Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree

Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree KBE MD FRCP (25 July 1900 - 15 December 1983) was a leading advocate of geriatric medicine in the UK. He was born on 25 July 1900 at South Kensington, London, England. He was the son of Sir William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree and Lilian Bradbury. He was educated at Lancing College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Upon graduating he joined the Ministry of Health, initially working on the delivery of cancer services, but left in 1949 to become physician in charge of the geriatric department at University College Hospital, London. He was a Liberal Peer and Whip between 1955 and 1977 and spoke in the House of Lords on a variety of issues in relation to the care of the elderly.He was governor and president of a number of organisations including the British Geriatrics Society, the Society for the Study of Medical Ethics and the Association of Occupational Therapists.He was made KBE in recognition of his service to public health and welfare. He died on 15 December 1983 at age 83, unmarried. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Amulree, of Strathbraan, co. Perth on 5 May 1942. On his death, the Barony of Amulree became extinct.

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*http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/34/5/529.pdf