Chris Pegg was a Nottingham surgeon who made notable contributions to the surgical management of the thyroid gland and endocrine tumours, including the pancreas, and operated skilfully despite childhood burns to his hands, which required much plastic surgery. Born in Norfolk, he was educated at Taunton School, where his leadership qualities became apparent as head boy and captain of hockey. He also played for the first rugby XV and became an under officer in the Officers’ Training Corps, in which he served as a silver bugler and drum major. Christopher trained at St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School, where he met his future wife, Ann Jennifer Ault, in the anatomy dissecting room. They married in February 1964 between house appointments. He was a house officer on the surgical unit under John Kinmonth at St Thomas’ Hospital, and subsequently a casualty officer there after a stint as a senior house officer at Great Ormond Street under the paediatric urologist David Innes Williams and Andrew Wilkinson, who persuaded him to take up a registrar post in Aberdeen. He then spent a year in the United States at prestigious institutions doing research, which earned him a masters in surgery in 1969. Back in Aberdeen, he worked under Bill Michie, from whom he developed his commitment to endocrine surgery, and was appointed as a consultant general surgeon in Nottingham. He was a member of many learned societies (and officer of some), including the London Thyroid Club (secretary and treasurer), British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, European Thyroid Association, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Nottingham Medico Chirurgical Society (secretary and treasurer), Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. He joined the Travelling Surgical Society (TSS) with his wife Ann in 1983, and was a keen attender until his retirement, presenting many endocrine papers. He was always entertaining company and gave the epithet ‘bon viveur’ a good name. In September 1990 Christopher and Ann hosted a very successful TSS meeting in Nottingham – its first visit there. After Ann’s death, he remained at Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, and indulged his love of horse racing. He and Ann had three children: James, the eldest, a dentist; Nicholas, an actor, director and playwright; and Clare, a theatre wardrobe mistress. Chris, who died aged 80 on 19 January 2018, is remembered with great affection for his warmth, wisdom and wit as much as his impressive technical skill.