Background
Trafford was son of physician Harold Trafford of Warlingham, Surrey. In 1960 he married Helen Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Ralph Chalk of Cambridge, with whom he had a son Mark (born 1966) and daughter Tanya (born 1968).
Trafford was son of physician Harold Trafford of Warlingham, Surrey. In 1960 he married Helen Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Ralph Chalk of Cambridge, with whom he had a son Mark (born 1966) and daughter Tanya (born 1968).
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He was usually known as Anthony Trafford, sometimes shortened to "Tony". He made his home in Hove, Sussex. He returned to England up an appointment as Senior Registrar at Guy"s Hospital in 1963, then became consultant physician at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in 1965, where he also became director of its artificial kidney unit
He was also director of a private banking company and became Pro-Chancellor of the University of Sussex.
Trafford was on hospital duty at the time of the Brighton hotel bombing of the Conservative Party conference in 1984 and had a leading role in treating the casualties who were taken in first instance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Trafford was subsequently knighted in 1985 and created a life peer as Baron Trafford, of Falmer in the County of East Sussex on 3 April 1987.
He was appointed as Minister of State for Health in the House of Lords in July 1989, to take charge of government proposals on the Warnock Report on Human Fertilisation. He died as a patient at the Royal Sussex County Hospital after a short illness in September 1989, aged 57.
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At the 1970 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the marginal seat of The Wrekin, but lost his seat in the February 1974 general election to Labour candidate Gerald Fowler, whom he had defeated in 1970.