Herbert Naughton Baylis was a consultant ENT surgeon at the Salford group of hospitals. He was born in Glasgow on 20 January 1925, the son of Herbert Ledbrooke Baylis, an engineer, and Winifred Louise Buchanan. He was educated at Dame Alice Owen's School, Islington, and the London Hospital. After junior posts, he entered the RAMC in 1948, ending as Captain. Following demobilisation he returned to the London, where he completed a series of registrar posts for Alan Perry, A M A Moore and J Thompson Fathi at the London and Poplar Hospitals, but had difficulty progressing further. In 1958 he decided to specialise in ENT and after a series of specialist positions obtained a consultant post at the Salford group of hospitals. He died on 3 August 1998.