The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
Former Pitlochry GP Dr Christopher Grant, aged 91
Dr Christopher Grant, who was a GP in Pitlochry for 35 years, has died aged 91.
He was born in Dehra Dun, a hill station in northern India, in 1927 where his father was a public health specialist and his mother’s side of the family had been in the shellac business for several generations.
His paternal grandfather was a doctor in Blantyre and Dr Grant’s two sons followed him into medicine and his daughter was a nurse.
His wife, Audrey, died last year and they also have two granddaughters.
Dr Grant trained at St Andrews University where he was to meet Audrey. Their marriage was delayed by his national service where he served as a captain in the RAMC attached to the King’s African Rifles in Kenya.
He married Audrey in 1953 and started a traineeship in general practice in Pitlochry.
He always considered himself fortunate to be offered a partnership in the town after this and Pitlochry became his adopted home. He worked there until his retirement in 1989.
Dr Grant saw the birth of the NHS as a student in the 1940s and saw the huge changes of modern medicine and general practice developed into the present era of group practices and team working.
His workload was varied and demanding at that time with a busy Cottage Hospital, attending road accidents on the A9 in addition to his usual day and night-time work.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
There will be a celebration of his life at Pitlochry Festival Theatre at 3pm next Thursday. No flowers and no black tie at Dr Grant’s request.