Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich
Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, CBE FKC (born 6 January 1933) is a British surgeon, professor, politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords. McColl was made a life peer for his work for disabled people in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1989, which was gazetted on 29 July 1989 with the style and title of Baron McColl of Dulwich, of Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister John Major (of which he served concurrently with John Ward MP) from 1994 to 1997 for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1997.
The Right Honourable The Lord McColl of Dulwich CBE FKC | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 29 July 1989 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | Ian McColl 6 January 1933 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
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From 1997 to 2000, he was a Shadow Minister for Health. He is also a trustee and surgeon to the international charity Mercy Ships.
McColl was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow, and St. Paul's School, London. He studied medicine at the University of London and was Professor of surgery at Guy's Hospital until 1998. He is a Fellow of King's College London, where he continues to teach on the Guy's Campus.