Background
He was born in Ealing, West London the son of racing driver Frank Newton (who won the Montagu Cup in 1908 at Brooklands).
He was born in Ealing, West London the son of racing driver Frank Newton (who won the Montagu Cup in 1908 at Brooklands).
King"s College London.
Kenneth went on to study medicine at King"s College Hospital in London and then at Westminster Hospital Medical School before volunteering to serve as a medical officer in North Africa and Cyprus with the Grenadier Guards. After working with Sir Francis Leslie, in 1960 he set up his own practice at 60 Cadogan Square in Knightsbridge which he expanded to offer consultation, radiology, pathology and a dispensary. Among his patients was Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester.
He retired to Fawley Manor in Berkshire which he bought in 1983 and completely renovated.
In 1986 he moved to 79 Harley Street where his patients included Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr and Dame Margot Fonteyn and members of the Bahrain Royal family until his formal retirement in 1998, although he continued treating patients on a part-time basis until 2003.