Richard Ward Newton, b 1950.

Newton was born in Cleethorpes in 1950 and gained his medical education in London, qualifying in 1974 and gaining his MD in 1983. Newton was consultant in paediatric neurology to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Booth Hall Children's Hospital. He was awarded the FRCP in 1990. Newton had previously held paediatric appointments at Hull Royal Infirmary and Manchester, was tutor and honorary registrar at St Mary's Hospital and the University of Manchester.