Jeremy Kenton

Jeremy Martin Kenton (born 11 December 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a British osteopath.
Early life
Jeremy Kenton is the son of Ralph Kenton and Veronica (Tyler) Kenton.
Educated at Chigwell from 1967 to 1975 and then at the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy (BCNO), now known as The British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM), in Hampstead, London.
Career
Kenton started in practice as an osteopath in central London and Essex and was a senior lecturer in clinical orthopedics at BCNO from 1979 until 1991. Kenton was active in medical politics and acted as a special adviser to the All Party Group on Alternative Medicine in the House of Commons and House of Lords from 1984 to 1986. He was a founding member of the Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CCAM) that created the term "complementary medicine". He was president of the British Naturopathic and Osteopathic Association (BNOA) from 1988 to 1990. Kenton was the founding president of the General Council of Naturopaths (GCRN) in 1989. He gained recognition through the Osteopaths Act 1993 and acted as a media spokesman for the General Osteopathic Council. During that time he helped legally define the term osteopathy in the UK. Kenton lectured extensively in England and Paris on osteopathy.
Kenton is a regular writer and broadcaster on health issues. He produced articles and commentary on national TV and local and national radio and co-wrote 3 episodes of the BBC2 TV series and "Bodymatters".
Kenton has a professional interest in medico-legal practice as a court appointed expert medical witness, appearing as expert for the Crown in many high-profile cases. He was a contributor to many medical and lay magazines on general medical and osteopathic topics.
He received press coverage in the 1980s after comments about the risks of aerobics injuries.
Family and interests
In 1990 he married Sharon Calder, and has one stepdaughter, Katrina, and a daughter, Claudia Elizabeth Kenton.
He was active in motor racing and competed in Formula Ford, Formula 3000, and touring car races. He competed in offshore powerboat racing. In 1983 he took part in a charity rally from Cheshire to the South of France by helicopter, parachute, Porsche, and Air France Concorde.

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