Richard Notley was a consultant urological surgeon and medical director at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey and later an honorary professor of surgery at the University of Surrey. Richard was born on 25 October 1935 to Guy Notley and Peggy Notley née Watson-Jones in Sarawak, where his father worked for Shell. He had a brother named Garth and a sister named Pippa. As the Second World War approached, the family returned to England, and Richard was sent to board at St John’s School, Leatherhead. Richard chose a career in medicine and studied at Guy’s Medical School. He participated in club athletics, trained with Roger Bannister, joined the mountaineering and rugby clubs, and performed in the school’s Christmas show as a member of the Beatles. He also enjoyed Scottish dancing. Whilst a student he first met his wife Margaret (née Calvert), who was training to be a nurse. Theirs was a strong and stable marriage. Richard was awarded the treasurer’s medal and prize for clinical surgery, which influenced the direction of his future career. Richard was fortunate to work in Guildford as a surgical registrar to Gordon Gill – known as ‘Father Gill’ – who interested him in urology and became a good friend and mentor. Richard became a consultant in Guildford after roles as a senior lecturer at the London Hospital, a senior registrar at St Peter’s Hospital for the Stone and as a Leverhulme research fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He remained an honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Urology in London. He examined for the Royal College of Surgeons of England and later became president of the British Association of Urological Surgeons. He was a visiting professor to eight countries ranging from China to Colombia and lectured at many more on the skills of urethroplasty and transurethral resection of the prostate. At the Royal Surrey, he contributed to the development of a new hospital near the University of Surrey. The initial stage included the surgical and accident and emergency departments. Richard led the planning of phase two, which included all the outpatients and a very special hospital chapel with tapestries by John Piper and a stained-glass window by Patrick Reyntiens. This reflected his own strong faith. Richard and Margaret had two daughters, Julia and Libby, with whom they shared their love of the outdoors. Many of their holidays were spent in Penbryn, Wales, in Craigendarroch in Ballater, Scotland or in their second home in Derbyshire. Julia qualified at St Thomas’s Medical School and became a general practitioner with partnerships in Abbots Langley and Aberdeen. Libby qualified as an occupational therapist, with particular emphasis on mental and emotional wellbeing. She sadly predeceased her father in 2021. Richard and Margaret had five grandchildren whom they loved very dearly, all of whom have gone on to university and a wide range of occupations, from finance to acting. Outside medicine, Richard enjoyed opera, his collection of notable 20th century art, his Lotus cars, photography and growing vegetables, with a fresh cabbage for every month of the year. The last 15 years of his life were very difficult, especially with Margaret’s dementia and death in 2017. Richard too suffered from dementia but was wonderfully looked after in his own home in Guildford by a live-in carer, until his condition worsened and he needed to be in a care home close to his daughter Julia in Aberdeen, where he died on 10 December 2024 at the age of 89.