FRCP
Born
John Charles Batten

(1924-03-11)11 March 1924
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom[1]
Died7 October 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 89)
London, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationPhysician

Batten was born in Wandsworth to Kathleen Gladys, née Charles, and Raymond Wallis Batten, the latter a business executive and justice of the peace.[6] He was educated at Mill Hill School graduated in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in 1946.[6]

He undertook two-year's National Service in Germany with the Royal Horse Guards, as a surgeon captain.[6]

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.[7]

He served as president of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust from 1986 to 2003;[2] of the British Lung Foundation from 1987 to 1995;[6] and of the Medical Protection Society from 1988 to 1997.[8] 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.[6]

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.[9]

He died on 7 October 2013.[6]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004), Cystic Fibrosis, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-85484-086-1, Wikidata Q29581681
  3. London Gazette, 31 March 1970 (issue 45070), p. 3645
  4. London Gazette, 17 December (issue 46436), p. 12887
  5. "Batten, Sir John (Charles)", Who Was Who (online edition), Oxford University Press, Nov 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. "Munks Roll Details for John Charles (Sir) Batten". Munks Roll. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. "Sir John Batten". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. "Obituary- Sir John Batten". Medical Protection Society. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. "No. 50764". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. pp. 1–28.


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