About John Richardson, Baron Richardson
Lived 1910 – 2004 (aged 94). John Richardson, Baron Richardson was a British surgeon and politician.
John Samuel Richardson, Baron Richardson, LVO FRCP (16 June 1910 – 15 August 2004) was a British physician, President of the General Medical Council, 1973–80.
Richardson was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was President of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1969 to 1971.
Richardson was appointed a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1943, which was reclassified as Lieutenant (LVO) on 31 December 1984. He was knighted in 1960, created a Baronet 'of Ecclesall in the West Riding of Yorkshire' on 20 November 1963. On 2 February 1979 Sir John was created a life peer taking the title Baron Richardson, of Lee in the County of Devon.
He married the artist Sybil Trist in 1933. They remained married until her death in 1991.
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British surgeon (1910-2004)
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John Richardson, Baron Richardson was born on 16 June 1910 in Sheffield.
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John Richardson, Baron Richardson died on 15 August 2004 in Braunton.
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John Richardson, Baron Richardson was a surgeon and politician.
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John Richardson, Baron Richardson was British.
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