David Ian Marshall

David was born in Broadstairs, Kent, and educated at Glenalmond school in Scotland. His father Gordon was a proud Scotsman who believed strongly in the importance of a Scottish boarding school education, despite the distance involved.

Gordon was a single handed GP in Broadstairs, and it was always David’s intention to join his father in general practice. David qualified from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, like his father, but while doing senior house officer posts at Southend General Hospital in 1973, Gordon sustained an acute myocardial infarction and David took over his practice. At that time no formal training was required to enter general practice, but David became well established as a successful and popular GP. His …