Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran

Charles McMoran Wilson, 1st Baron Moran, MC ( born November 10, 1882 in Skipton, Yorkshire, † April 12, 1977 in Newton Valence, Hampshire ) was a British physician and nobleman. Wilson became famous as the personal physician of Sir Winston Churchill and the author of a widely acclaimed book on memory Churchill's last years of life.

Wilson served since 1940/41, the personal physician of the politician Sir Winston Churchill, then British Prime Minister. 1943 Wilson was in recognition of his services - will be charged as Baron Moran to the peerage - he was instrumental in healing the sick with a serious, almost fatal pneumonia Churchill.

Up to Churchill's death Wilson remained a constant companion and a confidant of the aging statesman. In its several hundred pages long memoir " The Struggle for Survival" ( " The struggle for survival " ) Wilson provides numerous incidents from Churchill's last years: the way he captured numerous Bonmonts and anecdotes Churchill documented his opinions on more and less significant events and people of that time (about Churchill's opinion that the largest German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer since Bismarck was ) and Churchill's reading (including George Orwell's "1984 ").

Between 1920 and 1945 Wilson officiated as dean of the medical school of the " St. Mary's Hospital" and oversaw the renovation of the premises of the facility. He was also president since 1941 of the " Royal College of Physicians ."

Works

• " The Anatomy of Courage", London, 1945.
• " Winston Churchill. The Struggle for Survival", London 1965.