Gordon Hamilton Fairley DM, FRCP (20 April 1930 – 23 October 1975) was a professor of medical oncology.
He was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb intended to assassinate Sir Hugh Fraser.
Fairley had been offered an appointment as Elizabeth II's personal physician, but had turned it down, preferring to work with the public.
Fairley is commemorated by a memorial sculpted by Richard Kindersley in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral which reads: "Gordon Hamilton-Fairley DM FRCP, first professor of medical oncology, 1930-75.
[10] The European Society for Medical Oncology awards an annual medal and prize for a contribution to cancer research, named in honour of Fairley.