The Platt Baronetcy, of Rusholme in the City of Manchester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 January 1958 for Harry Platt,[1] Consultant Adviser in Orthopaedics to the Ministry of Health and President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
The Platt Baronetcy, of Grindleford in the County of Derby, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 July 1959 for Robert Platt,[3] President of the Royal College of Physicians, and one of the earliest physicians involved in the AIDS pandemic.
In 1967, he was created a life peer as Baron Platt, of Grindleford in the County of Derby, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
The barony became extinct on his death in 1978 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, the second Baronet who was a Professor of Music at Sydney University, Australia.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Philip Stephen Platt (born 1972)