Hugh was born in Rugby on 10 August 1941. He attended Lawrence Sheriff School before going to Bristol University, where he obtained his medical degree followed by a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology. He worked in general practice for a short period before changing to pathology, working first at the Bristol Royal Infirmary and Frenchay Hospital before going to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Here, he mainly worked in pathology of the heart and the …
