Ribeiro, of Achimota in the Republic of Ghana and of Ovington in the County of Hampshire, Rt Hon Baron (LP cr UK 2010)

[Richard R]

Interesting but by no means unique double territorial designation,
with a nod to his native Ghana.

LONDON GAZETTE 23 DECEMBER 2010
Crown Office
House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW
20 December 2010
The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal
of the Realm dated in the afternoon of 20 December 2010 to confer
the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir
Bernard Francisco Ribeiro, Knight, CBE, by the name, style and title
of Baron Ribeiro, of Achimota in the Republic of Ghana and of
Ovington in the County of Hampshire.
C I P Denyer (1271534)

Sir Bernard Francisco Ribeiro Kt (2009) CBE (2004) FRCS FRCP. Born 20
January 1944; son of Miguel Augustus RIBEIRO and Matilda ___. Educ.
Dean Close School, Cheltenham; Middlesex Hosp. Medical School, London
(MB BS 1967). He m 1968, Elisabeth Jean ORR (? b 1948). Had one son
and three daus (incl. twin daus). Retired Consultant General Surgeon;
member of the Health Policy Research Advisory Board of the American
College of Surgeons; President, Royal College of Surgeons of England,
2005–08. Fellow, Acad. of Medicine, Malaysia, 2006; Hon. Fellow: Ghana
Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 2006; Caribbean Coll. of Surgeons,
2007; Hon. FDSRCS 2006; Hon. FRCSI 2008; Hon. FACS 2008; Hon.
FFGDP(UK) 2009; Hon. Mem., Acad. Nationale de Chirurgie, 2008. Hon.
DSc Anglia Ruskin, 2008. Hon. Liveryman, Cutlers’ Co., 2008. Officer,
Order of the Volta (Ghana), 2008.

Publications include (contrib.) Concise Surgery, 1998; (contrib.)
Emergency Surgery: principles and practice, 2006; contrib. Archives of
Surgery, Bull. of RCS

Recreations: Fishing, riparian activities, shooting, interest in the
history of war
Clubs: Flyfishers’; Surgical Sixty Travelling
Address: Borough Farm, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, Hants, SO24 0QS Tel
(01962) 733523
bernard...@btinternet.com

SON LIVING
Hon Richard Francisco born 1973 (reg Q2 St Marylebone)

DAUGHTERS LIVING
Hon Nicola Helen born 1975 (reg Q2 St Marylebone)
Hon Joanna Charlotte born 1978 (twin, reg Q4 Westminster Greater
London)
Hon Tessa Elisabeth born 1978 (twin, reg Q4 Westminster Greater
London)