Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford

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Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford, Baron Trafford (born July 20, 1932 in Warlingham , Surrey , † September 16, 1989 in Brighton ) was a British doctor, politician and life peer .

Life

Trafford attended the Charterhouse School , where, among other things, John Wakeham was one of his classmates. He then followed in the footsteps of his father, a general practitioner , and went to the medical school of Guy's Hospital in London. In 1961 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and in 1963 he received a Fulbright Scholarship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , USA . From 1965 he held a leading position in the Brighton Hospitals . The case of a patient with severe kidney disease led the gastroenterologist Trafford to turn to nephrology , i.e. kidney medicine. He set up a corresponding department in his hospital.

In the 1970 general election , he stood for the Conservative Party , was able to prevail in his constituency of Wrekin and became a member of the House of Commons . In 1974, however, he resigned from parliament. He continued to serve as a consultant doctor in Brighton during his time as an MP.

In the following years Trafford made a great contribution to the cooperation between his hospitals and the University of Sussex . In 1985, this earned him the chairmanship of the University Council and the position of Senior Prochancellor .

In 1984, during the Conservative Party convention, the Grand Hotel in Brighton was bombed and many of the injured were treated in Trafford's hospitals. The incident renewed his friendship with Margaret Thatcher and her work back in 1985 he was the Knight Bachelor beaten and the 1987 Life Peer appointed. Since then he has officially held the title of Baron Trafford, of Falmer in the County of East Sussex and took a place in the House of Lords .

Trafford was very diligent about his role in the House of Lords. In July 1989 he was appointed Minister of Health of the House of Lords. In the seven weeks after his inauguration, he met with over 100 doctors to apply for the government-initiated White Paper Working for Patients and the reform of the National Health Service .

Eight weeks after taking office as Minister of Health, the passionate pipe smoker Trafford died of lung cancer at the age of 57.

Munks had been married since 1960 and had two children. He lived with his wife in Hove , where he is also buried.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Obituary on munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk, accessed on February 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Queen's tribute to hero of Brighton , Glasgow Herald , Sept. 18, 1989, p. 5; available here , accessed on February 13, 2015
  3. ^ Obituary , BMJ. 1989 Oct 7; 299 (6704): 911-913. PMC 1837745 (free full text)
  4. ↑ Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford, Baron Trafford on thepeerage.com , accessed August 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ Article on Trafford's death, BMJ. 1989 Sep 23; 299 (6702): 755-758. PMC 1837645 (free full text)
  6. ↑ Entry on Trafford's grave on findagrave.com, accessed on February 13, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Trafford, Anthony, Baron Trafford
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trafford, Joseph Anthony Porteous, Baron Trafford (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British medic, politician, Member of the House of Commons, life peer
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Warlingham , Surrey
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1989
Place of death Brighton