John Clifford Newbold was born in Lincoln on 21 August 1911, the son of John Davidson Newbold and Annie Ethel Allpress Laws. He was educated at Bishop Stortford College, where he became head of the School and captain of swimming and rugby football. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained his blue for swimming. Having passed his Natural Sciences Tripos he went to St Bartholomew's Hospital to complete his undergraduate training. He qualified MB ChB in 1936 and became a member of the College in that year. After passing the Fellowship in 1940 he was appointed a surgical chief assistant at Bart's, working in general surgery, where he proved himself to be a fine teacher and an excellent surgical technician. He then went to Queen Charlotte's and the Chelsea Hospital for Women before joining the RAMC where, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he commanded a FSU during the invasion of Normandy and went right across France to the Rhine. Later he served in the Far East and in Jerusalem, returning to England in 1947. After military service he was appointed consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Wolverhampton, where he worked from 1947 until he retired in 1976. His tenure was characterized by an enormous capacity for hard work and compassion for his patients. He took a keen interest in the reorganization of the service for Wolverhampton District. He became an examiner for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and was proud to be elected President of the Birmingham and Midland Obstetric Society. John Newbold married Barbara Girling ('Ray') who was also a doctor, in 1939 and they had five children - Dinah, a nurse, John, a solicitor, Sarah, a town planner, and Mary and Louise, who followed their parents into medical practice. In his spare time Newbold was an enthusiastic gardener, carpenter and sailor, and he had a great love of music. His children were all taught to play at least one instrument, and this was also the case with his nineteen grandchildren, which gave him tremendous pleasure. He died on 22 September 1992, survived by his wife and family.