Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig,

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(29 July 1926 – 16 September 2015) was a British physician, educator, academician, and former President of the

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Life

The grave of Lord Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Dean Cemetery

Kilpatrick was educated at Buckhaven High School, and studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1949 with a Bachelor of Surgery (Ch.B.). Having suffered from

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when he was younger and been one of the first patients to be treated with the

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streptomycin, Kilpatrick was a patron of the charity

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. He died in 2015 at the age of 89. He is buried in

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immediately to the south-west of the main entrance.

Career

He served as lecturer and dean at

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and

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Universities.Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig profile at Debretts.com
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(CBE) in 1979, he was

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in 1986. Announced in the

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, he was created

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as Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, of Dysart in the district of Kirkcaldy on 16 February 1996. He sat as a

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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

Sources

Hansard reference

Parliament.uk

References

1926 births 2015 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Crossbench life peers People from Kirkcaldy Academics of the University of Dundee Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Leicester Academics of the University of Sheffield Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Place of birth missing Knights Bachelor Chairs of the General Medical Council Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub