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Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End

1885 – 1974

British surgeon

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Lived 1885 – 1974 (aged 88). Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End was a British surgeon and politician.

Ambrose Edgar Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End MD FRCS (24 April 1885 – 28 February 1974), known as Sir Ambrose Woodall between 1931 and 1946, was a British surgeon.

Woodall was Resident Surgeon at Manor House Hospital from 1921 to 1958 and Medical Adviser to the National Union of Railway Men and other unions from 1922 to 1958. He was knighted in 1931 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Uvedale of North End, of North End in the County of Middlesex, in 1946.

Woodall was childless and his title became extinct upon his death on 28 February 1974, aged 88.

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British surgeon

When was Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End born?

Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End was born on 24 April 1885.

When did Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End die?

Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End died on 28 February 1974.

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Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End was a surgeon and politician.

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Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End was British.

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· Wikidata: Q4741875

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