Ekkehard von Kuenssberg

Ekkehard von Kuenssberg CBE (; 17 December 1913 – 27 December 2000) was a German-born physician who made his career in Scotland. He was chairman and later president of the Royal College of General Practitioners and was appointed as its Wolfson Travelling Professor.

Early life Kuenssberg was the son of Eberhard von Kuenssberg, a professor who taught law at the University of Heidelberg, and Katharina von Kuenssberg, a biologist. Kuenssberg's German ancestry could be traced to the reign of Charlemagne. His mother was the daughter of Gustav Samson, owner of a large cloth mill in Cottbus, and Anna Goldschmidt, whose family was of Jewish origin. He was accepted by the University of Edinburgh Medical School, from which he graduated in 1939, having also played hockey for the university and founded the Edinburgh University Ski Club. His father died in Germany in 1941, and his mother then lived at Finstergrün Castle until the end of the war. She survived her husband until 1977, reaching the age of 94.

One of Kuenssberg's sons is Professor Nick Kuenssberg OBE, whose children include the diplomat Joanna Kuenssberg, a former High Commissioner to Mozambique, and Laura Kuenssberg, former political editor of BBC News.

Honours Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1969 Birthday Honours Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Hippocrates Medallist, International Society for General Practice, October 1974 President, Royal College of General Practitioners, 1976–1979