The Rt Hon Lord Walton of Detchant, TD

Foretitle(s): Baron (Life Peer UK 1989), of Detchant in the County of Northumberland; Sir
Surname: WALTON OF DETCHANT
Style: The Rt Hon Lord Walton of Detchant, TD
Recreations: cricket, golf, music, walking

Career: Col (late RAMC) CO I (N) Gen Hosp (TA) 1963-66, Hon Col 201 (N) Gen Hosp (T & AVR) 1968-73; conslt neurologist Univ of Newcastle Hosps 1958-83, prof of neurology Univ of Newcastle upon Tyne 1968-83 (dean of med 1971-81); chm Hamlyn Nat Cmmn on Educn 1991-93; memb GMC 1971-90 (chm Educn Ctee 1975-82, pres 1982-89); pres BMA 1980-82, ASME 1982-94, RSM 1984-86, ABN 1987-88; first vice-pres World Fedn of Neurology 1981-89 (pres 1989-97), life pres Muscular Dystrophy Gp GB 2000- (chm 1970-95); warden Green Coll Oxford 1983-89; Hon DUniv Aix Marseille, Laurea (hc) Genoa, Hon MD Univ of Sheffield, Hon MD Mahidol Univ Thailand; Hon DSc: Univ of Leeds, Univ of Leicester, Univ of Hull, Oxford Brookes Univ, Univ of Durham; Hon DCL Univ of Newcastle upon Tyne; hon fell: Inst of Educn Univ of London, Norwegian Acad of Arts and Science, Russian Acad of Medical Science; Hon Freeman City of Newcastle upon Tyne 1980; FRCP, Hon FRCPE, FRCPath, FRCPsych, FRCPCH, FMedSci

Books and Publications: incl: Subarachnoid Haemorrhage, Polymyositis (with R D Adams), Essentials of Neurology, Disorders of Voluntary Muscle (ed), Brain's Diseases of the Nervous System (ed), The Oxford Companion to Medicine (ed), The Spice of Life (autobiography)