James Colthurst

James Richard Colthurst (born 7 March 1957) is an Irish-born British aristocrat, radiologist, and medical business consultant. He worked as a radiologist at London's St Thomas' Hospital and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Colthurst was a close friend to Diana, Princess of Wales and served as a "middle-man" between the princess and the writer Andrew Morton, interviewing her for the 1992 book Diana: Her True Story. Early life, family, and education Colthurst was born on 7 March 1957, the second son of Sir Richard la Touche Colthurst, 9th Baronet and Janet Georgina Wilson-Wright, a granddaughter of Sir Almroth Wright. He is a member of the Colthurst family, an Anglo-Irish family who were elevated to the baronetage in Ireland in 1744 by George II. On his mother's side, he is a grandnephew of Sir Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright, who was the Librarian of the London Library. He is the great-grandson of the clergyman Charles Henry Hamilton Wright and a great-great-grandson of , Governor of the Swedish Royal Mint in Stockholm. Colthurst grew up at Blarney Castle, the family seat in Blarney, Ireland. He was educated at Eton College and, from 1973 to 1974, he rowed for England Youth International. He graduated from St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London with a bachelor of medicine degree. In 1982, he earned his bachelor of surgery from St Thomas's. In 1992, he obtained a master of business administration degree from Brunel University London. Career Colthurst worked as a radiologist at St Thomas' Hospital in London upon finishing medical school there. In 1985, he was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.