John Chalstrey Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
John Chalstrey
Office:668th Lord Mayor of London
Term Start:November 1995
Term End:November 1996
Predecessor:Christopher Walford
Successor:Roger Cork
Birthname:Leonard John Chalstrey
Birth Date:17 March 1931
Spouse:Aileen Bayes (m. 1958)
Children:2
Profession:Surgeon

Sir Leonard John Chalstrey (17 March 1931[1] – 12 March 2020) was a consultant surgeon and was 668th Lord Mayor of London from 1995 to 1996.[2]

In 1995, he was knighted and named Master Apothecary of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.[3]

He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge (1951–54)[4] before transferring to Barts Medical School to complete his clinical medical training (1954–57).[5]

From 1969 to 1996, Chalstrey was a senior lecturer at St Bartholomew's Medical College, about the historical funding of which he gave an address at Mansion House on 11 June 2001.[6] [7]

He was made a knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in 1995.[8] He was an Honorary Colonel in the City of London Field Hospital of Royal Army Medical Corps.[9]

Chalstrey was married in 1958 to Aileen Bayes; they had one son and one daughter.[10]

Death

Sir John Chalstrey died at his home on 12 March 2020 at the age of 88.[11]

Arms

Escutcheon:Per fess Azure and Gules a Roman fort the entrance way closed and on each side a watch tower all Or masoned Proper between three lions passant Gold.
Crest:Upon a helm with a wreath Argent and Gules a lion statant holding up in the dexter paw a chalice Or issuant therefrom a dragonet Argent.
Lambrequin:Azure and Gules doubled Or and Argent.
Motto:Servio Et Persevero (I Serve And I Persevere) [12]

Publication

Notes and References

  1. News: Birthdays. 22 January 2018. The Independent. 16 March 1996.
  2. Web site: Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London from 1990. cityoflondon.gov. City of London. 22 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Timeline. apothecaries.org. The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London. 22 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Eminent alumni: Queens' College. 19 March 2020. queens.cam.ac.uk.
  5. Web site: Medicine and Dentistry - Queen Mary University of London. 19 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Notable Alumni Medicine and Dentistry. Queen Mary University of London. 22 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Chalstrey. Sir John. The Funding of St Bartholomew's Hospital 1123-2001. Guildhall Historical Association. 22 January 2018. 11 June 2001. 21 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171021140540/https://gha386.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/the-funding-of-st-bartholomews-hospital-1123-2001.pdf. dead.
  8. News: State Intelligence. 22 January 2018. The London Gazette. 54136. 11491. 22 August 1995.
  9. Web site: Supplement to the London Gazette . 19 March 2020.
  10. Book: Chalstrey, Sir (Leonard) John. Chalstrey, Sir (Leonard) John, (Born 17 March 1931), JP; Lord Mayor of London, 1995–96; Consultant Surgeon, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1969–96, now Surgeon Emeritus, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospitals; Senior Lecturer, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, University of London, 1969–96. Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 22 January 2018. December 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10556. 23 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180123073338/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U10556. dead.
  11. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240166/chalstrey Obituary
  12. Book: Burke's Peerage . 2003.

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