Timothy George Frankau

Timothy George Frankau (“Tim”) served as a GP in Dursley, Gloucestershire, between 1978 and 2010. Although somewhat reserved, Tim was an excellent family doctor, respected by and endeared to colleagues, patients, and the local community.

Born in Newmarket in 1950, Tim was the younger son of an officer in the Royal Engineers. Although he was not the first medic in the family, the focus of Tim’s medical career would be somewhat different from those of his great uncle, Sir Claude Frankau (past president of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as of the Surgical Section of the …