Arthur Newton qualified from St Thomas's Hospital in 1951 and after junior posts and National Service specialised in orthopaedics. He worked as a senior house officer at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and later at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Exeter and Torbay Hospital, Torquay. He was appointed an associate specialist to the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple where, in acknowledgement of his stirling services, the college appointed him a Fellow by election in 1990. He died in October or November 1999, leaving a widow, Pamela.