Sir John Batten

KCVO, FRCP
Born
John Charles Batten

(1924-03-11)11 March 1924
Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom[1]
Died7 October 2013(2013-10-07) (aged 89)
London, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationPhysician

Sir John Charles Batten KCVO, FRCP (11 March 1924 – 2013) was a British physician, who served as physician to Queen Elizabeth II from 1974 to 1989.[2][3][4][5]

Batten was born in Wandsworth to Kathleen Gladys, née Charles, and Raymond Wallis Batten, the latter a business executive and justice of the peace.[6] He was educated at Mill Hill School[7] graduated in medicine from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School in 1946.[6]

He undertook two-year's National Service in Germany with the Royal Horse Guards, as a surgeon captain.[6]

He was a consultant physician at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers from 1968 to 1989; and at King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst from 1969 to 1989.[8]

He served as president of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust from 1986 to 2003;[2] of the British Lung Foundation from 1987 to 1995;[6] and of the Medical Protection Society from 1988 to 1997.[9] He was life vice president of the RNLI from 2000; a member of the board of governors of the Brompton Hospital from 1966 to 1969; and a trustee of the D'Oyly Carte Trust, as had been one of his grandfathers.[6]

A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1987 New Year Honours.[10]

He died on 7 October 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  2. 1 2 Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). Cystic Fibrosis. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-086-1. OL 11612217M. Wikidata Q29581681.
  3. ↑ London Gazette, 31 March 1970 (issue 45070), p. 3645
  4. ↑ London Gazette, 17 December (issue 46436), p. 12887
  5. ↑ "Batten, Sir John (Charles)", Who Was Who (online edition), Oxford University Press, Nov 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Munks Roll Details for John Charles (Sir) Batten". Munks Roll. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Rowland, G Elyot. "Sir John Batten (Collinson 1938-41)". Old Millhillians Club. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sir John Batten". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Obituary- Sir John Batten". Medical Protection Society. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "No. 50764". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. pp. 1–28.


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