Lord John Nicholas Walton of Detchant

Background

Detchant, Lord John Nicholas Walton of was born on September 16, 1922 in Rowlands Gill, Durham, England. Son of Herbert Walton and Eleanor (Watson) Ward.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science with 1st class honors, University Durham, England, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, University Durham, England, 1950. Doctor of Science, University Newcastle, England, 1972.

Doctor de L'University (honorary), Aix Marseilles, France, 1976. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Leeds, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Leicester, 1979.

Doctor of Science (honorary), University Hull, 1982., Oxford Brookes University, 1994. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Sheffield, 1982.

Data Control Language (honorary), University Newcastle, 1988. Laurea Hon Causa, Genoa, Italy, 1992. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Mahidol, Thailand, 1998.

Career

Professor neurology University Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle, 1968-1983, dean of medicine, 1971-1981. Warden Green College, Oxford, England, 1983-1989. President World Federation Neurology, 1989-1997.

Achievements

• Lord John Nicholas Walton of Detchant has been listed as a noteworthy neurologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

From captain to colonel British Army, 1947-1949, 50-66. Fellow Royal College Physicians (London), Academy Medical Science (London), Royal College Physicians Edinburgh (honorary), Royal College Physicians Canada (honorary), Royal College Pathologists (honorary), Royal College Psychiatrists (honorary), Royal Society Medicine (honorary, president 1984-1986), Institute Education University London (honorary), Russian Academy Medicine (honorary), Venezuelan Academy Medicine (honorary), Brazilian Academy Medicine (honorary), Norwegian Academy Arts and Science (honorary). Member British Medical Association (president 1980-1982), General Medical Council (president 1982-1989), Athenaeum Club, United Oxford and Cambridge University Club.

Interests

• Reading, music, cricket, golf.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Harrison, August 31, 1946. Children: Elisabeth Ann, Judith Mary, Christopher John.

Father:

Herbert Walton Ward

Mother:

Eleanor (Watson) Ward

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Harrison

child:

Elisabeth Ann Detchant

child:

Christopher John Detchant

child:

Judith Mary Detchant