Stewart Young Feggetter was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 10 April 1908, the son of William Feggetter, a ship broker, and his wife Amelia, née Young. After early education at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he entered the University of Durham for medical studies. His brother, George, qualified MB, BS in 1926 and became a Fellow of the College in 1933. Stewart had a distinguished student career, winning the Phillipson, Goyder, Charlton and Dickinson Scholarships and after qualification in 1933 was appointed house surgeon and later house physician at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. He was surgical registrar at Newcastle General Hospital and in 1936 passed both the FRCS and the MS degree of Durham University. Shortly before the outbreak of war he was appointed surgical tutor at the Royal Victoria Infirmary and later surgeon to the Hospital for Sick Children, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. During the war years he was surgeon to many Emergency Medical Service hospitals in the North of England and later served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt and Palestine from 1946 to 1948 as surgical specialist with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. In 1948 he was appointed consultant surgeon to Newcastle General Hospital but retained his special interest in paediatric surgery, predominantly operating on congenital intestinal abnormalities. He was a meticulous but speedy surgeon with great devotion to his patients and a special interest in teaching students who appreciated the light hearted anecdotes he told during his lectures. In 1941 he married Helen W Geddes who had graduated MB ChB from Aberdeen in 1939. His hobbies were rugby, photography and travelling and he became treasurer to the Cumbrian Club of the National Trust. After retiring in 1973 he lived in Keswick where he enjoyed walking in the Lake District, attending to his garden and listening to music, especially Wagnerian opera. He died on 13 July 1990, aged 82, survived by his wife, son Graeme, a consultant psychiatrist and daughter, Helen, and seven grandchildren including a granddaughter, Georgina who, in 1992, was studying medicine at University College Hospital.