Gordon Stuart Ramsay was a consultant general surgeon at the Royal London Homeopathic, Metropolitan and Bromley hospitals, London. He was born on 11 December 1919 in Streatham, south London. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh, and then St Bartholomew's Medical School. During the Second World War he was evacuated, along with many other Bart's students, to Queens' College, Cambridge. He qualified in 1943 and, after a casualty post at the West London Hospital, joined the Army. He was posted to the 52nd Lowland Division, and was sent to Aboyne, Scotland. After junior posts, he became a consultant general surgeon, but he also developed an interest in colorectal surgery. Outside medicine he was passionate about music. He played the piano and treated and became friends with several famous musicians and composers, including Benjamin Britten, Sir Peter Pears and Sir Adrian Boult. Gordon Stuart Ramsay met his wife Christine at the West London Hospital. Sadly, she died on the night of their 63rd wedding anniversary, in May 2007. He died on 1 August 2010, aged 90, and was survived by their two daughters, Rosemary and Fiona.